Poetry and Traditions

Poetry and Traditions

English 8 students continued with the second part of yesterday’s lesson by applying what we’d learned to a text about how slaves retained many of their traditions while still enslaved. We’ll be examining the argument in the text tomorrow. English I...

Anne Frank and Ballads

6 school days left English I Honors students worked on a poetic form: the ballad. We’ll be continuing this through the end of the week. English 8 students continued working on The Diary of Anne Frank. We will be finishing this by the end of the week....

Ballads and Rating Resources

English I Honors students went over a brief review of evaluating online resources using the CRAP Test. We’ll be finishing up a very brief project applying those skills tomorrow and Friday. English 8 students began the last bit of the poetry mini-unit by looking...
Sticking Food and a Poem

Sticking Food and a Poem

English I Honors students went over the Missionary Society tea party passage in To Kill a Mockingbird. We’re working toward the discovery of the irony that’s at the heart of the passage. English 8 students began their first poem, which is ironically a poem...