Lord of the Flies

The fourth quarter is here - you are 75% done with your sophomore year! During the fourth quarter we are going to read two novels. The first is William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Here is the reading schedule (I also passed out a bookmark of it in class):

Here are the vocabulary words.

Make sure to keep up with the reading. You also need to do annotations (take notes) as you read. We will go over how to do annotations in class. The annotations are due when you finish Chapter 6 and Chapter 12.

If you need help understanding the novel, be sure to ask questions! You can also check out the Sparknotes page for LOTF. It has a video you can watch, but beware of spoilers! It also has chapter summaries, a list of characters, a practice quiz, and other helpful information.

Happy reading!

Poster by Allison Chen, Class of 2010

Parts of Speech

11th grade is coming up soon, so it's already time to get ready for 11th Grade Bootcamp! First, we need to review the parts of speech. You will also need to know the parts of speech for our Lord of the Flies vocabulary quizzes.

Here are two websites you can visit that will give you more information about the parts of speech:

University of Ottowa: The Parts of Speech

The OWL at Purdue: Parts of Speech Overview

PCC Grammar Handouts: Parts of Speech

Benchmark

Tomorrow (March 6th) we will write the benchmark essay. Here is a copy of the rubric used to grade these essays in case you want to check it out:

Analytic Rubric

Each essay will be given a score from 1-6. For the purposes of our class, this is the grade scale I will use:

6 = 100 (A+)
5+ = 95 (A)
5 = 90 (A-)
4+ = 85 (B)
4 = 79 (C+)
4- = 74 (C)
3+ = 70 (C-)
3 = 65 (D)
2 = 55 (F)
1 = 45 (F)
You can only get a zero if you did not do the essay at all, if it was written in a language other than English, if you cheated on or plagiarized all or part of the essay, etc.

Julius Caesar Speeches

The Julius Caesar speeches begin on Tuesday, March 4th. Here is the speech packet in case you lost yours or just want to print out a clean copy. These are the updated (shorter) speeches. Good luck!

Julius Caesar Speeches

This is the list of which students are going on which day: