Thursday, May 04, 2006

Thursday, May 4, 2006

TODAY IS THE AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION EXAM.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL TESTING CANDIDATES!!!!!!

Whew.

Gifted English IV: Check-reading essay exam on Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory.

Gifted English II: Discussion questions on Schindler's List; read "No News from Auschwitz" by A.M. Rosenthal; "Grass" by Carl Sandburg. Good luck tomorrow on the AP Euro exam, guys!

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

Good luck to all the AP test-takers! Today is AP Calc; yesterday was AP Spanish and Stats; Monday was the AP Language test for juniors. Our AP Lit test is tomorrow. ::squee::

AP Literature: Final review; focus--figurative language. A group will meet for breakfast at Uncle Henry's on South Orange Avenue at 6 a.m. Thursday morning for final reviews. I'll see you there!

Gifted English IV: The Power and the Glory; distribute final exam review sheets.

Gifted English II: After letting some of our colleagues finish their check-reading tests (and some begin) we are delving into the Literature of the Holocaust through the eyes of Thomas Keneally.

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

Reminder for rising AP Lit students: Meeting after school today for summer reading and practice session.

Advanced Placement Literature: Read critical passage from Foster on Beloved and watch the first 25 minutes of the film.

Gifted English IV: Finish O'Connor, begin final writing assignment. Assessment on The Power and the Glory by Greene will be Thursday.

Gifted English II: Check-reading tests on Crime and Punishment, Notes from the Underground, or Utopia. You'll thank me later. Really.

Monday, May 01, 2006

Monday, May 1, 2006

This afternoon will be the first in the series: AP Lit 2006-2007 Meetings! Be here in 313 after school for a session going over the summer reading packet and a sample multiple choice test.

AP Literature: Review, and work on Beloved paper. Due May 8th (unless you are taking the AP Physics exam that day. . .)

Gifted English IV: "My Oedipus Comlex" by Frank O'Connor

Gifted English II: Finish poems from Friday, and read Anne Sexton's "Cinderella." Please bring your novel with you tomorrow for the check-reading test.