Allegories

Allegories

First and fourth periods began studying allegories today, as part of our study on Lord of the Flies. We first learned what an allegory is, and then looked at an allegory, “The Allegory of the Cave.” Second and seventh periods continued their PASS...
Irony and Literary Argument

Irony and Literary Argument

First and fourth periods looked at verbal, situational, and dramatic irony. We also looked at the story of “Peter and Rosa.” We got into groups of three and four and worked to get two examples of irony and two symbols in the text. Some students worked to...
Behavior Levels

Behavior Levels

First period completed the behavior levels as well as the team-wide discipline system. Second and seventh periods only completed the levels. We will do the team-wide discipline system tomorrow. Fourth period looked at the EQ, “What is an allegory.” We used...

Combining, Run-ons, and Allegory

First period worked on combining sentences. We’ll be applying all our new editing techniques to our persuasive essays for the last couple of days of this week. Second period began the unit on Lord of the Flies. We started by looking at allegories and the best...