Sorry, I forgot to post on Friday. We spent the class brainstorming six themes from Chapters 1-4: totalitarian power, physical love, pain, etc. Then we did a class brainstorm on the first one. For Monday, we all need to have finished reading Book One (that means to the end of Chapter Eight). I will be giving you a reading quiz to ensure you've done that. We may also be writing on the themes. I know that it may seem like "extra" work to read and answer the study guide questions, but believe me, doing so will save you much grief in the end - many of you struggled to find useful quotations on Friday because you had inadequate notes on your study guides.
Enjoy your time off.
I'd just like to say that I'm really starting to enjoy 1984. In the beggining it was not the most exciting book that I've read, but now I must admit I can't even put it down once I've started to read. I just finnished 'book one' and now I'm into 'book two', two chapeters in. It's starting to get pretty interesting, I can't wait to see what happends next! :)
ReplyDelete& I'd like to add, I've done all my studie guide qustions up to 'book two' chapeter two. I REALLY dislike english and reading, turns out this isn't so bad! Thanks
ReplyDeleteThanks, Shawna; it was clear today that you are into the novel - you were able to answer most of the discussion questions and seem to be able to recognize many of the themes. If any of you guys read a quotations that strikes you as being significant, write it down (with a page citation) and share it with us in class - the best discussions are usually student generated.
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