Friday, August 29, 2008

ORANGE AND WHITE DAY!!!

Our first scrimmage is today--and due to flooding at Winter Springs, I think it's here at Boone. Wear orange and white today and go early to lunch, and some of your teachers will be thrilled to see your school spirit. Boone Braves! Whooooooo!!!

Gifted English II: Author of the Day is Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize-winning novelist. Afterwards, we are taking an incredible vocabulary quiz on words 21-40, complete with an Art Opportunity on the back. Afterwards afterwards, we will be making a transition into Genre Studies and begin a newish unit. Please give me the long weekend to assess your papers--I just came out from under the AP focus papers and need a little time to get my bearings.

APees: Madame Bovary quizlet; might take most of the period. If we have time I would like to go over the second focus paper assignment with you and review common errors from the first paper. You will always have a week to resubmit a paper for further consideration, and as your papers are going back today, you have until next Friday to resubmit to me. Resubmits do not go on the website this time; staple the new copy on top of the first copy, and hand it in by the deadline. (Fifth period, you might not take this test until Tuesday due to the fire drill. We have to see how long that actually takes this time.)

AP Word of the Day: ABSTRUSE (adjective): difficult to understand; recondite