Last Week of the 1st Quarter

Allusion Sheet is due Tuesday (can be found on our Lord of the Flies page)

Finish class work from Monday

 

HTFE Test on Wednesday

 

Verb Conjugation test on Thursday

 

No school on Friday

 

All make up/replacement work is due by Wednesday.

20 Oct. 2009

Finish Chapter 6 – probably did it in class.  We will have a quiz tomorrow.  It will be open notes.  These are the questions:

 

1.       Who says, “Conch, conch!  We don’t need the conch anymore!”

2.       Where do they think the beast may live?

3.       Who doesn’t believe in the beast?

4.       Who goes over the bridge first?

5.       What color is the rock here?

6.       Where does Ralph want to go next?

 

Extra Credit will be: What is the foreshadowing in this chapter?

 

 

15 Oct. 2009

Finish reading chapter 5.  Forgot your book?  Read it online from our web site (www.lordalford.com/lotf/lotf.htm).

 

Since you took the time to check here, I’ll give you the questions:

 

1.       What does Simon think the beast may be?

2.       Does the group vote YES or NO on the question, “Do ghosts exist?”

3.       Who says, “Who cares?” when he is told that he is not following the rules?

4.       What is Ralph afraid of happening if he blows the conch?

5.       Piggy tells Ralph that Jack hates Piggy and __________.

6.       Besides wishing his dad was there, what else does Ralph wish for?  (The answer to this one is the second to last paragraph)

 

Extra Credit – what can’t Percival Weyms Madison remember?

 

 

8 Oct. 2009

Finish class work.

 

3^rd Period, get short story test II signed and get corrections on that test and the plurals test.

5 Oct. 2009

1^st Period – get Short Story II test signed.  Do corrections for Plurals and Short Story II tests.

 

Everyone – Term Quiz tomorrow – here are the questions:

 

1.       A comparison using like or as

2.       Referring to another story/book/poem/TV show/etc.

3.       Point of view that uses YOU as the narrator

4.       Using one thing to represent something else

5.       A main character

6.       Type of irony where the unexpected happens

 

Extra Credit – What is the symbol in Lord of the Flies for law and order?