Model Writing and Justice

by | Mar 24, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods spent some time looking at the rubric for the extensive Lord of the Flies project and then worked in pairs to evaluate a less-than-perfect model selection: As the boys stranded, and the littleuns completely dependent upon the older children...

Quarter 3 Evaluations

by | Mar 24, 2014 | English I Honors

First and fourth period students need to evaluate starters and participation by Wednesday. Click here to evaluate participation. Click here to evaluate starters.
Maslow’s Antecedents

Maslow’s Antecedents

by | Mar 21, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods worked on a famous hypothetical scenario today in preparation for the first writing assignment for Lord of the Flies: You are adrift on a private yacht in the South Pacific. As a consequence of a fire of unknown origin, much of the yacht and...
Allegory and Antecedents

Allegory and Antecedents

by | Mar 20, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods returned to Lord of the Flies and the question of what an allegory is. We accomplished this by continuing our examination of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” After marking the text a bit more, we viewed a claymation...

SCPASS Writing 2014, Day One

by | Mar 18, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

Today we began the 2014 SCPASS test, with the extended response portion of the writing test. The topic was … confidential, as it still is. Too bad: it would have been fun to talk to the kids about their troubles and decisions in the marathon writing process....