by Mr. Scott | Dec 13, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
English I Honors started the final work on the balcony scene, looking today at specific linguistic and literary elements: Are there any references to the motif we’ve been tracing? What is it? How does it add to our understanding of that motif?Look for and mark the...
by Mr. Scott | Dec 5, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
English 8 students began applying their summarizing and outlining skills to a short chapter in The Seven Habits of Effective Teens. We’ll be working on this through winter break. English I Honors students began the balcony scene, making it through the first few...
by Mr. Scott | Dec 4, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
English I Honors had an odd day since third period was not able to meet during the entire period without interruptions due to kids coming back from MAP testing. We watched a little of Romeo + Juliet while students filtered it, and then we followed the same pattern...
by Mr. Scott | Nov 30, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
English I Honors students worked on a practice test before the first Romeo and Juliet test Monday. A quick way to study: Re-read the whole act. You should be able to do this in half an hour. Review the scenes on which we focused in class for blocking/stage...
by Mr. Scott | Nov 26, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
English 8 students began working on an extended exercise with standard RI-6.1: “Provide an objective summary of a text with two or more central ideas; cite key supporting details to analyze their development.” Today we reviewed briefly how to create a...
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