Class Minutes for Thursday December 9th

1. Prayer

2. Key Quotes

We examined a quote said by Jack in Lord of the Flies: "We don't need the conch anymore."

Jack represents a totalitarian dictator who rejects the symbol of democracy and order, the conch. This is allegorically significant. 

3. Paragraph Revision

We revised our paragraphs of setting in Lord of the Flies, focusing on:

• Thematic topic sentence - applies to humanity/the world in general
• PEE supporting the argument - evidence links to theme/use direct quotes
• Rhetorical devices/style

4. Prep for Allegory multi

 

We reviewed the structure of a multi-paragraph.

Theme: Without the restrictions of society, humanity's inherent evil prevails.

How does Golding use allegory to communicate this message?

3 types of allegories in Lord of the Flies:

• Political: Jack = totalitarian, axis; Ralph = democracy, allies; the conch is a symbol of democracy
• Psychological (Freud): Jack = Id; Piggy = super-ego; Ralph = ego
• Religious: Garden of Eden and Humanity's fall

5. Homework: Read Chapter 7

 

 

Thanks Ryan!

Class Minutes for Tuesday December 7th

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Class Minutes for Friday December 3rd 2010

English 11 Notes
Friday December 3rd, 2010

Prayer

Word Game

Find symbolism, context, and significance within the following words:

1) Sandcastle
2) Painted Face

Chapter 4 text framing notes

We received a worksheet, Ch.4 text framing notes, and filled in the blanks for better understanding of chapter 4

Reviewed chapter 4

The Beginning of Disorder

We received a worksheet, the Beginning of Disorder.

• choose three events from the worksheet and guess what each mean
• review answers to check if you were correct

Chapter 5

Read chapter 5 for homework

 

Thanks Gloria

Class Minutes for Wednesday December 1st

1- Prayer: First week of advent

2- Quiz: Chapter 1-3, not for marks

3- Venn Diagrams: Ralph vs. Piggy/ Ralph vs. Jack. Write about their similarities and differences about their maturity, charisma, wisdom and appearance.

4- Group Character Work: We were given a character from the novel “Lord of The Flies” and had to include things about their appearance, behaviour, traits and relationships with other characters, what famous characters are they most like, what activities/hobbies they would enjoy and jobs that they could be good at.

5- Ch.4 Predictions: We had to predict events that would happen in the next chapter, some of the predictions were:

-     They won’t survive.

-     They will end up going against each other, in particular Ralph and Jack since they had disagreements with each other in chapter 3.

-     It will become a disaster since there is no shelter and the people are not really doing their jobs.

Thanks Rochelle

Class Minutes for Monday November 29th 2010

1. Prayer
2. Chapter 3: 3 Minutes 3 Columns

We predicted the meaning of three difficult words found in chapter three based on other words that make sense int he context and word families. We then looked up the actual definitions.

3. Setting in "The Painted Door" paragraphs

Ms Meakes discussed the importance of connecting of ideas in our body paragraphs to the theme and using relevant quotes. We got back our setting paragraphs and updated our writing logs.

4. Lord of the Flies Setting

Good and evil are both present
-Man brings evil
-Humans are inherently evil
-Lack of authority results in disorder
-Golding thinks that both good and evil are present in humans and the circumstances bring out one or the other
-Juxtaposition is putting two things side by side to highlight the contrast of them or in order to draw a comparison.

We wrote a paragraph answering the question: How does Golding use setting to communicate a larger idea?

Thanks Lorenzo

Class Minutes for Wednesday November 24th

1.Prayer

2. Chapter 2: 3 Minutes 3 Columns 

-We were given sentences with bold words. We tried to predict what they mean, then we find the actual definition. Ms Meakes gave us two hints - a: think of other words that sound the same; b: try to think of other words that would make sense in the spot in the sentence. 

3. Review Two Text Framing Notes

-We filled in the blanks.

4. Leads

-We learned how to write strong introductions.
-We found examples from magazine articles to practice.

5.Personal Composition Independent Corrections

-We got back our personal composition and filled out our writing log. 

Homework: 

-Read Chapter 3 in Lord of the Flies.

-Finish the Island Sketch that was assigned on Monday.

Thanks Adelia

Class Minutes for Monday November 22nd

1) Prayer

2) 3 Minutes 3 Columns: we were each given a worksheet, with 3 columns; we were to predict the meaning of the bolded word in each sentence, then find the actual meaning. This activity helps you to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of new words.

3) Chapter 1 Questions: discuss the questions we had to write for homework on chapter 1. Asking questions while you are reading helps to cement the information. It will also help to guide your future reading.

4) The Island-Setting: we were given 20 minutes to work on a sketch (title: This Belongs to Us) of the island as the boys see it, from the top of the mountain. The sheet given had notes and criteria. This is to be completed for next class.

5) T-Chart: as a class we made a t-chart of Golding (author of Lord of the Flies) and Rousseau (philosopher) each man had a different view of the human race. Golding believed that without rules, and systems like schools, the human race would be savage and wild. Rousseau on the other hand believed that every person was good, and searched for good.

6) Homework: read Chapter 2 “Fire on the Mountain”, finish The Island sketch, and do the worksheet Chapter 1&2 Text Framing Notes. All due Wednesday. * Note: EXTENSION ON THE ISLAND SKETCH. PLEASE FINISH FOR MONDAY

Thanks Mineesha!