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...
English I Honors began looking at the question of how various artists using various media over various centuries have re-imagined Calypso. We looked at the etymology of Calypso’s name: The etymology of Calypso’s name is from kalypto, meaning “to...
English 8 students began looking at the EQ “What does figurative language add to a poem?” We did some schaffolded work with figurative language: English I students looked at an informational text about archaeological studies of the city of Troy in order to...
English 8 students finished up the overview of figurative language and next week will begin working on poems that include figurative language. English I students had a final day of work on the Romeo and Juliet project. The midterm exam is tomorrow. Make sure...
English I Honors students continued working on the Romeo and Juliet project. Since we have an exam Friday, we decided it would be best to spend class time working on the project. English 8 students had a lightning-fast review of figurative language before we start...
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