Monday, August 20, 2007

Welcome back to the new school year!!! We have a disproportioned population among my classes--27 in first period, with 12 in fifth, for example--but we are going to try to find ways to ameliorate the problem over the next few days.

AP Literature: Today, we reviewed the syllabus and asked a few questions about the characterization of Emma Bovary and Edna Pontellier. Specifically, I asked you to think about the significance of ennui in both works, and the deaths of both characters and any attendant symbolism. Your first focus paper is due Friday by 3 p.m. Also, I gave you "moral homework" to find three adults who were willing and able to write you letters of recommendation for college admission.

Gifted English II: Today, we reviewed the syllabus, distributed the first writing assignment (rough draft due for peer revision on Friday), and went over the first vocabulary assignment. Third period read "Little Things" by Raymond Carver; sixth period will read it tomorrow.