English I students began a new, short unit on poetry. We’re looking at the poem “Because You Asked About the Line Between Prose and Poetry” in order to get some initial guidance on how to parse modern poetry. English 8 students also worked on the...
English 8 students continued working with text structures, applying the chronological text structure to “A Tell-Tale Heart” before moving on to the cause/effect text structure. We’ll be applying it to “A Tell-Tale Heart” tomorrow. English...
English I Honors students had their final day of test prep/unit review today. I gave students a copy of the poems that will be on the test tomorrow, and they had the opportunity to collaborate on the interpretation of the poems. English 8 students finished up...
English I students (fourth and fifth period) worked on the next step in our phrase phase by covering the basic idea of the participle. It was a 10-minute introduction to the form (the -ing or -en form of the verb), and that was that. Tomorrow we’ll work on the...
English I students finished up their work on sonnets today and then had a little practice with prepositional phrases in a Gimkit to finish the week with a bit of fun. English 8 students continued working on our short Halloween unit. HomeworkEnglish 8: continue...
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here:
Cookie Policy
Recent Comments