Field Trip and New Unit

by | Mar 13, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English 8 students began a new unit, with a mystery EQ which students were to determine at the end of the day. English I Honors students had a quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird and used the time while the majority of students were out on a field trip to read chapter 24....
Tone Review and a Test

Tone Review and a Test

by | Nov 8, 2017 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English 8 students worked tone a bit more after going over another term from our article of the week. English I Honors students worked on their poetry unit test. We were not quite able to finish it, so we’ll have a few more minutes tomorrow to work on...
Mood and the End of the Unit

Mood and the End of the Unit

by | Nov 7, 2017 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English 8 students began reviewing some of the thinking behind the vocabulary in the Article of the Week. Afterward, we finished up tone in “The Tell-Tale Heart” and worked on mood. English I students finished up the last sonnet (130), determining what the...
Sonnets and Tone

Sonnets and Tone

by | Nov 6, 2017 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English 8 students looked at the question of tone (the author’s/narrator’s opinion of the subject at hand) in “The Tell-Tale Heart.” English I Honors students finished up their second sonnet, number twenty-nine. Afterward, we began the final...