Poor Romeo and Mr. Dussel

by | Nov 18, 2013 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods looked at how Romeo is first introduced. They broke into groups to change the words into modern language. They also looked at a modern version of Romeo and Juliet. Second and seventh periods had their first presentations today. The second...

Sentence Types and Presentations

by | Apr 10, 2013 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

First and fifth periods went through their presentations for Mary Todd Lincoln. Students presented their findings and then evaluated other groups’ presentations. Second and fourth periods worked on sentence types (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex)...

Final Prep and Phrases

by | Apr 8, 2013 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

First and fifth periods had a final day of preparing their PowerPoint presentations on the commitment of Mary Todd Lincoln. Second and fourth periods began Great Expectations by looking at phrases before beginning the first bit of the book. Notes on phrases are...
Research and Reward

Research and Reward

by | Mar 28, 2013 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

First and fifth periods continued with the Mary Todd Lincoln research. We’ll be doing one more day of work on them before we actually present after the break. Second and fourth periods more or less finished up the unit on To Kill a Mockingbird with a sort of...