Catching up. . .

The more entrenched in finishing my National Boards portfolio, the more I find myself abandoning other elements of my life--such as this blog. Here is a long-overdue update from the past week:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Advanced Placement Literature and Composition: Assign creative writing response to Jane Eyre in which you "become" Bewrtha Mason Rochester and work through the questions from yesterday.

Gifted English IV: Finish "Pepys" and get ready for the transition into Defoe.

Gifted English II: Othello, Othello, Othello. . .and a vocab quiz!

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Advanced Placement: Multiple Choice Practice Session--Test 3 from the Cliff text.

Gifted English IV: The plague, the plague. . .

Gifted English II: Othello, Act II.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

AP: Share Bertha stories and go over multiple choice.

GIV: "Journal of the Plague Year"

GII: Pop quiz on Act II and finishing up Act II, scene iii.