Monday, 9/18: Reading Comprehension Quiz
- Reading Comprehension quiz Lord of the Flies Chapters 1 and 2.
- Lord of the Flies study Packets due pages 5, 5A, 6 and 6B
- Quizlet on Lord of the Flies List #3
Lord of the Flies LIST #3
- Improvisation: the art of making; inventing, or arranging offhand, without advance planning.
- Jeeringly: mockingly; taunting.
- Lamentably: regrettably; mournfully.
- Ludicrous: amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity.
- Expansively: with delusions of self-importance; increasingly; with enlargement.
- Effigy: an image or representation, especially of a person.
- Inarticulate: uttered or formed without the definite, clear, effective utterances of intelligent speech.
- Perilous: hazardous; dangerous
- Tempestuously: violently; agitated
- Discursive: digressive; moving from one topic to the next
Figurative Language: Oxymoron: An oxymoron combines two words of contrasting meaning to covey a single idea or thought.
Tuesday, 9/19: Literature
- Lord of the Flies Chapter 3, group discussion, analysis, symbol and figurative language identification.
- Cornell Notes for Chapter 3, page 7
Creative Writing Session 1 Entry #2, to be on track for an A one needs to have 1000 words by Sunday, 9/24. Due today: a total of 400 words or 200 more than last week’s work for 20 points.
Thursday, 9/21: Literature
- Finish Chapter 3. Lord of the Flies group discussion, analysis, symbol and figurative language identification.
- Commentary completed on page 7B
Test on Lord of the Flies List #3
Weekend Homework:
1. Read all of Chapter 4 --Lord of the Flies on your own.
2. Finish all notes (Cornell and Commentary) for Chapters 3 and 4 pages , 7, 7B, 8, 8B due Monday 9/25.
3. Reading Comprehension test on Lord of the Flies--Chapters 3 and 4, Monday, 9/25.