Gallery Walk

Gallery Walk

by | Jan 25, 2021 | English I Honors, Update

Today, we looked at several passages in 3.2 and 3.3 in a super-spaced, socially-distanced gallery walk, which we held in the library: Students examined various passages, and after working their way through any comprehension problems, they looked for echoes of other...
Friar’s Soliloquy and the Project

Friar’s Soliloquy and the Project

by | Jan 14, 2021 | English I Honors, Update

We’ve spent the last couple of days going over Friar Lawrence’s soliloquy that opens 2.3: The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night, Chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of light, And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels From forth...
Balcony Scene Completed

Balcony Scene Completed

by | Jan 12, 2021 | English I Honors, Update

We finished going over the balcony scene today, one of the most famous scenes in theater history. We reviewed our earlier work and shared with the class our findings as we explored: elliptical constructions inversions allusions metaphors similes personification...
Starting the Bard

Starting the Bard

by | Nov 5, 2020 | English I Honors, Update

Students started the final series of poems in our poetry unit, turning to the poems of William Shakespeare in preparation for the next unit, which is on Romeo and Juliet.  We began parsing Shakespeare’s twenty-ninth sonnet: When, in disgrace with fortune and...