Today is the Ides of March.
Tomorrow is the deadline for seniors who wish to purchase Grad Nite tickets from Mrs. Kittrell.
But today is the Ides of March--the anniversary, at least theoretically, of Julius Caesar's assassination. "Friends! Romans! Countrymen! Lend me your ears/I come to bury Caesar, not praise him/The evil that men do lives after them/The good is oft interred with their bones..."
AP Literature: Hand back timed writings and go over student sample essays. Jane Eyre reading questions preparatory to tomorrow's super-easy quiz. (Like the verbal irony in that last sentence?)
Gifted IV: Daniel Defoe. Oh, my. Let's cover ourselves in garlic to avoid the plague. Rats and mosquitoes and toxins, oh my!
Gifted II: Welcome back to third period, for the first time in many days. Author of the Day: Kurt Vonnegut. Elements of Style review fun; give back timed writings to third. Revisions for timed writings due Thursday, March 17. We might look at another poem. 3rd will deconstruct "Ex-Basketball Player," hopefully with more success than 4th.
WRITING CENTER IS OPEN BEFORE, AFTER SCHOOL, AND DURING LUNCH. We will get hit with Covert's English IV Honors research paper assignment, so if you consult, please manifest yourself.
Just a few days until Spring Break!
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!
