Finalizing First Drafts and Comparing

by | Nov 6, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

RL.9-10.7. Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus). English I Honors...

Text Elements and First Acting

by | Nov 3, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

English 8 Strategies students looked at last week’s readings examining them for text elements and specific text structures. We re-marked the text and analyzed it. English I Honors students looked at a long exchange between Benvolio and Montague as an initial...
The Balcony Scene and Holocaust Denial

The Balcony Scene and Holocaust Denial

by | Dec 3, 2013 | English I Honors, Update

Today in first and fourth periods we took another look at 2.1 and 2.2 of Romeo and Juliet. We worked on identifying hidden stage directions in the text and got into groups to investigate a set of dialogue even further. Second and seventh periods finished up...
Prompt Books and Comparison Cubed

Prompt Books and Comparison Cubed

by | Dec 2, 2013 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods had a short quiz on act one of Romeo and Juliet and then worked on making a prompt book of the first few lines of 2.1. We first determined what a prompt book is and includes: We then tried our hand at creating mini-prompt books for 2.1: Second...