English I Honors students began working on a look at the monomyth (i.e., Joseph Campbell) and how the Odyssey is an example of that. We’ll be finishing up the Odyssey shortly. English 8 students are nearing the end of their studies of figurative language in...
English 8 students continued with poetry and figurative language, working to be able to understand what figurative language adds to a text. English I Honors students continued with the Odyssey and allusions, specifically allusions in “Wrapped Around Your...
English I Honors worked on mastering the Homeric simile, something that’s initially fairly but deceptively straightforward. Close reading, in other words. English 8 students had a final day of practice with figurative language. We’ll finish up poetry in...
English 8 students had a second day of figurative language practice while finishing up the small poetry analysis assignment we’ve been working on. We went over yesterday’s practice before we got started, and we’ll do the same tomorrow as we get ready...
English I Honors students looked at one final version of Calypso, a song by Suzanne Vega: We’ll be wrapping up Calypso tomorrow with a brief discussion — probably Socratic-seminar-ish. English 8 students continued with figurative language by having some...
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