While revising their sonnets, students tried to help one another understand meter. In one case, a student was willing to pay another student for a word that worked in the poetic form. (As far as I know, no actual money… Continue Reading
In preparation for learning literary terms, 6F had a space race. Their team was randomly assigned, and they tried to be the first to fill in all literary terms.
Today students were paired together to review one another’s essay for All Quiet on the Western Front. They are tasked to have an adult read their essays tonight. I am trying to prepare them for high school, where they will… Continue Reading
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Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets. After learning about the sonnet form, the seventh grade put sonnets back together again. Each student will write a sonnet in the coming weeks. It is much harder than you might think! Ask your student… Continue Reading
The setting of Scout’s neighborhood is very important to understanding the plot of To Kill a Mockingbird. Each student has been creating a map and adding information as it is revealed in the novel.
Which poem best represents WWI? That was the question before our two student judges today. Sara and Winston had to decide which poem to add to a “textbook.” The choices were “Break of Day in the Trenches,” “Dulce Et Decorum… Continue Reading