English 8 students worked on embedding quotes in our CDs. We have be using a very simple format: “For example, the text says ‘here is the quote.'” This is acceptable but not optimal. Today we worked on creating more effective quote integration:...
English 8 students went off-script a little today: we were supposed to start our next reading, “Under the Wire,” but as I read through students’ responses to the video we watched yesterday (“Harvest of Shame”), I realized we had an...
English 8 continued with the brief parts of speech review, going over adjectives today: English I students had time to finish their test and then went over participial phrases. HomeworkEnglish 8: complete (as needed) the two quick writes on No Red Ink:...
English 8 students continued with “The Tell-Tale Heart,” shifting to some character analysis. We looked at psychological factors behind the story. We looked at questions like: What motivates the narrator’s actions? How does the narrator describe...
All classes went to the library today for the second half of the Junior Book Awards presentations (or the first half, in the case of English I). English I students, after their library visit, took a break from the Odyssey and had a brief review before their phrase...
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