Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Sorry about the delay in posting--I was reading a book on efficiency and lost track of the time. I was so wrapped up in learning how to be efficient and not procrastinate that I procrastinated on updating my assignment blog. Since the sophomores are learning all about irony this week, this little blip on the radar is strangely appropriate, but I'm still embarrassed to be so off-schedule. A thousand apologies. Well, that and I've been grading myself stupid with focus papers, make-up tests, and multiple choice practice sessions.

On to the lessons for tomorrow!!!

Sophys: Our Author of the Day resumes tomorrow with the incredible Toni Morrison, one of my favorite writers. Afterwards, we will go over the expectations for the final copy of the Stranger paper which is due Friday for many of you--and to that end, I have a neato handout to give you called Guidelines for Solid Writing. After we go over this, I'd like to go over some of this week's vocabulary words--#21-40 on your literary terms list, and assign AWESOME homework that I meant to assign yesterday.

APees: Yesterday, I watched in amazement as some of you twitched in fear as you took your first multiple choice practice session. Never fear! I will give you back your scantrons so you can monitor your scores, and then we will go over the two prose passages. One of the passages is reprinted for you to annotate as we go. It should be a fun time for everyone!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Today is the Primary Election Day! If you are 18 and are registered, please exercise your right to be heard and go to your polling place before school (they open at 7!) or after seventh period (they close at 7!) Also, if you are going to be 18 before the general election in November, go see Ms. Davison in the Magnet Suite for a registration form. We can register you to vote here at Boone, or you can register at any public library, most post offices, or right down the street from Boone at the Supervisor of Elections office on Kaley. VOTE. It is your privilege and your right.

Gifted II: Existentialism in a Nutshell; grammar review #1; assign outside reading for this quarter (The Count of Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. The abridged version is just fine; I do have a few copies in my classroom for any interested parties. The unabridged features 300 more pages of French countryside descriptions and not much else. It's such a great book! I have a character list for each of you, too.) Tha Author of the Day today is Mark Leyner.

APees: Common Errors on Focus Paper #1 (like not turning one in. . .), close reading of passages from Bovary; preparation for first multiple-choice practice session. Bring a pencil tomorrow.