Tuesday, March 30 thru the holidays

Today, Wednesday, Thursday and onward, you are reading Lord of the Flies, and answering reading questions. These are to be completed by the time you come back from your break. Be sure to use the time in class wisely as it will cut down on your workload over the break.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Today, we read the frist chapter of Lord of the Flies. Work on the chapter questions. Remember, you will need to read an average of 16 pages a day in order to finish this novel and questions be the end of the holidays.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Today, I introduced more about Lord of the Flies. Specifically, we discussed Golding's views on the nature of man, as well as how the book is an allegory and how the characters symbolize parts of a personality; the whole being is represented as the boys in their entirety. I handed out the novel itself and the chapter questions. We will really dig into this starting on Monday.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Today, I introduced the novel unit. The class novel this term is Lord of the Flies, by William Golding.
I gave you some handouts to introduce the author and the book. These are in your portfolios if you weren't here.

Wednesday, March 23, 2010

Today, studnts wrote their poetry unit exam (multiple choice). Everyone was in attendance.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Today, we finished off the major poetry analysis presentations and discussed the unit exam for poetry you are having tomorrow. Terms that you should know are below:
Illusion
Allusion
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Metaphorically
Reinforce
Superficial
Apathy
Cynicism (cynic)
Irony
Rhyme
Imagery
Perception (perceive)
Implication (implied)
Familial (filial)
Contrast
Tyranny
Egotistic
Antecedent
Personification
Inscrutable (scrutable)
Conveyed (convey)
Paralleled
Cyclical
Irrevocable
Rhetorical questions
Alliterative (alliteration)
Uniform (not what you wear…but how)
Void (not empty your bowels…)
Haven
Symbolized (symbol/symbolism)
Reprieve
Camaraderie

Monday, March 22, 2010

Today, we will view the rest of the major poetry presentations.