We are focusing on chapters 1-2 of Animal Farm this week, analyzing Old Major's speech and its effect on the animals. There is a quiz this Friday on chapters 1-4! Keep up with the reading!

We are starting Animal Farm this week! Please keep up with the reading schedule. Chapters 1-2 should be read by Friday. This week, the focus is historical context with the Russian Revolution. 

We have finished Macbeth! The test is tomorrow, and the essay is on Wednesday. The AP One sheet and annotations are due on Wednesday as well. We are also exploring how Macbeth has been depicted in art. We begin Animal Farm when we return from break--make sure to have your book if you are using your own!

We are wrapping up Macbeth this week! After we finish, we are looking at how Macbeth has been represented in art. The essay and final will be next week on Tues-Wed (11/19 & 11/20). AP one sheets and annotations are due on 11/20! Next up is Animal Farm--we will introduce some aspects next week, and officially start reading after Thanksgiving.

We are focusing on Act IV and maybe Act V this week. We will finish the play soon, so make sure you are working on your one sheet. Animal Farm is our next novel.

Continuing with Act II of Macbeth this week! There will be a quiz over Acts I-II this Thursday or Friday. We will also debate who is more responsible for King Duncan's death--Macbeth or Lady Macbeth? How is your One Sheet coming along :)?

We will begin Act II of Macbeth this week. There will be a quiz over Acts I-II once we have completed Act II. Have you started your one sheet? Work on this a little bit at a time! 

We will finish Act I of Macbeth this week, and maybe start Act II. Drama terms quiz on Thursday or Friday (depending on when we finish Act I).

We will wrap up LOTF this week! Monday and Tuesday, we will continue working on the AP one sheet. Wednesday, we will review in class essay strategies. Finally, the final is on Thursday and the essay is on Friday. Macbeth starts next week!

We have an in-class paragraph on Tuesday, connecting a philosopher's ideas to LOTF. On Wednesday, we will have a class discussion on the novel. Finally, Thursday and Friday, we will work on AP One sheets with a partner. This will be used as a resource on your in-class LOTF essay. The dialectical journal for LOTF is due Friday night (Google Classroom time!). LOTF test and essay are next week (Tuesday and Wednesday). Macbeth is coming--we will introduce the play next Thursday. Do you have your copy if purchasing your own?

We are focusing on philosophers whose ideas relate to Lord of the Flies this week. We will also discuss chapters 5-8 later in the week. By next week, you should have finished the novel. Also, make sure you are working on your dialectical journal--it's due Sept. 20th on Google Classroom! Finally, we will begin Macbeth in a couple of weeks--have your copy ready if you are purchasing your own (recommend paperback Folger version).

This week, focus on reading chapters 5-8 of LOTF.  In class, we are discussing chapters 1-4, and will also begin reading excerpts from different philosophers whose ideas connect to LOTF. Keep working on that dialectical journal! Finally, we will begin Macbeth in a few weeks. If you wish to get your own copy to annotate in, I recommend the Folger paperback version (purple cover).