Writing, 24, and the Pig’s Head

English I Honors students in fourth period began a close examination of chapter twenty-four, a chapter that initially seems to have very little action but in fact is one of the most fascinating and critical chapters in the novel. We’ll continue our close look...
A Model, Tension, and Authority

A Model, Tension, and Authority

English I Honors students in fourth period returned to the passages from Mockingbird that we were working on yesterday to begin establishing, with the help of an informational text, how Harper Lee builds the tension in the courtroom scene. We’ll finish up...
A Letter, Some Writing, and Verbals

A Letter, Some Writing, and Verbals

English 8 Strategies students took the unexpected day in class — come on, admit it: we were all expecting to be out today — and continued with the regularly-scheduled Friday writing day. As a reminder, students need to have the following completed: Tuesday...