Somebody Wanted But So and Tone

English 8, still learning how several in-class engagements work, did their first “Somebody Wanted But So” post-reading engagement today. They worked on chapter 5 from Nightjohn, using SWBS to summarizing their reading. English I Honors students began a...

Final Text and Analysis

English I Honors students continued working through the opening pages of To Kill a Mockingbird, determining how Harper Lee creates such a convincing Southern voice. English 8 students worked on their final text segment from the Frederick Douglass text. HomeworkEnglish...
Mood and Shakespeare

Mood and Shakespeare

English 8 students began a second story in which we look at irony, tone, and mood: Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.” We began by looking at all the items that establish the setting (circled in red) and the mood (underlined in blue). English I Honors...
Tone Review and a Test

Tone Review and a Test

English 8 students worked tone a bit more after going over another term from our article of the week. English I Honors students worked on their poetry unit test. We were not quite able to finish it, so we’ll have a few more minutes tomorrow to work on...
Mood and the End of the Unit

Mood and the End of the Unit

English 8 students began reviewing some of the thinking behind the vocabulary in the Article of the Week. Afterward, we finished up tone in “The Tell-Tale Heart” and worked on mood. English I students finished up the last sonnet (130), determining what the...