Class on Monday, Feb. 27, and Tuesday, Feb. 28

On Monday (Day 2), we viewed parts of the following documentaries to consider features of a totalitarian society:

Ten Days in North Korea (up to 11:43)
The Secret State of North Korea (up to 38:34)

You do not have an assignment for Wednesday; you can continue to read Nineteen Eighty-Four, or you can work on the research paper.

Tuesday's class (Day 3) will not watch these documentaries; instead, you will work on the research paper, so come prepared to do that. You will watch the documentaries on Thursday or next week.

Research Paper Update and School Colors Survey

Since I didn't have a chance to go over your papers with you, I'm moving back the date for turning in the next three-to-four pages. Those will now be due Thursday, March 2 (Day 5), and Friday, March 3 (Day 6).

Also, please go here to complete the survey that Saad and Jeongyoon announced at lunch yesterday for the Pebble about the school's new external colors.

Assignments for Thursday, Feb. 9 to Wednesday, Feb. 15

For Thursday, read and annotate to p. 106 in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

For Friday and Monday, continue working on your research paper. There is no additional reading in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

For Tuesday and Wednesday, read and annotate pp. 107-139 in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. You'll have a little more than half of the class period to continue working on the research paper. I would prefer that you turn in the next three-to-four pages on Friday, Feb. 17, especially if you will be out of town over the break. If you don't turn it in on that day, you'll have to turn it in on Monday, Feb. 27 (Day 2) or Tuesday, Feb. 28 (Day 3).

Assignment for Tuesday, Feb. 7, Wed. Feb. 8, and Thursday, Feb. 9

For Tuesday (Day 5), read and annotate to p. 71 in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

For Wednesday and Thursday, read and annotate to p. 106 in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.