Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Class in the Computer Lab on Wednesday





  1. Annotate the Psychological and Biographical Lens handouts with this question in mind: How does each lens help you understand Lord of the Flies? You will use the annotations tomorrow (Thursday, January 10) during a Socratic Seminar about the lenses. (Note: you should also annotate the anthropological lens if you have not yet done so.)

  1. Seek out peer feedback on your thesis statement & supporting statements (mini-theses). Here are questions to guide the feedback.
Is the thesis statement clear to the peer reader? Is it stated in a precise, sophisticated manner? Does it succeed in capturing an essential meaning of the work as a whole? Then, has the student also written a sentence that clearly and reasonably states how a character contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole?  Is there also a sentence that clearly and reasonably states how a visual motif contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole? In your view can each of the statements be supported by citing and explaining evidence from the book?


  1. Work on the first draft of your William Golding letter. The first drafts is due on Friday (January 11). Here's a link to the assignment.



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