NOTES: After careful deliberation, some crying, and some time googling student responses, I've decided that it would be in everyone's best interests if the Count of Monte Cristo essay tests go on second quarter intead of first. I have several reasons for this:
- I physically can't get them properly evaluated by noon today;
- Some of them are really good and deserve scrutiny and appropriate commentary;
- Some of them are really heinous and are making me twitchy.
Sorry about any inconvenience; I think this will give the Students Who Read the Novel on Time a decent start-of-quarter reward while allowing the Students Who Just Finished/Never Read It time to make that grade back up before progress report.
And there you have it.
Sophomores--Monday is Standardized Test Day (10 points), Tuesday is Timed Writing Day (40 points) and Wednesday begins a really cool mini-unit on Icarus and Daedalus (many points).
You should go ahead and acquire a copy of Voltaire's Candide, as well.
