Mon Jan 4 (B) / Tues Jan 5 (H)

Homework:

• read "Gentlemen, Your Verdict" (if you were absent--or snoozing)
  
• finish your response to the story:

1. Describe the situation and explain Oram's dilemma.
2. Describe Oram's decision, actions, and the outcome.
3. Debate - Oram for the murder of 15 men: Guilty - arguments + evidence / Innocent - arguments + evidence
4. Personal response: Do you agree with Oram's decision and/or methods? What would you have done? Reactions? Thoughts? Opinions? Connections?
5. Write 3 thought-provoking discussion questions.
   

Coming soon...

• Reading workshop - choose independent novel
• "Gentlemen, Your Verdict" group and class discussion
• Short story elements
  

Need to Catch Up?

• in-class essay on LOTF and Blindness - written Dec 15/16
  
• Lord of the Flies/Blindness parallels (3 column chart, 8-10 significant, specific parallels) - due Dec 10/14
  
• Lord of the Flies reading logs ch. 9-12 - due Dec 3/4
  
• Ch. 4 subplot worksheet - fill in 4 boxes per subplot and 4 boxes per category - due Nov 20/23