Papers Due

Today I collected final drafts of the Lord of the Flies essays, we returned books, and spent the rest of the time on portfolios.
Portfolios are due Tuesday.

Portfolio Day #2

Today students continued working on their final portfolio. By now steps 1 and 2
should be complete and students should be hard at work on the portfolio cover letter. Business letter handouts are available at the handouts page, but students should have them in their binders from the beginning of the year.

The Final Project

Today I collected rough drafts of th Lord of the Flies paper. While I read those over the next two days, students will be working on their final portfolio project, which I assigned in class today. This is due the day of the final.

The Final Essay

Today we did a quick thesis warm-up and I collected the symbol art homework. The rest of the period was devoted to the final paper on Lord of the Flies. Handouts are online.
Due Dates:

• Rough drafts with signed check sheets 6/4
• Final Drafts with attached roughs and check sheets 6/9

Civilization Arrives

Today we began with the end-of-book questions below and then worked on the symbolism project that is due Monday.
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1. What is the symbolic importance of the destruction of the conch? Consider the context for its destruction.
2. How is Piggy’s death like the earlier slaughter of the mother pig?
3. What happens to the “savages” in the presence of the officer? Why?

Academic Fair Madness

Today we had a quiz on the end of the book. ;-)

A Symbolic Day

Today we began the day with a look at the major symbols in Lord of the Flies. We followed that with an examination of the analytical paragraphs students wrote last week. Finally, I assigned the Symbolism Art Project which will utilize both of these things. The handout is available at the handout page, and the project is due Monday, June 2nd.

HW: Finish Flies and be ready for a quiz.