Thursday, September 26, 2013

Thursday, September 26

AP Language and Composition
Students took a practice multiple-choice exam in today's class.

Homework:  Students need to study their words of the day in preparation for the quiz that will be given tomorrow.

Pre-AP English 9
In today's class, we discussed new literary analysis terms including alliteration, paradox, allusion, idiom, simile, metaphor, personification, and anthropomorphism.  We then annotated the first two paragraphs of "The Scarlet Ibis" for examples of figurative language.

Homework:  Students need to study their words of the day in preparation for the quiz tomorrow.  They also need to obtain their copies of the two class novels we will be studying next by Monday, September 30.

Advanced English 9
We finished our discussion of "The Scarlet Ibis" in class today, discussing thematic elements and elements of grammar in the story.


Homework:  Students need to study their words of the day in preparation for the quiz tomorrow.  They also need to obtain their copies of the two class novels we will be studying next by Monday, September 30.

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