English I students finished up the work on figurative language, examining metaphors, similies, personification, hyperbole, and idioms to determine the tenor and the vehicle. We then went over meter for the last fifteen minutes of class. It won’t be on any test,...
English I students worked on the planning for their first Schaffer paragraph on “The Most Dangerous Game.” Students should have a good idea of their topic sentences and should have two passages from the story selected, which they will use as their first...
English I students finished up their first model selection, and we walked through the type of analytic paragraph we’ll be working on in this first unit. Afterward, we worked on integrating quotes into our CDs in a fluid and efficient fashion. We’ll...
English 8 students completed their second (and last, for the time being) Schaffer paragraph about how to have a successful school year. We’ll be having a test on Schaffer and “Thank You, Ma’am” next Tuesday. English I students finished up...
English I students began working on their short story unit, looking today at how a story’s setting might be tied to its conflict. We read “The Sniper” and made a few observations about how the setting of the Irish Civil War is critical to the...
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