Two weeks left until Winter Break! Can you believe it???
NOTE: Sophys will have Edusoft Benchmark Testing tomorrow (Tuesday) in class. Please bring a pencil; I will have some on hand, but I know how important it can be to use a pencil to which you are emotionally attached. Mechanical is fine. Please take this benchmark testing seriously; kids who have been smart alecks in the past have found themselves unceremoniously dumped into Intensive Reading courses. You DO NOT WANT THIS. Take it, take it seriously, earn ten points. Life is good.
NOTE NOTE: Project X-Mas kids will meet before school tomorrow morning (Tuesday) to gather coin jars for our final count. Whatever we collect (we have over a thousand dollars so far, not counting pledges from clubs and teams) we divide among the custodial staff for Christmas presents. Thanks to all for their contributions! Service letters will be distributed to all of you by Friday.
SOPHYS: After reviewing the definitions of the Candide content vocabulary from last week, we're going to segue from the Elizabethan time period to the Ancient Roman in preparation for our study of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare's history play. The play is deceptively straightforward but evokes issues such as the power of rhetoric and oratory, and the significance of shifting loyalties and the capriciousness of mob rule.
APees: Continued hilarity with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Act I. Tom Stoppard is such a hoot.
Random Quote of the Day: "I have many leather-bound books, and my apartment smells of rich mahogany." --Ron Burgundy.
This blog is for AP English and Gifted students at William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Florida. If you have Ms. Hilley's class, check here for assignments!
