We discussed the story elements and how the action in the last chapter we read appears to be culminating in a climax. Ben made predictions about what he thinks will happen next in Book III. We collaboratively read a few pages which described Winston in a prison cell and we discussed how the language Orwell uses contributes to fueling the reader's imagination effectively. In the novel, Orwell uses Newspeak as a dystopian language designed to diminish the range of thought and control communication. I told Ben I sent him a homework assignment due next Thursday, 5/7, and expectations regarding the assignment.