English I Honors students in fourth period returned to the passages from Mockingbird that we were working on yesterday to begin establishing, with the help of an informational text, how Harper Lee builds the tension in the courtroom scene. We’ll finish up tomorrow.

Students who have English I Honors during sixth period had a day to work on the more recent writing assignment for Lord of the Flies.

As things begin to deteriorate, Piggy urges Ralph (at the end of chapter 5) to blow the conch shell once to bring everyone together. Ralph refuses, concerned about whether or not the boys heed the call of the conch.

Use what you know about authority from the Milgram experiment to consider the following questions:Why is Ralph concerned about whether they heed the conch?What will happen if he blows the shell and no one comes? What larger implications would this have for Ralph’s authority? If Ralph loses authority, who gains it? How might that be abused?

Students in English 8 Strategies returned to the model writing assignment I provided Monday to look carefully at just how I’d crafted my essay.

Homework

• English I Honors: 
  • fourth period: read chapter twenty-four twice by tomorrow.
  • sixth period:
    • read through chapter eight of the novel;
    • assess the chapter three/chapter four writing assignment on Roger and the stones, which is due tonight;
    • begin writing the third topic regarding authority, the conch, and Stanley Milgram’s experiment, which is due Friday.