I have an ushering opportunity for some of you this Friday night; you can earn ten hours and you get free dinner! It's the opening gala night for King Lear at the Orlando Shakespeare Festival, and I would need you there by 6 p.m. clad in black and white. Let me know if you are interested.
AP Lit: Transition from Wordsworth to Coleridge. NOTE: If you are going on the Magnet Finance trip to New York, see me today before departing so I can give you the materials you will need during your absence.
Gifted English IV: Hamlet Act I quiz, followed by more Hamlet goodness.
Gifted English II: Go over requirements for Ancient Roman Festival and begin our screening of Julius Caesar. REMINDER: Plan to go to the Writing Center this week if you want the extra credit opportunity!!!!
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Monday, January 08, 2007
Monday, January 8, 2007
Welcome back to the first FULL week!
Announcements:
1. SENIORS: Financial Aid Night is 1/18/2007 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. If you have ANY questions or worries about the FAFSA plan to attend.
2. We will be having an emergency drill Thursday at some point--stay tuned for updates.
3. A new school policy encourages all teachers to post a learning objective on the board for each class. Since my objective never really changes--we read, we talk, we write, we read some more, we talk some more, sometimes we eat--I've decided to place this on the board from now on, until I'm told otherwise: "To unravel the threads of literature's fuzzy sweater." It's a metaphor. I like it.
AP Literature: After taking the quiz on chapters 11-16 from Jane Eyre, we will go back into "Tintern Abbey" and discuss allusions, metaphor, and vivid visual imagery as seen in the poem.
Gifted English IV: Finishing Act I; we have a quiz tomorrow! Prepare.
Gifted English II: After signing up for Early Lupercalia (next Thursday, 1/18), we finished Act V of Julius Caesar. We will start screening the film tomorrow in class. NOTE: You have a paper due on Friday, and can earn five extra points by going to the Writing Center with it.
Announcements:
1. SENIORS: Financial Aid Night is 1/18/2007 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. If you have ANY questions or worries about the FAFSA plan to attend.
2. We will be having an emergency drill Thursday at some point--stay tuned for updates.
3. A new school policy encourages all teachers to post a learning objective on the board for each class. Since my objective never really changes--we read, we talk, we write, we read some more, we talk some more, sometimes we eat--I've decided to place this on the board from now on, until I'm told otherwise: "To unravel the threads of literature's fuzzy sweater." It's a metaphor. I like it.
AP Literature: After taking the quiz on chapters 11-16 from Jane Eyre, we will go back into "Tintern Abbey" and discuss allusions, metaphor, and vivid visual imagery as seen in the poem.
Gifted English IV: Finishing Act I; we have a quiz tomorrow! Prepare.
Gifted English II: After signing up for Early Lupercalia (next Thursday, 1/18), we finished Act V of Julius Caesar. We will start screening the film tomorrow in class. NOTE: You have a paper due on Friday, and can earn five extra points by going to the Writing Center with it.
Friday, January 05, 2007
Friday, January 5, 2007
AP Literature: Today, we work with "Tintern Abbey" by Wordsworth.
Gifted English IV: Hamlet, Act I, scenes i and ii. HW--Read scene iii.
Gifted English II: Julius Caesar Act IV quiz and working through Act V.
Gifted English IV: Hamlet, Act I, scenes i and ii. HW--Read scene iii.
Gifted English II: Julius Caesar Act IV quiz and working through Act V.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Thursday, January 4, 2007
AP Literature: I asked each of you to compose a one-page journal entry for homework last night; today we are using that created text for a writing workshop on concision and precision. At the conclusion of the writing activity, we will go over some notes introducing "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth.
Gifted English IV: Timed writing on an element of Macbeth.
Gifted English II: Working through Act IV of Julius Caesar, including the incredible argument between Cassius and Brutus. Good times. HW tonight: Finish reading Act IV and prepare for a quiz tomorrow in class.
Gifted English IV: Timed writing on an element of Macbeth.
Gifted English II: Working through Act IV of Julius Caesar, including the incredible argument between Cassius and Brutus. Good times. HW tonight: Finish reading Act IV and prepare for a quiz tomorrow in class.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Welcome back to a new year and a new semester!
AP Literature and Composition: After we take the Jane Eyre quiz, we will discuss some elements of Romantic ideology and the Gothic novel. HW: One-page journal entry on Jane Eyre; suggested topics will be distributed in class.
Gifted English IV: Discussion of the tragic hero as we transition from Macbeth to Hamlet. Timed writing tomorrow! I will give each of you a copy of Hamlet today.
Gifted English II: Announcements and planning for Ancient Roman festival; comparison/contrast of the speeches in Act III; begin Act IV of JCaesar for discussion purposes.
AP Literature and Composition: After we take the Jane Eyre quiz, we will discuss some elements of Romantic ideology and the Gothic novel. HW: One-page journal entry on Jane Eyre; suggested topics will be distributed in class.
Gifted English IV: Discussion of the tragic hero as we transition from Macbeth to Hamlet. Timed writing tomorrow! I will give each of you a copy of Hamlet today.
Gifted English II: Announcements and planning for Ancient Roman festival; comparison/contrast of the speeches in Act III; begin Act IV of JCaesar for discussion purposes.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Winter Break Assignments
Advanced Placement Literature and Composition: Students, please read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, at least through the first eleven or twelve chapters. You will have a quiz on the first day back.
Gifted English IV: Please don't do anything illegal over the break.
Gifted English II: As I told you before break. you need to acquire a copy of The Elements of Style by Strunk and White. What a terrific thing to find in your Christmas stocking or under the menorah! Also, if you go ahead and read the rest of Julius Caesar, Acts IV and V, life will be easier when you return on January 3rd. Remember, guys--we ARE having an Ancient Roman festival in January, so start brainstorming! A good time WILL be had by all. And Mrs. Nicoll might join us for some of the festivities. . .
Gifted English IV: Please don't do anything illegal over the break.
Gifted English II: As I told you before break. you need to acquire a copy of The Elements of Style by Strunk and White. What a terrific thing to find in your Christmas stocking or under the menorah! Also, if you go ahead and read the rest of Julius Caesar, Acts IV and V, life will be easier when you return on January 3rd. Remember, guys--we ARE having an Ancient Roman festival in January, so start brainstorming! A good time WILL be had by all. And Mrs. Nicoll might join us for some of the festivities. . .
2006: The Year in Review
So. . .as far as blogging assignments, this kinda didn't work. One of my various New Year's Resolutions is to get organized (insert maniacal laughter here) and update this daily.
This year was a challenge at Boone; we lost a few students, had two lockdowns, lost some faculty members, gained some faculty members, and transitioned from one new principal to another. Amid it all, we learned quite a bit, forgot some of it, and forged forward with soap and happiness.
Best wishes for a fragrant and peaceful holiday season, parents and students. 2007 holds great promise, and I can't wait to get the ball rolling again.
This year was a challenge at Boone; we lost a few students, had two lockdowns, lost some faculty members, gained some faculty members, and transitioned from one new principal to another. Amid it all, we learned quite a bit, forgot some of it, and forged forward with soap and happiness.
Best wishes for a fragrant and peaceful holiday season, parents and students. 2007 holds great promise, and I can't wait to get the ball rolling again.
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