ANTHEM
Your homework for last night was to be read to page 24 in Ayn Rand’s Anthem for today’s class. We had a good discussion centered around one of the themes of the book, the individual versus the collective. “Collective” is a term than Rand uses to describe the polictical and social focus on the group [...]
OF Mice and Men
We started John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men this week. Here are links to the Chapter Questions. Left click to open in your browser, or right click to save the file to your computer.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
We finished Chapter One and our conversation in class focused on the foreshadowing [...]
LISTENTING TASK
Only two students had homework completed this morning. We are still working on the Propaganda essay. Using Dan’s tree map (a copy was placed in each student’s network folder), we began to organize the notes we took into the basic essay components. Your homework for tomorrow is to complete the Tree Map we started [...]
THE CRUCIBLE
Test today and tomorrow. We will begin John Steinbeck’s of Mice and Men on Thursday.
INHERIT THE WIND
Due to the Ecology field trip on Friday, we postponed the test by one day. Today we went over the test and what to expect. Tomorrow and Wednesday the test will be given. Please see the previous post for the summary and example materials.
THE CRUCIBLE
Today we went over what to expect for Monday’s Crucible test. You will be given two days to answer a Critical Lens type question similar to the one we went over in class. You have examples of all of the literary techniques and elements listed on the exam question. You may use these examples [...]
Getting ready for the Inherit the Wind Test on Monday
Here is an example of the type of question and possible answers. I will not be counting grammar and spelling AS LONG AS THEY DO NOT INTERFERE WITH COMPREHENTION. You will be given two class periods (Monday and Tuesday) to complete the test. You may use the book [...]
THINKING MAPS
Your homework for Monday is to look over the class notes on the Golden Rice essay and come up with a plan using the Thinking Maps to organize those notes. You sould have a written plan of action or a started (not completed) Thinking Map. We will go over these ideas on Monday.
Today we started working as a class on our last Listening Task in preparation for the Regents Exam in January. We will take the next few days and work through all aspects of the task as a group. Please be an active participant in class. How does one actively participate? Well, try these ideas:
ask questions, [...]
THE CRUCIBLE
We are currently preparing Power Point presentations on McCarthyism and the Witch Trials. Each student will have four days of class time to complete the project, although I encourage you to do some extra work outside of class. Please note that I have changed the due dates of the assignment because we ran long [...]
