Here's today's recap:

English 8

We reviewed for tomorrow's test. Here are the things you'll need to know:

• narrative poem
• stanza
• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• understatement

You should also know the three types of irony.

English 9 and 9H

We began chapter 9 today. Scout is starting to hear some talk in Maycomb about her father, disparaging him for defending a black man. Scout and her family go to Finch's Landing for Christmas, and she seems to be about to have a serious confrontation with her cousin Francis.