Grade 6 - Practice Latin flashcards. Finish reading Book 12 in the Odyssey aloud. Write a paragraph (minimum 6 complete sentences including a topic sentence)about one of the following people: Solon, Clisthenes, or Pericles. Use your notes from today, but make sure you use your own words when writing the paragraph.
Grade 7 - Practice Latin flashcards. Study map of Europe. Write a paragraph (minimum 6 complete sentences including a topic sentence) about the reality of WW I. Begin your enlistment poster, due Friday.
Grade 8 - Practice Latin flashcards. Study map of India. Answer study questions for Chapter 5, "Beast From Water" in The Lord of the Flies. Restate the questions and answer in complete sentences:
1. Why does Ralph call the meeting in this chapter?
2. What brings Ralph into closer sympathy with Piggy?
3. For what does Ralph scold the boys? In what ways are they forgetting the rules?
4. What are the various reactions of the boys to the "beast"?
5. Describe Simon's theory about the "beast". Do the boys know what he is talking about?
Study question added in class:
6. What does Jack say when Ralph tells him, "I'm chief. I was chosen."
Bonus question: Cite evidence in this chapter of deterioration of democratic rule.
