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Thursday, 14 March 2013

Comm 12

1. Finish book review and character sketch (due tomorrow).
2. Grammar review.
*Tomorrow: In-class essay*

Eng 11 Block 2
The Crucible
1. Hand in Act I questions.
2. Quiz (Paragraph): Explain the significance of the following quote, with reference to theme, plot, and characterization:
"You love me John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!" (Abigail)
3. Act II metaphor considerations:
"Your justice would freeze beer." (p.55)
"The man dreams cathedrals, not clapboard meeting houses." (p. 65)
"Theology is a fortress." (p.67).
4. Review words for vocab quiz tomorrow:
- anarchy - compact (verb) - contiguous - ecclesiast - faction - inculcation - lascivious - licentious - partisan - prodigious
5. Handout: Act II Study Guide

Eng 11 Block 3
A Separate Peace
1. Chapter 4 quiz - explain the significance of the following quote with reference to plot, theme(s), and/or characterization:
"I found it. I found a single sustaining thought. The thought was, You and Phineas are even already. You are even in enmity. You are both coldly driving ahead for yourselves alone. . .It was all cold trickery, it was all calculated, it was all enmity
3. Read chapter 5.
4. Handout: Chapter 5/6 study guide.

Eng 11 Block 4
Lord of the Flies
1. Ch 1-4 quiz (quote significance, in terms of plot, theme, and characterization):
A. "But I tell you there isn't a beast!" (Ralph, p. 36)
B. 'Jack had to think for a moment before he could remember what rescue was.' (p. 52)
C. 'There was a space round Henry... into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. {...} Roger's arm was conditioned by a civilization that new nothing of him and was ruins.' (p. 61)
2. Mark chapter 3/4 questions.
3. Read chapter 5.
4. Handout: Chapter 5/6 study guide