First period began The Giver. We’ll be reading it in class for a day or so to settle everyone into sometimes-disorienting world of Jonas.

Second period began looking at five principles of sociology in order to understand better Lord of the Flies and the challenges facing Ralph and the boys on the island. The first two principles we looked at today

1. People behave differently in groups than they do as individuals.
2. People obey rules that are socially constructed.

After checking the starters,

Checking Starters

fourth and sixth periods began Flowers for Algernon. We read about Charlie’s Rorschach test, and made a few of our own.

Bulletin Board

Homework

• First period: none.
• Second period: quiz (vocab) online.
• Fourth and sixth periods:
  • essay due tomorrow;
  • read through page 313.