Calypso and Communication

Calypso and Communication

All students had benchmark testing today, so classes were only half an hour long. English I Honors students worked on an extended Think/Pair/Share (completing only the “Think” portion) regarding artists’ portrayal of Calypso throughout history....
Odyssey and Tell-Tale Heart

Odyssey and Tell-Tale Heart

English I students worked on the introduction of the Odyssey, plotting the opening lines against a diagram of Odysseus’s journies. We determined that several of the lines match up perfectly to his journey and that we can determine a good bit of the story just...
Odyssey and a Halloween Story

Odyssey and a Halloween Story

English I Honors students began the Odyssey by just diving right in. We’ll be continuing tomorrow after we review phrase homework, which we neglected today. English 8 students began looking at “The Tell-Tale Heart” story in some detail, examining how...

Friday Work and Narratives

English I Honors students continued working on their narratives in our flipped-classroom experiment. English 8 students worked on their Friday inference work (see lesson plans at right). HomeworkEnglish 8 Studies: none.English I Honors: view the narrative...
Finishing and Starting

Finishing and Starting

English I Honors began the final stages of the Odyssey project. English 8 students began their new unit, a STEAM unit with social studies and math. HomeworkEnglish 8: continue with the poetry project. English I Honors: read the final section of the Odyssey...