Lord of the Flies Essay Materials

The rubric and the sheet we worked on Friday, with suggestions about how to revise.

LotF Rubric

Lotf Brief Revision

LotF Assignment

The sheet you got in class--

LotF Interpretive Brief

Thesis Statements for Tomorrow -- F,G,H

In developing your thesis statements for tomorrow, look at the second sentence of the model essay we looked at last week. Your thesis statement should clearly state an argument, and if it provides a preview of how you will prove that argument, that's great.

Reading Assignment

For Friday, all classes should have read through chapter six!

Sheets for Chapters 4 & 5 of LotF

LotF Chapter 4

LotF_ch5

Allegory Worksheet for Chapter One of LotF

Here it is--

Lord of the Flies Allegory

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

This is the sheet we'll be looking at during our first meeting this week. It includes the homework due at our second meeting.

Transitive & Intransitive

This Week's Calendar

Here it is--

Calendar for 5/3

Spring Project, First Part

You will be completing a Spring Project online at the Museum of Fine Arts website. There will be three parts to the project; the first part involves responding in writing to images.

The link below will take you to the MFA website. Once there, you will be asked for a password. The password for your class is the word "minuteman" followed by the letter of your block. So, if you are in 'E' block, your password is "minuteman e". Once you have entered the password, you will be able to access the activity, "Spring Project, Part 1". Follow the directions provided.

MFA Classrooms Online

Lord of the Flies

Read chapter one for our first meeting next week. Pay special attention to, and take notes on, details of setting.

Monologues and Essay Guidelines

Romeo and Juliet Monologues

Romeo and Juliet Essay Guidelines

Homework

Finish Romeo and Juliet!

HW for 4.4-4.5, Vocabulary for Test

Here it is--

R+J_4.4-4.5

Homework for 4.1 & 4.2

For 4.1, select either Paris, the Friar, or Juliet, and write a paragraph describing what you think that character's subtext is during this meeting. For 4.2, select either Juliet or her father, and write a paragraph describing what you think that character's subtext is during this meeting.

Calendar

This calendar takes us through the end of quarter three. Enjoy.

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Notes on the Model

This is what we are going over in class today, Friday.

Model Notes

Model Paragraph

Below is a model of the writing assignment. Note that the paragraph is broken up only so that it is easier to see the different "parts" of the paragraph.

Teiresias Adviser to Oedipus_broken Up

Writing Assignment

This is the assignment sheet.

RandJ Act 1 Writing

2.2 Script

So I think that for one class I forgot to pass out the scripts for 2.2 that you need in order to create your promptbooks. Here they are. Remember: due second block next week.

Have a great weekend!

2.2

Calendar

Here is the calendar for the next two weeks. It includes some important questions to keep in mind. See you in class!

Romeo & Juliet Calendar 1

Webquest

Click on the link below. Every student should write his or her numbered answers on a separate sheet of paper. Do not do #20. We'll do a separate "Insult Exercise" next week. Your answers to the questions are due at the beginning of block one next week.

Romeo and Juliet Webquest

Comparison & Contrast

Below is the assignment sheet, which you received in class, and the model, which you did not.

Comp&Contrast Assignment

Comp&Contrast Model

Portraits

Paste the link below into your browsers:

http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/111682/portraits

Choose two portraits; compare & contrast!

Homework for Friday

Below is a slideshow containing three pairs of portraits. Choose one pair, and write a short paragraph in which you contrast the two portraits.

You can view the slideshow if you click below on the "Click Here to View the MFA Slideshow" button beneath the images.

Click Here to View the MFA Slideshow

Calendar

This week's activities:

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Program of Studies

Here's a link to it:

http://lhs.lexingtonma.org/Program/

Fishbowl Sheets

Here is prep sheet and the rubric for your fishbowl discussions, which will take place block three.

Oedipus Fishbowl Prep


Oedipus Necessity Fishbowl Rubric

Necessity Collage

Here is the assignment sheet--

Oedipus Necessity Collage

The Week's Plan (revised)

Oedipus and Necessity Revised

For those out of class on Friday...

Below is a sheet explaining the work we did in Vocabulary notebooks.

For homework: Read through the end of the play, and annotate for the following questions: Is Oedipus a tragic hero? Why or why not?

Aristotle & Oedipus

This Week's Calendar

Here it is--

Calendar for Feb 1

Homework for Oedipus, Scene 2

This sheet is due Friday.

Oedipus Scene 2

Homework for Block 2

This is the sheet you must complete as you read Scene 1 and Ode 1.

Oedipus Scene 1

This Week

Here is our calendar. If you are absent, check here for the homework assignments.

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Homework

The sheet below is due Monday. Check back over the weekend for a calendar for next week.

Oedipus Prologue and Parodos

Oedipus Webquest

Here is the link for it:

http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=99418a5f64de225ccfc37d6e8bdc5ba3&number=399718&password=

Webquest Worksheet

This sheet is to be worked on during an in-class webquest on Wednesday or Thursday, depending on your section. It must be turned in on Friday at the latest.

Oedipus Webquest Worksheet

Winter Poem Project

Here is the assignment, due next week.

Winter Poem Project

Some Art

The slideshow below consists of MFA artwork. These works of art can help give us an idea of what was going on in 5th century Athens, which is the period during which Sophocles lived. Check it out--

Click Here to View the MFA Slideshow

Happy New Year!

Here is the calendar for our first four post-vacation classes. Poems! And verbs!

Calendar for 1-5 to 1-11