Project and a Test

Project and a Test

English 8 students worked on their Nighjohn/theme project today. It’s the last day we’ll be working in class on it. English I Honors students had their poetry test today. We didn’t quite finish it up, so students will finish on Thursday when I will...
Figurative Language and a Test

Figurative Language and a Test

English I students worked on figurative language in poetry, specifically in Shakespeare. We’ll have a test on the poetry unit next Monday. English 8 students worked on their Nightjohn test. All students got their first taste of Go Guardian… HomeworkEnglish...
Sonnets and Completion

Sonnets and Completion

English 8 students went over homework and classwork from yesterday before completing the questions from Nightjohn. Next Tuesday we’ll be having a test on the topics associated with Nightjohn. voice diction syntax participles effective readers’ skills using...

Tonal Shift and Skills Review

English I students continued working on tone and poetry today, finally learning what that funny line we kept drawing in poems is called. It’s the tonal shift, the spot in the poem where the tone changes. It’s accompanied by the lyric moment, which is where...

Tone and Life Lessons

English 8 students had a little discussion about the effects of not doing one’s homework. We looked at the difference in district policy at middle school (where not handed in work results in a grade-floored 50) and at high school (where not handed in work...