FCAT NRT is today! I guess that's another day of no third period. That makes me sad. Hopefully, it will finish early and we can bond.
AP English Literature: 1st period will take a look at the timed writings from Friday, and have some time to revise/finish them. Then...poetry in the lit anthology. If we have time, we'll take a look at a brilliant piece by Thomas Hardy. (Thomas Hardy is amazing, an architect who turned to poetry and novel-writing as a means of self-expresssion. He serves as a handy bridge from the Victorian Age to the Modern era. I wrote my senior thesis on his most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure.) 5th period, having been slaughtered by the bomb scare on Friday, will do the timed writing on either the prose passage or poem by Claude McKay.
Gifted English IV: We will finish Mr. Pepys's diary, respond to some questions, and then segue into Daniel Defoe's "Journal of the Plague Year." Bring your Pepto-Bismol; this stuff is disgusting.
Gifted English II: 3rd period will most likely be doing the NRT. 4th--Author of the Day, followed by Elements Rules Review, followed by Othello timed writing responses and a chance to revise. Good times for all.
I will be available before and after school and during sixth period for make-up work should anyone need it.
This blog is for AP English and Gifted students at William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Florida. If you have Ms. Hilley's class, check here for assignments!
