Quote responses LOTF

Pick a quote. Write a paragraph response with LOTF as support:

• "He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles."

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

• "Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you."

- Friedrich W. Nietzsche

Lord of the Flies

 Please read chapter 3 by Tuesday, April 9.

Topics for the paragraph

 Greetings all, here's a list of topics we'll be tackling for March 12.

1. How does the desire of what we want affect how we treat others?
2. Can a healthy relationship take place between individuals with a profound age gap?

Block B

 HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS

Block C

THE GUEST

English 11 Block C

 Greetings all,

For Friday, please ready GREENLEAF! 

English B block

 Please read THE GUEST for Friday!

English 11 C Block

 Greetings C block. For Thursday, March 7 we will read..

HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS.

English 11 - B block

 Greetings all!

For Wednesday, March 6, please read ROCKING-HORSE WINNER.

English 11 - B

 Greetings English 10 B block! Tomorrow we're doing a presentation on...

THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME.

Rocking-Horse WInner block C

 Greetings block C

For Thursday, we're reading THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER.

English 11 Block B

 Greetings all! Here comes a new short story - one many of you might be familiar with.

The Tell-Tale Heart

English 11 Block C

 For Monday, please read Paul's Case!

English 11 Block B

 Greetings - here's the short story for us to read over the weekend. Not too long, but a powerful one, indeed!

THE ONES WHO WALK AWAY FROM OMELAS.

The Most Dangerous Game - Block C

 Here is the link for FRIDAY! Please read The Most Dangerous Game.

EN11 Block B

 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is our next story. Please read it in advance!

The Destructors - Block B

 Greetings B block English 11.

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE WEDNESDAY!

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

 English 11: BLOCK C - Read this story before Feb 22. Here it is:

Lottery Questions

 In addition to the themes below, these questions will guide and prepare us for the essay to come on Wednesday/Thursday. Here we go!

1. What major instances of foreshadowing are expressed throughout the story? 
2. How does social conformity and fear prevent the villagers from abolishing the lottery tradition?
3. How does tradition affect the villager’s mindset?
4. How does “The Lottery” demonstrate how tradition influences our lives?
5. What does the black box symbolize?

English 11: THE LOTTERY

 Here are some themes!

1. The female identity is subverted in a patriarchal society.  
2. Society needs someone to blame in order to escape their own irrational thinking and guilt. 
3. Traditional values are blind.  
4. Mob psychology disempowers the individual. 
5. Cruelty and violence can take place in any setting (peaceful and dangerous contexts alike)