by Mr. Scott | Nov 24, 2009 | Update
It was a fairly easy day today. With the faculty/student volleyball game taking up sixth and seventh periods, and first period being a little behind, it was a day of catch-up (not to be confused with a day of ketchup). Fourth period completed the presentations they...
by Mr. Scott | Nov 23, 2009 | Update
First, second, and seventh periods began exploring ballads. We used Dylan’s “Boots of Spanish Leather” as a model ballad. Tomorrow, we’ll be finishing up with the attributes of a ballad. Fourth period spent some time with an extended...
by Mr. Scott | Nov 20, 2009 | Update
First, second, and seventh periods worked on list poems. We used Shel Silverstein’s “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout” and “Sick” as our model list poems. Fourth period discussed bravery in the three chapters we read for today, as well as...
by Mr. Scott | Nov 19, 2009 | Update
First, second, and fourth periods all worked on figurative language: similes, metaphors, and personification. We looked at three poems that use figurative language: “Concrete Mixers,” “The City is So Big,” and “Harlem Night Song.”...
by Mr. Scott | Nov 17, 2009 | Update
First, second, and seventh periods looked at Georgia Douglas Johnson’s poem “Your World” as a model for the second poem in our poetry portfolio project. Your world is as big as you make it. I know, for I used to abide In the narrowest nest in a...
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