Sorry this post is late; I really had no idea where the day would go until I got through it.
Here's what we did:
AP Literature: Lecture/discussion on Coleridge's "Rime" and the willing suspension of disbelief. We read through Parts III and IV today; I asked each of you to re-read I through IV to reconnect some the ideas we discussed in class.
Gifted English IV: Hamlet, Act I and reading through Act I, scene iii.
Gifted English II: Author of the Day: Laura Esquivel. We discussed a persuasive essay by Kathleen Parker of The Orlando Sentinel and looked at her rhetorical strategies for articulating a position against the death penalty, and then we had a chance to read TFA and/or a feminist critique of the novel by Rose Mezu, an African scholar.
ANNOUNCEMENT: If you have a chance, go see Every Christmas Story Ever Told. It's hilarious.
'NOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT: If you are available and interested, I will have the tour guide for Art Events discussing my upcoming trips 7 p.m. Thursday night here in my classroom.
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!
