English Studies had their first of two debate preparations. They worked on claims, reasons, counterclaims, and rebuttals. We’ll have the debate on Friday, and it should be exciting. English Strategies (fourth period) finished up the film version of Nightjohn....
Today in class we read “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night”.We went over the tone of the poem and discussed what the poem was about.We learned that this poem was a Tonal Shift poem which is a poem that shifts its tone at a certain time in a poem.And...
English I Honors students worked on sound devices with poetry. We focused on a couple of poems, including the famous “My Papa’s Waltz.” We’ll finish up tomorrow before moving on to tone. English Studies (fifth period) began a final activity...
English Strategies students (fourth period) worked on some culminating work for Nightjohn by creating Facebook pages for various characters in the novel. It was a fun activity that made sure all students had a firm grasp on the plot, characters, and setting of the...
English I Honors continued with the poetry work, still focusing on connotations. Our poem for this has been Robert Hayden’s excellent “Those Winter Sundays.” English Studies (fifth period) completed the comparison work with Nightjohn and the film...
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