Compare and Heroes

Compare and Heroes

by | Nov 13, 2023 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English 8 students continued working on text structures focusing today on the compare/contrast structure. We’ll be finishing up the short unit this week. English 8 students began working on their culminating project, which is a game based on the Odyssey....
Wrapped and Text Structures

Wrapped and Text Structures

by | Nov 6, 2023 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English I students finished with The Police song “Wrapped Around Your Finger” as we covered allusions and introduced motifs. And that song is an excellent exemplar of them all. This quarter’s major extra credit option comes from the past two...
First Assessment and a Reward

First Assessment and a Reward

by | Nov 3, 2023 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English 8 students worked on their first assessment for the text structure lesson we’ve been working on. The results were fantastic — a good start to the new unit. English I students were a little ahead of my schedule (about 1.5 days), so we rewarded their...
Test and Short Project

Test and Short Project

by | Oct 30, 2023 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English 8 students completed their Flowers for Algernon unit with a short test. We’ll begin a new short unit on text structures tomorrow. English I students worked on their article of the week looking at the word “entrepôt” in the AOW. We also went...