LOTF
This author of LOTF was an all-boys' school teacher, experienced the horrors of WWII, and decided to write about the evil within every person.
Who is William Golding!
List TWO plays we watched this year.
What is
1. The Glass Menagerie 2. Much Ado About Nothing 3. Oedipus
This author wrote CIDN because of his personal experience taking care of kids and young adults on the spectrum.
Who is Mark Haddon?
What is sympathy is seeing someone's difficulties and feeling bad while empathy is having experienced the same situation and therefore genuinely understanding?
This is Ms. B's pet goldfish's name.
What is Leroy?
This is the reason Ralph was chosen to be leader on the island.
What is because he blew the conch shell?
This hot read warns society against the dangers of devaluing knowledge.
What is Fahrenheit 451?
Christopher can relate himself to this literary character.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
What is
1. alrighty peeps 2. hey peeps 3. let's run through logistics 4. happy [day of the week] 5. (another acceptable answer)
What not-typical fruit tree does Ms. B have growing in her house?
What is an avocado tree?
The author used this simile to describe the evil each person is capable of.
What is "as a bee produces honey so a man produces evil"?
This memoir tells the sobering truth of Wiesel's adolescent experience.
What is Night?
Explain why math equations make sense in Christopher's brain.
What is because 1. Unlike life's complexity's, math is straightforward 2. A + B = C 3. Christopher loves numbers. 4. (another acceptable answer)
This brain-numbing habit involves bright screens and your opposable digits.
What is doomscrolling or Mildreding?
This is the reason why Ms. B became an English teacher.
What is she spent 9 summers in China teaching English as a second language?
This is the only thing the boys truly have to fear on the island.
What is themselves?
What is Anthem?
List TWO ways Christopher shows his independence in the novel.
What is
1. Knocking on neighbors' doors 2. traveling to London by himself 3. choosing to take the A-level maths 4. (another acceptable answer)
List THREE reasons why the skills you learn in English class will benefit you for the rest of life.
What is
1. we will know how to use writing to effectively communicate thoughts 2. we will be more confident with our public speaking 3. we will be stronger critical thinkers of texts 4. (another acceptable answer)
Ms. B hopes to one day live out this educational career choice.
What is teach internationally?
List at least THREE examples of how the boys show a declining sense of humanity.
What is
1. disregarding rules and civilization 2. reenacting pig hunts and hurting boys in the process 3. killing Simon even when they knew it was him 4. chanting "kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood" 5. deliberately killing Piggy with a rock in broad daylight 6. wanting to hunt and kill more than be rescued 7. (another acceptable answer)
List at least THREE takeaways we as readers can remember from our literary texts this year.
What is
1. valuing people's sense of humanity matters 2. we need to protect the importance of knowledge 3. excessive pride leads to one's downfall 4. knowing when to stand up for the 'we' vs the 'I' 5. (another acceptable answer)
List at least THREE coping mechanisms Christopher uses when needed.
What is
1. groaning to block out noise 2. curling up in a ball to protect himself 3. solving math equations in his mind 4. covering his ears 5. shaping his hands into eye tunnels to look through 6. (another acceptable answer)
This is the slogan Ms. B occasionally uses to remind students how to help one another in class.
What is students who help students help teachers help students in 2024?
In elementary school, Ms. B broke her ankle because she was pretending to be this literary character.
Who is Gandalf from LOTR?