Works Cited and Victorian England

by | Apr 11, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods are now preparing to read Great Expectations. Today, we covered what life was like in Victorian England (mid 1800s). On the side, we also had an “April Fool’s” joke by Mr. Scott, telling us that we must write a 3000 word...

Allegories and Works Cited

by | Apr 10, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

In first and fourth periods today, they worked on identifying symbols in Lord of the Flies after taking the phrases test. Today second and seventh periods worked on their work cited paper and they also took some notes on how to do a work cited paper on the...

Symbolism and Works Cited

by | Apr 9, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods began by reviewing the types of phrases for tomorrow’s test. We then moved on to discuss The Lord of the Flies as an allegory in our groups, finding the meaning of all possible symbols in the novel. After finding the meanings in our...

Symbols and Online Citations

by | Apr 7, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods today discussed the ending of The Lord of the Flies and also began learning more about symbols. As we have now finished the allegory, we will now be trying to determine what each character and object is a symbol for. Today in second and...

Mob Mentality in Lord of the Flies

by | Apr 4, 2014 | English 8, Update

First and fourth periods took a look at how the idea of the Mob Mentality applies in chapter 9 and 10 of Lord of the Flies. Then they also looked at the phrases that they have been learning in class. Second and seventh periods today were finishing up the claim,...