Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Another month, whisked away into the abyss. . .my, time is passing!

Note to those accompanying me to England, Scotland, and Wales--WE LEAVE NEXT FRIDAY! BOOYAH!!!!

Now, to be serious once more. . .

This is the second day of FCAT Testing. The schedule today is as follows:

Periods 1,2,3 (3 will probably be elongated), then 4. . .then periods 1 and 2.

AP Literature: You rec'd your final paper assignment of the quarter; come by today to pick up the documentation/works cited sheet if you don't have me in class due to the schedule switch. Read Jane Eyre. Read it like a fiend. You need to finish that book this week.

Gifted English IV: Outlines go back tomorrow; rough drafts due next Wednesday. We will do the final draft of the research paper immediately after Spring Break, so don't panic. Also, today--you are getting your next outside reading. It's amazing and will change your life.

Gifted English II: I hope you come by this morning to pick up a doughnut! 48 of them from Bakery Pus, sitting here in opened boxes. . .wait, no. . .47. . .no, 46. . .oh, there goes the diet.

In sixth today, final decon of FCAT and resumption of Othello. I love you guys. You complete me (::tear::).

Monday, February 27, 2006

FCAT Week-- a week of joy for many of you. Good luck, everyone!

Advanced Placement: You need to be advancing rapidly through Jane Eyre; today, we are going to review the John Donne passage from the practice test and look at the first poetic passage.

Gifted English IV: Your outlines are due by 3 p.m. Today, we finish the "Plague" and get ready to see Jonathan Swift's vision of satire for this age. It's really disturbing. . .

Gifted English II: I won't see third period, but I will see many of you during sixth. After we deconstruct the FCAT experience, we'll go deeper into the mysteries of Othello. . .

Catching up. . .

The more entrenched in finishing my National Boards portfolio, the more I find myself abandoning other elements of my life--such as this blog. Here is a long-overdue update from the past week:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Advanced Placement Literature and Composition: Assign creative writing response to Jane Eyre in which you "become" Bewrtha Mason Rochester and work through the questions from yesterday.

Gifted English IV: Finish "Pepys" and get ready for the transition into Defoe.

Gifted English II: Othello, Othello, Othello. . .and a vocab quiz!

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Advanced Placement: Multiple Choice Practice Session--Test 3 from the Cliff text.

Gifted English IV: The plague, the plague. . .

Gifted English II: Othello, Act II.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

AP: Share Bertha stories and go over multiple choice.

GIV: "Journal of the Plague Year"

GII: Pop quiz on Act II and finishing up Act II, scene iii.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Advanced Placement Literature and Composition: Jane Eyre character analysis of Richard Mason. We are going to tear apart a passage and conduct a syntactical analysis.

Gifted English IV: I am very unhappy with eight of you; UNCOOL.
Samuel Pepys and Journalistic Shorthand--the Rigors of Gifted English IV.

Gifted English II: Othello; review Act I vocabulary and the content of the play thus far; short writing assignment; return memoirs and allow for resubmits.

Monday, February 20, 2006

So apparently there is no school today.

Darn!

I love school!

See you tomorrow. . .

Friday, February 17, 2006

Advanced Placement Literature: Jane Eyre. Please have read through Chapter 25 by Tuesday for discussion and close reading of the text.

Gifted English IV: Okay, who decided it was a senior skip day? THERE IS NO SUCH THING. IT IS A MYTH CREATED BY LAZY STUDENTS.

Besides, you have a deadline--30 notecards due by 3 p.m.

Gifted English II: Othello, Act I, scenes i and ii.

Thursday, February 16, 2006

AP Literature: Leading questions and themes for Jane Eyre; last of creative presentations.

Gifted English IV: "Diary of Samuel Pepys."

Gifted English II: Introduction to Othello; wrap up of Lupercal projects.