REVISIONS AND REMINDERS
1. No school Monday! Make good use of your Labor Day holiday weekend. Me, I plan to grade, have some ceviche, clean my hovel, and grade some more.
2. SENIORS: The graduation check has been postponed by Guidance for one week due to ongoing schedule changes. IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A PROBLEM ON YOUR TRANSCRIPT GO SEE MRS. CADMAN NOW. Do not wait. I will post more info when I have it.
3. Happy Rosh Hashanah on Thursday to our students who celebrate this holiday! Of course, Seminole County has the day off. . .
AP Literature and Composition, September 7-10
Tuesday, 9/7/2010: BRING YOUR LIT BOOK
Today is our introduction to Aristotle's version of tragedy, and I need you to read and take notes from an essay in the lit book to accompany my lecture material. Quelle importante.
HW: Read Oedipus Rex by Sophocles by next Monday. (Trust me, you can read it in an hour or so if you are motivated.)
Wednesday, 9/8/2010: TIMED WRITING/AWESOME TOPIC
Thursday, 9/9/2010: We were going to Guidance to work on our graduation stuff, but that has been bumped, so Oedipus Rex it is. I have some content vocab for you, and some biographical stuff on Sophocles to give you some background.
Friday, 9/10/2010: Oedipus Rex and its tragic elements.
Gifted English II, September 7-10
Tuesday, 9/7/2010: Author of the Day: Carl Hiaasen; Word of the Day: indolent
Lecture/discussion on the origins of the Sophoclean trilogy; I asked you to bring your textbook today because we need to look at the introduction to Antigone, which we will be reading in class. NOTE: Our outside reading, which some of you have already begun, is The Count of Monte Cristo. We have plenty of copies in our Media Center if you still need to check one out, and our first in-class reading day will be next Wednesday. HW: Acquire CMC if you have not already done so.
Wednesday, 9/8/2010: Author of the Day: Vladimir Nabakov; Word of the Day: osseocarnisanguineovisceracartilaginervomedullary. In-class activity: Timed Writing for FCAT Practice. (Sorry; not my idea.) And then, Antigone! HW: Comma Practice for PSAT.
Thursday, 9/9/2010: Author of the Day: Jane Austen. Word of the Day: nth. After we review vocabulary words 61-80 (or some of them) we will go into Scene 1 of Antigone. HW: Study for vocab quiz.
Friday, 9/10/2010: Author of the Day: Steve Martin. Word of the Day: sardonic. Vocabulary Quiz for words 61-80, after which more Antigone-related revelries. HW: Work on Antigone questions; revise essay #1 if you need to resubmit for a higher grade.
