Christmas is fast approaching, and the campus is buzzing with a kind of energy that warms hearts, brings communities together and puts smiles on the faces of youthful faces. Although we only had two and a half weeks from the end of Thanksgiving break and the Holiday break, the schedule never fails to keep us on more »
Tag Archives: English
Off to a Good Start
Junior year has been great. I’m taking classes that I am interested in such as Photography and English Literature. After school, I’m harnessing my forehand daily in JV tennis. This year I am living in Middle School–which is only steps from the the dining hall, classes, health center, and vending machine (what more can you more »
Owning THE ODYSSEY
In English class right now, we are reading The Odyssey. Each student is assigned to “own” one book or chapter, and present in front of the class! This individual-based project really helps to increase each student’s understanding of the book. Also, our public speaking skills have improved. I am presenting my book, XVIII, later next week more »
Spring at Thacher
Although only two weeks in, these two weeks have been flying by and I feel like that’s how the rest of this trimester will go. English presentations on Romeo and Juliet, history essays about the Enlightenment period, and even more is happening in a rapid quick fire; it’s amazing how much has happened and how much more »
Galileo Would be Welcome Here
In English class we’re reading Galileo by Bertolt Brecht. During the book, Galileo’s assistant (a young student) is faced with the fact that the church will willingly reject knowledge in order to maintain the facts about the universe that they have preached for the past two thousand years. To Andrea (the assistant) this comes as an unbelievable more »
Comradeship
In English we recently finished reading Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel about World War I. Expected to write a paper on the novel, I began to think about possible roadmaps I could take. The first road was to choose a general idea or topic that could easily generate solid evidence. The second more »
I, Teacher
It was just last week that my English teacher, Mrs. Pidduck, assigned an unusual project. Instead of the normal essay or passage analysis, we were going to become the teachers. It was to be a reversal of roles. The whole class was divided into groups of two and given a Supreme Court case that related more »
Tracking Holden
In English class, we are reading J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, and we are getting into some great discussions. On top of the nightly reading, each student is assigned a topic to track throughout the novel. For example, my topic is Holden’s direct observations about himself and his behavior. Today in class, my teacher more »
“Oh! I get it now!”
The other day in English class, we were all sitting in a circle talking about the book we were reading- J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. We’re writing creative essays for it about scenes from a minor character’s perspective or the main character’s if he were at Thacher, and so on. Everyone was excited more »
Slaughtering an Epic
With a new trimester come new teachers, sports, and schedules. This term I got a new English teacher- I’d heard great things about Mrs. Mulligan as a teacher, but no one could tell you quite how wonderful she is until you actually get her as a teacher. Mrs. Mulligan makes the text come alive, brings more »
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