Connotations and a Test

by | Sep 26, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

English 8 Strategies completed a test on the Schaffer model and the argument today, and creative writing continued working on individual student projects, including material for the main Hughes web site. English I Honors students looked at connotation and the role it...

MAP Spring 2014

by | Mar 5, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

All classes took the Measures of Academic Progress test today. I’ll be publishing some general results as soon as all students compete the test. All homework today is the same as it was yesterday.

MAP Spring 2014

by | Mar 5, 2014 | Blog

Waiting for MAP results when things are going this well is it must have been like in the “old days” when expectant fathers paced in the waiting room.
MAP Prep and Hero Mapping

MAP Prep and Hero Mapping

by | Mar 4, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods worked on a mini-project to conclude the Odyssey. We’re applying Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces to various films that have the hero/journey motif. Second and seventh periods had a short MAP overview followed by a bit...