Main Idea and Heroism

Main Idea and Heroism

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...
Odyssey and Text Structures

Odyssey and Text Structures

English I students began the Odyssey, even listening to a little of the original Greek: We focused on the opening lines, the prayer to the muses: Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for...