Chapter 6 and Villanelles

English I Honors students looked at their first formal poetic form, the villanelle. We came up with a few rules for villanelles after looking at three of them, including a poem we’d already explored. English 8 students read chapter 6 of Nightjohn and began...

Forgetfulness and Chapter 5

English I Honors students finished up Collins’s “Forgetfulness,” and learned a little something more at the end of the class. The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the...
Poetry and Finishing Chapter 3

Poetry and Finishing Chapter 3

English 8 students finished working on effective readers’ skills and chapter three from Nightjohn. We’ll be moving on to the next chapter tomorrow after we debrief today’s work. English I Honors students began our new unit, which focuses on poetry....