Thursday, November 10, 2005

If you are missing any assignments due to absences, please see me ASAP. Progress report grades need to be exported by next Tuesday so that you can receive an update in print for all six of your classes by Thursday.

NOTE: I am noticing--as are some of my colleagues--a slip in student performance of late. There have been many things conspiring to make us distracted, certainly--between the chaos of Homecoming Week and Halloween, some students get lost in the shuffle. Don't be one of them. Focus in your classes and you will have smooth sailing between now and Winter Break. TIME TO RE-ENERGIZE!!!

AP Literature: Continue with R and G Are Dead, and maybe take a little quiz on it. Just maybe.

Gifted English IV: Continue with Act IV, scene i and its prophecies--A) Beware Macduff! B) None of woman born shall harm Macbeth! C) Till Birnam Wood do come to Dunsinane Hill Macbeth shall rule as king. . . but are the witches telling him the truth? Inquiring minds want to know!

Gifted English II: TWO Author of the Day presentations each period, followed by rambunctiouness as we finish discussing the nature of Horror in Literature. Then. . .brace yourself. . .Edgar. Allan. Poe. "The Pit and the Pendulum" will change your life, or, at least, scar it.