Authority in Lord of the Flies

by | Apr 1, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and Fourth periods in class today did a Socratic Seminar about how authority and the reading that they went over yesterday apply in Lord of the Flies. We’ve also made a change about the next two writing assignments: students can choose one or the other...

Milgram and Authority

by | Mar 31, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods looked at how authority works in society, and then looked at an example, Milgram’s Experiment. Milgram’s experiment was designed to show how far people will follow the will of authority before their conscience will make them rebel....
Gerunds and Research

Gerunds and Research

by | Mar 28, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods began with a bit of practice with the two types of phrases we’ve been working with: prepositional and participial phrases. Afterward, we learned about a new type of phrase, gerunds. After learning about what a “gerund” is, we...

Taboo in the Lord of the Flies

by | Mar 27, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

In class today, first and forth periods discussed in groups a sociological analysis of the passage below from Lord of the Flies. Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he...

Sociology

by | Mar 26, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods today learned about sociology, and how it works in everyday life. We discussed how society influences how we relate with one another, as well as how it controls how we behave as individuals, or in different groups of people. This is part of...