Project Work and Gerunds

English I students went over part three of our phrase-blitz, going through gerunds in less than a period. Easy-peasy, right? English 8 students continued with their Harriet Tubman annotation/discussion project. HomeworkEnglish 8 Studies: none.English I...

Prepositions and Friday Work

English I Honors students began the grammar portion of the To Kill a Mockingbird unit. We’ll be focusing on phrases: prepositional, participial, gerund, infinitive, and appositive. Today’s focus was prepositional phrases, including an examination how they...

Test, Extra Credit, and More

7 school days left English I Honors students had the phrase test today and also learned a bit about the option for extra credit now available. English 8 students continued their final work on The Diary of Anne Frank and also learned a bit about the option for...
Sentence Types and Lit Circles

Sentence Types and Lit Circles

20 school days left After going over the extensive phrase homework, which has excited students so much that it is with the greatest regret that they realize we could have done sentence diagramming proper this year, English I Honors classes got to the summit of...