Thursday September 25, 2014

Honors 9- Today we completed independent writing for chapter one in Anthem. Your homework is to finish your questions if you are unable to complete them in class. Also, please make sure you have read through chapter 2 by tomorrow! Vocab Quiz Tomorrow!!

Here are the questions for Anthem chapter one if you need them:

Answer the following questions with specific support (including quotes) from the text. 

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1    1. When Equality is in school, what is his “curse”?  Why  is it a curse?

2. Equality wants to go to the Home of the Scholars.  Why does he say “we were happy” when he is told he is to be a Street Sweeper?

 3. Equality and International discover the tunnel from the Unmentionable Times.  What does he do there that is the “crime that changed all things for us” (29)?  Why is this a crime in this society?  Why does it change things for him?

English 10- Today we looked at the character development of Ralph, Piggy and Jack through the first four chapters of The Lord of The Flies. Your homework is to complete the chapter comprehension questions 1 through 12 for chapter 5. Here are the questions if you need them:

Chapter 5 Comprehension Questions. 

1.  What does Ralph decide about the meeting that he is about to have? 

2.  What does this say about how Ralph is changing? 

3.  What does Ralph start to realize about his appearance? 

4.  What did Ralph, Jack, and Piggy not have the “wit” to do? 

5.  What does Ralph realize a chief needs to be able to do? 

6.  Where does Piggy stand at the beginning of the assembly? 

7.  What is the first thing Ralph lists as something that the boys have failed to do? 

8.  What is Ralph’s second complaint? 

9. What is Ralph’s third complaint? 

10.  What do all the littluns laugh about while Ralph is talking?

11.  What is Ralph’s fourth command? 

12.  What does Ralph say about fires for cooking? 

13.  What is the last thing Ralph tries to talk about before he loses control?

14.  What does Jack have to say about the littluns’ fear? 

15.  What did the boy named Phil think he saw?

16.  What did the boy really see? 

17.  How does Maurice get the littluns to stop crying? 

18.  According to Percival, where does the beast live? 

19.  What does Simon suggest about the beast? 

20.  What do the boys vote on? 

21.  Why does Ralph not blow the conch? 

22.  Why is Piggy afraid of Ralph giving up control?