by Mr. Scott | Dec 9, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
Everyone was working on poetry today: sound devices for most classes and sonnets for second and fourth periods. Homework First, sixth, and seventh periods: none. Second and fourth period: read “The Illiterate” (in anthology) and compare it to the English...
by Mr. Scott | Jan 21, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
Today, quick homework overview only. Homework First period: complete the weekend writing assessment. Fourth period: read the prologue and first scene from Romeo and Juliet, act two; complete the paraphrase of the prologue (remember: extra credit for making the...
by Mr. Scott | Dec 8, 2010 | English I Honors, Update
Second and sixth periods had an abrupt change of plans: I decided last-minute to go over timed writing skills to complement last night’s homework. It was about poetry, so it kept us on target, but I felt we should take the time to deal with the important...
by Mr. Scott | Dec 3, 2010 | English I Honors, Update
Second and sixth periods, we worked on context clues. We went over four ways we can determine a word’s meaning through the context clues. We began using a vocabulary chart to track unknown words in poems and how we’re using context clues to figure out the...
by Mr. Scott | Nov 23, 2010 | Update
First period finished up the rubric for their project, and we worked on the project just a bit. We had a little relaxation at the end of the period. Second and sixth periods spent a final day of preparing for Monday’s project turn in. The rubric for second and...
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