Monday, August 29, 2005

Updating a bit late this time; sorry! Crazy weekend.

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. All seniors--your Guidance appointment with your counselor is Wednesday, 9/7--a week from tomorrow. On that day, you will report directly to Guidance and be guided. I'll remind you on Tuesday.
2. Anyone interested in any of the foreign travel opportunities need to see me ASAP for info. This spring break trip is sold out.
3. No school on Monday! Enjoy your Labor Day, and please be careful on the roads. Florida is notorious for poor road safety stats during the Labor Day weekend.

AP Lit--Reading day for Oedipus Rex; double-entry for selected lines. I have a half-sheet handout detailing how to take double-entry notes (it's a lot like Cornell Notes) to optimize your active reading experience and help you in class discussion later this week.

Gifted English IV--Take the quiz we forgot to take on Friday; watch two more sequences of Python's version of the Middle Ages. Bring your lit book tomorrow for the Middle Ages introduction session.

Gifted English II--Third period had story time before we launched into Saki's "The Storyteller," and soxth caught up with "The Pedestrian." Once I give the make-up quizzes I'll give back the graded ones from last week preparatory to this week's mastery test of figurative terms.

Planning Ahead: APees will have an Oediquiz later this week; Gifted IIs will have a mastery test on Friday for all 120 literary terms.

Anyone who needs assistance filling out college applications can see me during A or B lunch today or next Tuesday.