25 due Oct 30
This is a graded discussion: 8 points possible
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Discussion: What Makes a Classic
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In the previous lesson, titled Thinking Together, you spent some time learning about collaborative
discussions and how they can help you understand and appreciate great literature. You'll put your
new knowledge to work in this discussion as you and your classmates consider what makes Roll of
Thunder, Hear My Cry a classic young adult novel.
Look back at your journal entry for the lesson Thinking Together. You should have written lots of
questions about the novel--its characters, its plot, and possible themes. You should have written
some possible answers to your questions as well.
Select one of your questions to present to your classmates in a discussion post. In your post, provide
enough background information to make sure readers will understand your question, and suggest
your own answer.
Finally, respond to the posts of at least two other students. Answer the questions the pose, and
explain why you think your answers are correct or valid. (For each of your answers, provide evidence
from the novel.)

a,b,d are the three sentences that use a reflexive pronoun

he believed if we do not fight back the britins would be in every household

98 points!

assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

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