Formal Language and a Transitional Day

by | Jan 13, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods worked on standard W.9-10.1d: “Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.” After going over the basics of formal voice, we did...

Decompressing and Researching

by | Jan 10, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods went over the exam from yesterday. Second and seventh periods continued research for the final project for our Anne Frank unit. I also conducted informal interviews with students so I and students could assess their preparedness. Our final day...

Exam and Research

by | Jan 9, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods had their semester exam today. Second and seventh periods continued print and internet research on their selected heroes of the Holocaust. HomeworkEnglish I Honors: continue evaluating peers’ “Decoration Day”...
Who Is Responsible for Notes?

Who Is Responsible for Notes?

by | Jan 8, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

Today in first and fourth periods our groups got our arguments together and we completed the Socratic Seminar. The majority of first period agreed on Friar Lawrence and fourth had Capulet and Montague. Tomorrow we’ll have the semester exam. Second and seventh...

Responsibility and Research

by | Jan 6, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods began the new year preparing for a Socratic Seminar tomorrow on the question of who is ultimately responsible for Juliet’s faked death. We’ll be finishing this up tomorrow (theoretically) before moving on to act five, finishing up...