English I students discussed informally in randomly formed groups the question of how the setting of “The Most Dangerous Game” affects the plot. We came up with several ideas: We’ll be using these ideas to create our first analytic Schaffer...
English I students worked today on the first lesson of our short story unit. This unit instructs students on the basics of literary analysis, helps students discern the difference between analyzing and summarizing, and provides students with ample writing practice. We...
Our first day is behind us! What a great group of kids we have on our team. We’re all excited about working with them this year. English I students spent the day going over letters from last year’s students, practicing small-group discussion, and reviewing...
English I students worked on their projects for Romeo and Juliet after reading 3.2 and discovering the confusion pronoun/antecedent ambiguity can cause. English 8 students had to maintain a holding pattern today with the writing we’ve been working on to be ready...
Everyone was working on arguments in one form or another today. English I students were creating claims about the connections between “Decoration Day” and Romeo and Juliet. Students came up with three claims: In both the song and the play there are feuds...
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