English I students began a short unit on two topics: research strategies and phrases. We went over prepositional phrases today and then looked at how to narrow research questions. Students who were absent can follow along with the English I class stream recording....
English I students worked on the monomyth from Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with A Thousand Faces. We only made it through the first three stages of the hero’s journey: Call to adventure Refusal of the call Supernatural aid We’ll continue working on it...
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...
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