Friday, November 11, 2016

November 11

Second period will complete this work on Monday due to the Veteran's Day assembly.

WNB: Why is it important to recognize Veteran's Day?

Students handed in the short answers from yesterday. We went over the SAT Writing Practice 3 handout.

I introduced the idea of allegory, and we discussed different examples of allegory in literature (see notes on Classroom). We watched a video retelling Terrible Things by Eve Bunting and talked about how the story is an example of allegory.


We began working on the "Allegory and Names" chart for Lord of the Flies. We will continue this work on Monday.

Today's Board