Dialogue and Hypocrisy

Dialogue and Hypocrisy

English 8 students looked at The Diary of Anne Frank today, examining how dialogue propels the action and reveals the characters. We looked specifically at how Anne’s character is developed in the play. English I students finished up the enigmatic twenty-fourth...
TDA Practice and a Guest Speaker

TDA Practice and a Guest Speaker

English 8 students began a hopefully-weekly bit of practice planning and thinking through Anne-Frank-related TDAs in preparation for the actual state-administered TDA next month. Local attorney Jim Bannister met today with Mrs. Hinner’s and my English I classes...
Reading Day

Reading Day

English I students had a reading day after going over the new requirements for their phrase and clause work (see below). English 8 students finished their first entry in the Diary of a Young Girl, reading the Sunday, June 14, 1942 entry and answering three...