Symbolism in Animal Farm

There's a history behind all of that...

Now you will be assigned a person, place, or thing from this time period to share important information with the class. Once you gathered the most important information about your assigned topic, type that information into the table from the link. Be sure to find the appropriate box for your information, and remember that this is shared with everyone to be able to use for review.

Symbols in Animal Farm

5th period: http://goo.gl/OgIy7m
8th period: http://goo.gl/NlnPkH

"Beasts of England" Analysis

Complete the following assignment to take a closer look at "Beasts of England" in Animal Farm.

https://docs.google.com/a/blumisd.net/forms/d/1efoPGKckoBYtg8_notRB7YMhi7TRly0eAzo3Kx4yTkA/edit

It may not be what you say, but how you say it...

Write the following text on a sheet of paper making all corrections necessary.

Have you ever seen the TV show I love lucy. In that show, Lucille Ball starred as Lucy Ricardo. Her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz, co-starring as her tv husband, bandleader Ricky Ricardo. Many experts beleive I Love Lucy is one of the gratest TV comedy shows of all time?

The real Lucille Ball was born on August 6 1911, in Butte Montana. She grew up in Jamestown, New York.

Dr. Suess activity on tone. O the Thinks You Can Think!

Complete Performance Assessment 1--Tone Collage and Response
Choose narrator's words that demonstrate tone and create a collage of these words as a group. Then explain how this scene contributes to the success of the plot. 

Welcome Back!! and How do you do?

Please write a well developed paragraph explaining the accuracy of first impressions by clicking on the link below:

http://goo.gl/dmHsRF

We will read one of my favorite short stories that makes you think about first impressions. Pay close attention to what your first impressions are of the two characters we meet in "Thank you, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes.

Research Smore

Smore is due on Friday, May 30, 2014.

Research an activity that you would like to do. Explore what benefits this activity provides, the expenses, and detail reasons why you like it. What do famous or successful people think about this activity?

Use a Smore for presenting your project following the suggested structure in the link below:

https://www.smore.com/d00dj-topic-for-research

Anthem by Ayn Rand

As we watched The Island we noticed how that the ones in power created laws and rules to keep the "people" in submission. Look carefully at how the councils in Anthem are manipulating the people in order to stay in control.

Click on this link to update the terms from the novel:
http://goo.gl/h7P11Q

Times have changed....

Desegregation....We don't really know what it was like. It takes things like "History Lesson"  and movies like Remember the Titans to help us understand better.