Sonnets and Completion

Sonnets and Completion

English 8 students went over homework and classwork from yesterday before completing the questions from Nightjohn. Next Tuesday we’ll be having a test on the topics associated with Nightjohn. voice diction syntax participles effective readers’ skills using...
Back Again

Back Again

I’ve not been updating this web site all week because of a simple fact: I’ve been moving it to a new host, with three-times the resources. Things should be clicking along very well on the site now. Today, English I Honors looked closely at the first eight...
Odd Day

Odd Day

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

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...

Writing Sonnets

In English I we continued working on the sonnets we started yesterday. We struggled a bit with the whole meter issue, but the rubric helped ease our minds a bit. (Additional detail provided by Mr. Scott.) HomeworkEnglish I Honors: Work on your...