Phrases and Participles

by | Mar 25, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods today took some class time to read Lord of the Flies and then learned about participle phrases. They then took some notes on participles and looked at examples and practice from a writing textbook. Second and fourth periods finished up Flowers...

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...
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...
Allegories

Allegories

by | Mar 12, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

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...