Today is my Mom's birthday! What do you get for the woman who has everything--well, all she wants is time with me, so I'm taking her shopping and for a manicure. Girls day out. After school hours, of course--I'm a role model for today's youth and would hate to be absent on such an illustrious day as today, because. . .
Dun dun dun. . .
We have fascinating things to do and learn today! I am so excited!
NOTE ABOUT THIRD QUARTER: For many students, third quarter is the worst quarter. For seniors, graduation is just far enough away as to seem unattainable, yet close enough to terrify with the Real World Oh My Goodness Really thing. For sophys, it is an amalgam of FCAT-osity, scheduling joy, and the sudden sinking realization that your junior year is creeping up on you. Historically, many of my talented learners have removed themselves from school on their own recognizance more than usual during the famed and feared third quarter, but this need not be you. Think about this: Third quarter is actually a magical time, suspended between a three-day weekend and Spring Break, in which you can re-evaluate, re-assess, and re-vitalize your educational path. Did your grades suck worse than a vacuum cleaner first semester? Time to bring them up! Colleges will only see final grades! Get moving! Did you fail to invest in your relationships with others or did you falter in taking advantage of the rich social resources BHS has to give you? Did you make poor life choices and NOT listen to your English teacher's puppet shows? Now is the time. . .now is the time. . .to seize the brass ring of determination and wrap it exuberantly around your head. LET'S GET BUSY!!!!!!!!!!
Focal points for this quarter:
Gifted English II: Shakespearean studies, grammar, and the resurrection of the Author of the Day project, FCAT skills, Lupercal festival
APees: Romanticism unit; thesis statement development for AP FRQ prompts; writing conventions
Word of the Day: bilious
Irish Word of the Day: Dia duit (hello)
Today’s Holiday: Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day (seriously)
Gifted English II: Resurrection of Author of the Day project, beginning next week/Julius Caesar recap of Venn diagram and new content vocab from Act IV; reminder about Elements of Style by next week as well. HOMEWORK: Finish definitions and acquire Elements of Style.
AP Lit and Comp: Review of Wordsworth concepts; samples from semester exam FRQs; transition into Coleridge (with pop-up goodness). Frankenstein reading quiz tomorrow for Part I (different format from first quiz.) Distribution of graded work. HOMEWORK: At least one journal entry for Frankenstein; bring lit book tomorrow.
