3.1 Tableaux and Project Work

by | Nov 16, 2016 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English 8 students made good progress on their Seven Habits project, and we’re on track to finish the initial work before Thanksgiving break. English I Honors students went through 3.1 by making tableau vivants. We’ll be adding a little bit of social media...
Split Work and 5.1

Split Work and 5.1

by | Nov 2, 2016 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English I Honors students looked at 5.1, the famous meeting scene in Romeo and Juliet. After a quiz, we looked at how 5.1 contains hidden stage directions in the opening lines. English 8 students did split work: fifth period students finished up the outlining work for...
Odd Day

Odd Day

by | Oct 5, 2016 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

Because of the situation with the buses, we had quite an odd day today. English 8 classes were missing a fair number of people, so we spent the day making up back work. English I Honors had enough students that I felt comfortable moving ahead, so we began looking at...

Finishing Hamlet and Working on Sonnets

by | Nov 6, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

In English I, we got back with our partners to discuss which of the five versions of the soliloquy was the best and which was the worst. Then every group got up and had 30 seconds to argue why they chose the ones they did. At the end of class we got out our sonnets...