English 8 students worked on determining the main idea (or central idea) of a nonfiction text today. We began by looking at a text about Michaela DePrince, the orphan from Sierra Leone who was adopted by an American family and is now a world-class ballerina. We went...
English I Honors students began 1.5 by looking at all the various stage directions that Shakespeare embeds in his text. We finished up with the tirade Tybalt goes on when he discovers Romeo’s presence. English 8 students continued with the new unit, which will...
English 8 students finished up their practice of determining the main idea of a text. English I Honors students worked on their first lit circle, debriefing in a forum afterward to make sure things improve the next time. HomeworkEnglish 8 Studies: none.English I...
First and fourth periods worked on Calypso again and comparing the song to the poem. We worked with partners to identify differences in the relationships and Calypso herself, looking Samuel Palmer’s 1848–9 painting The Departure of Ulysses from the Isle of...
First and fourth periods worked on Homeric Similes and compared a Calypso song to her part in the Odyssey. We broke off into groups and analyzed the two pieces. Second and seventh periods worked on determining the main idea of a text. The Rorschach inkblot test is a...
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