As many of you know, I ended 2007 by being very, very sick. I missed four days of work and was still ill in the days I attended, and this blog's updates suffered more than anything else.
One of my major New Year resolutions is to get back on track!!!
Check this site for updated lesson plans over the next few weeks and watch the progress unfold before your very eyes.
Love to everyone; I hope 2008 is amazing for everyone!
Love,
Ms. Hilley
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
E-mail Contact Info
If you need to e-mail me (or any other BHS instructor, btw) our e-mail addresses have all changed. Personally, I fear and loathe such changes--it took me long enough to memorize hilleyj@ocps.net, thank you, and its attendant passwords--but the district has decided that for security reasons our addresses have to shift to something more complicated. And the best part is that soon they are changing our passwords, too!!!! WOW!!!!
Perhaps our original e-mail addresses were flammable.
Anyhoo, you can now reach me by clicking on my name on the BHS website, or by writing to jennifer.hilley@ocps.net.
That's all for now!
Perhaps our original e-mail addresses were flammable.
Anyhoo, you can now reach me by clicking on my name on the BHS website, or by writing to jennifer.hilley@ocps.net.
That's all for now!
Monday, December 10, 2007
Reminder to seniors: Check the list for the Senior Breakfast on Wednesday. Oh, and the Honors Breakfast is Thursday. This week always drives me crazy with interruptions. . .
APees: Today--"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot. We're going to look for Shakespearean implications in the characterization of J. Alfred and discuss allusions, anthropomorphism, similes, and metaphors today.
Gifted English II: Julius Caesar--finishing Act I. Reminder that tomorrow is Benchmark Testing and that Wednesday you have TWO quizzes--one on content, one on vocabulary. Both are brief and scintillating.
APees: Today--"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot. We're going to look for Shakespearean implications in the characterization of J. Alfred and discuss allusions, anthropomorphism, similes, and metaphors today.
Gifted English II: Julius Caesar--finishing Act I. Reminder that tomorrow is Benchmark Testing and that Wednesday you have TWO quizzes--one on content, one on vocabulary. Both are brief and scintillating.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Friday, December 7, 2007
AP Literature and Composition: Finish R and G Are Dead; reading journals due; diploma forms due to Guidance today.
Gifted English II: Julius Caesar, Act I, scenes i and ii; Senior Snake during sixth period!
Good luck tonight, Braves!
Gifted English II: Julius Caesar, Act I, scenes i and ii; Senior Snake during sixth period!
Good luck tonight, Braves!
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Project XMas is going very well! We have over four hundred dollars--halfway to our goal!!!
Mary Claire and Ava will be collecting at the football game Friday night, so bring any spare change you have to help out. Our custodians don't know about it--we've kept it beautifully on the downlow thus far--and we'd really like to give each of them one hundred dollars for holiday shopping with a card of appreciation.
APees: Friendly reminder that your reading journals are due tomorrow! 3 p.m.!
Today in class we are watching Act II of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Good times!
Gifted English II: Introduction to Julius Caesar; bring your green textbook!
Mary Claire and Ava will be collecting at the football game Friday night, so bring any spare change you have to help out. Our custodians don't know about it--we've kept it beautifully on the downlow thus far--and we'd really like to give each of them one hundred dollars for holiday shopping with a card of appreciation.
APees: Friendly reminder that your reading journals are due tomorrow! 3 p.m.!
Today in class we are watching Act II of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Good times!
Gifted English II: Introduction to Julius Caesar; bring your green textbook!
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
FLU SEASON IS STILL UPON US!!!!!!
I feel like a barely-warmed-over puppy. I hope you are all feeling better--use hand sanitizers, wash your hands thoroughly, and don't share drinking glasses with ANYONE!
APees: Act I of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: The Film. Of course, we'll be interrupted in fourth period by a forty-minute fire drill, but, hey--we do what we can do.
Gifted English II: Coin counting for Project XMas and lecture materials preparatory to understanding Julius Caesar.
*I will be here after school today for a considerable period of time for anyone who needs assistance with college essays.
I feel like a barely-warmed-over puppy. I hope you are all feeling better--use hand sanitizers, wash your hands thoroughly, and don't share drinking glasses with ANYONE!
APees: Act I of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: The Film. Of course, we'll be interrupted in fourth period by a forty-minute fire drill, but, hey--we do what we can do.
Gifted English II: Coin counting for Project XMas and lecture materials preparatory to understanding Julius Caesar.
*I will be here after school today for a considerable period of time for anyone who needs assistance with college essays.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
APees: Finish Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and go over requirements for the reading journal.
Gifted English II: Finish discussing themes and ideas inherent to Candide and make a transition into Shakespearean studies.
Gifted English II: Finish discussing themes and ideas inherent to Candide and make a transition into Shakespearean studies.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Happy Birthday to my little brother! He's 32. I can't believe that. I bought him this amazing toy called a Cat-a-Pult--it's like a traditional catapult but it flings little rubber cats all over the place.
APees: Finish R and G Are Dead, Act II and speed through Act III, addressing any questions and prepping for the incredible reading journals. Whoot!
Gifted English II: Notes and discussion on Candide, and a new SAT vocabulary list.
NOTES ON CANDIDE: OUTLINE
Garden Imagery
The Journey Motif
The Nature of Satire
Candide=naive protagonist, quest mythology, the lady Cunegonde as his "grail"
Voltaire as rabble-rouser
Social commentary/use of language
APees: Finish R and G Are Dead, Act II and speed through Act III, addressing any questions and prepping for the incredible reading journals. Whoot!
Gifted English II: Notes and discussion on Candide, and a new SAT vocabulary list.
NOTES ON CANDIDE: OUTLINE
Garden Imagery
The Journey Motif
The Nature of Satire
Candide=naive protagonist, quest mythology, the lady Cunegonde as his "grail"
Voltaire as rabble-rouser
Social commentary/use of language
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