English 8 students began preparing for literature circles they’re going to be conducting over the next week as we begin a new unit in celebration of Black History Month. Students looked at the eight roles in a lit circle: Summarizer: Your job is to prepare a...
English 8 students had their figurative speech presentations today. We didn’t quite finish, but we’ll finish up tomorrow. English I students went through 3.1 from Romeo and Juliet and began talking about the big project for the unit, the Romeo and Juliet...
The day started with a pep rally. English I students went through 2.3 from Romeo and Juliet, which includes the first soliloquy of the play: The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night, Chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of light, And flecked darkness like...
English 8 began a three-day overview/review of figurative language before we begin our next unit next week. We read “The New Colossus” to see examples of similes, metaphors, allusions, and alliteration — some of the basics of poetry. This corresponds...
English 8 students completed the final reading for the immigration unit. We’ll be using this to review the process of developing the main idea and creating an objective summary of a text. It’s something students have done since elementary school, but...
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