Argument 2 and Final Fate

by | Jan 26, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

English I Honors students turned the final moments of Romeo and Juliet to finish the examination of the play for references in any way to fate. We’ll be using these copious notes from Friday and today when we look at tomorrow’s work, which will deal with a...
Fate Treasure Hunt and Reading the Prompt

Fate Treasure Hunt and Reading the Prompt

by | Jan 23, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

English 8 Strategies returned to the ACT-Aspire test today, looking at how to make sure we understand perfectly the prompt for the test. We went over the practice prompt from the last session and applied our new ideas to the prompt: English I Honors students continued...
Fishbowl Fate and Fragments

Fishbowl Fate and Fragments

by | Jan 22, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

English I Honors students began the final push toward the end of Romeo and Juliet. We’ll be looking at the concept of fate as it develops throughout the play, so today we defined fate using a collaborative learning engagement called Fish Bowl, which looks a lot...

Argument Analysis and Socratic Seminar

by | Jan 21, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

English I Honors students completed their Socratic Seminars for the question of who was responsible for Juliet’s faked death. Students also turned in their planning sheets for this discussion. English 8 Strategies students finished up tracing the argument put...
Responsibility and Arugument

Responsibility and Arugument

by | Jan 20, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

Students in English I Honors began a two-day look at who was responsible for Juliet’s “death” (i.e., her fake death at the end of act four). We’ll be conducting a Socratic Seminar tomorrow to try to create a hierarchy of responsibility for the...