Mrs. Brogley’s Place to Talk About English

This is a weblog devoted towards class. We can talk about whatever we’re reading or writing about. We’ll invite others to join. Yada, Yada, Yada.

Entries from March 2006

The Ending

March 16th, 2006 · 20 Comments

John reminded me of a post…
 
What did you think of the ending? What did you think would happen?

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Tags: Animal Farm

Not really related to the book…what do you still have to do yet?

March 16th, 2006 · 10 Comments

Just curious really…
You have your summaries and blog entries…how far are you? Are you caught up?

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Tags: Animal Farm

Theme

March 16th, 2006 · 6 Comments

How is the theme “power corrupts” evident in the privileges gained by the pigs?

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Tags: Animal Farm

Propaganda is best spread through rumors.

March 16th, 2006 · 6 Comments

I think you guys might have missed the mark on this one. Maybe. There are a lot of rumors spread on the farm to spread the propaganda. What were some of them?

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Tags: Animal Farm

Animal Farm – It’s a Fable. Why?

March 16th, 2006 · 5 Comments

A fable is a story with a moral. This story is supposed to have a moral. What is it?

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Any literary elements yet?

March 8th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Think about all of the literary elements you’ve studied. Have you found any so far? What and how so?

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Tags: Animal Farm

Classless Society?

March 8th, 2006 · 9 Comments

Animal Farm wanted a classless society of animals, just like Russian revolters wanted. Why is it hard to make a classless society work? Can it ever happen? Why or why not?

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Tags: Animal Farm

What would you title a chapter and why?

March 8th, 2006 · 10 Comments

If you had to title any of the particular chapters, what would you title it and why?

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Tags: Animal Farm

Internet Safety

March 8th, 2006 · 5 Comments

Isn’t this internet safety month? Or was that last month? I can’t remember. Anyway, there are LOTS of dangers out on the net. There’s a lot of weirdos out there. I’m curious how much your aware of what not to do on the net. What precautions should a teen take when surfing the web?

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Tags: Technology in Education

Blogging?

March 8th, 2006 · 11 Comments

How much do you blog? Last year the school filtered out Xanga, right? Do you understand why? What do you think of censorship of blogs in HS?

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Tags: Technology in Education