Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Reminder about Friday: Dear Seniors! The Senior Panoramic Picture will be Friday morning at 8:45 a.m. (second period) and you MUST wear orange and bring a pencil with you to the photo session. Come loud and proud for your Class of 2008.

Advanced Placement Literature and Composition: First and second period are taking/finishing the MacQuiz, and fourth and fifth will get their scored quizzes back. We will also have a Title Parade if time permits from yesterday's focus papers. Today in class--Act II discussion/performance, culminating in the Porter sequence. Be prepared to take notes.

Gifted English II: Hello, sophys! We have a few bits of business to attend to: Collection of the Antigone essays, distribution of previously graded work from the third and sixth period bins, and reminders about Project X. (Mary Claire was nice enough to offer cookies for whichever class could help the most with Project X.) Today we are going to have a new Author of the Day, George Orwell. He will amaze you. Afterwards, we are going to review our reading of Ovid from yesterday and take a look at the poetry in the Icarus packet I gave you, with particular emphasis on "To A Friend Whose Work Has Come to Triumph" and "Musee des Beaux Arts."

Reminder: Tomorrow is our next state-sponsored reading day.

Reminder Reminder: PTSA Open House is NEXT TUESDAY at 6:30 p.m. Please encourage your parents to attend; I promise to be on my best behavior, and, besides, we're not allowed to tell your parents anything negative about you at Open House. Really. So tell them to come.