Long time, no post! The past two weeks have been frenetically busy, but very rewarding. To wit: I just flew back from England, Scotland, and Wales with a fantastic group of students after having spent Spring Break exploring art, literature and history amid the freezing cold. It was wonderful, but it's hard to re-acclimate to Florida and its more tropical feel.
Grades have been posted, and if you are still in arrears or owe me make-up work, please see me ASAP or e-mail me at hilleyj@ocps.net.
Advanced Placement Literature and Composition: Please acquire a copy of Beloved by Toni Morrison for our next major reading assignment, and prepare for a timed writing in class tomorrow. Today--discussion of revisionism and a close reading of Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea, part III. Coming up: a quick look at postmodern lit with The Orchid Thief by Orlean.
Gifted English IV: The most linear class we've ever had--lecture/discussion on Romanticism.
Gifted English II: Assign next outside reading; select one of the following: Notes from the Underground or Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky or Utopia by Sir Thomas More.
Your focus paper on Othello (assignment: defend Iago!) is due Friday; five extra points if you visit the Writing Center between now and Thursday before submitting your paper for review.
Welcome back to the fourth quarter!!!
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!
