Socratic Seminars and Lyric Moments

Socratic Seminars and Lyric Moments

English 8 Strategies students had a discussion in the form of a Socratic seminar about topics related to our final project for the quarter, analytic paragraphs about the selections they are reading in literature class. For Flowers for Algernon, discussion questions...
Verb Phrases and Tone

Verb Phrases and Tone

English I Honors began a couple of days working with tone in writing, specifically in poetry. We began by saying the same sentence in various tones of voice in order to see what “tone” means in terms of voice. We returned to “Do Not Go Gentle into...
Tone Continued and Comparing Media

Tone Continued and Comparing Media

Today in first and fourth periods we looked at tone again and evaluated some more of Billy Collins’ poems. We mostly looked at “The Lanyard” because of the tone change. The Lanyard The other day I was ricocheting slowly off the blue walls of this...

Tone and Drama

Today in first and fourth periods we evaluated “My Papa’s Waltz” and started on “Forgetfulness”. We also talked about and learned to identify tone and mood in a poem. Second and fourth periods began reading the dramatization of Anne...
Final Argument and voice

Final Argument and voice

Today in first and fourth periods we worked on identifying clues that tell us that “To Kill a Mockingbird” is written in a Southern voice. We looked at style attributes and content issues that indicate a Southern style. Style Issues Topical Issues Long...