Wear Orange and White today! Yay Boone!
Gifted English II: Accept proposals for alternate Authors of the Day, then move on to things fantastic and sublime. In the yellow textbook is a bizarre little story called "The Cold Equations" that was written in the 1950's, back when science fiction was sort of a Tomorrowland kind of vision, very Jetsons-esque. Except that this story is creepy as all-get-out, and it might inspire the kind of weird fanfiction of which some of you are so enamored. This is the kind of story that inspired George Lucas, Charles-in-first-period. You'll love it or hate it, but either way, I guarantee a reaction.
APeeps: Collect focus papers and host a Title Parade, followed by an immediate surge of interest re: Hamlet, Act I. So many questions, so little time: Why on earth did the smartest man in the room get passed over for King? Is it merely a manifestation of the law of tanistry, or are wickier things afoot? And why do we open with a ghost scene? And why are all these Italian dudes hanging out in Denmark? What's up with that?
On a personal note, to seniors only: This is the first year I have attempted to teach this play after burying my father, and since I maintain that this is a tragedy about three sons mourning three fathers, I might have a hard time with this one. Or not. I can gird myself with hoops of steel if need be, to misquote the play. Just saying. I might get more emo than Hamlet himself, so beware. I'll try to behave and stay pumped up with chai tea lattes. But for the record, I really loved my dad and I miss him, and he loved this play tremendously.
