We're finally getting into our first units, and today's classes had a lot packed into them! Here's today's recap:
English 8
Today was great practice with the idea of symbolism as everyone in class shared one object that could be symbolic of themselves or their personalities! Remember, symbolism is when one thing represents something else. This is going to be a helpful thing to remember when we start talking about the Greek gods tomorrow and begin reading our stories, as each of the gods can be symbolized by different things!
Remember to have your independent reading book picked out by tomorrow!
English 9
As we continue to talk about the importance of close reading, we're starting off the unit with the short story "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. Today's homework talks about the more surface-level information we gather about a story on our first reading. Tomorrow, we're going to go a bit more in-depth.
English 9 Honors
Our continuing discussion of George Orwell's 1984 led us to talk about doublethink and how dangerous that is for both societies as a whole and for the individual. Your homework is a brief recap of what you know about doublethink. Doublethink is a form of paradox, which is when two contradictory things exist simultaneously. Tomorrow, we're going to continue our conversation and see if we can crack the doublethink code.