Advanced Placement Literature and Composition: I hope you are continuing to progress in Jane Eyre by Bronte; you have a quiz tomorrow! Today I am returning some graded work to you and finishing "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" before we listen to the Iron Maiden version (courtesy of Tobin). Coleridge does, indeed, ROCK.
Gifted English IV: Today I am giving each of you a Hamlet paper assignment. Your revised timed writings are due tomorrow, by the way. We are going to continue our reading of this play and prepare for a quiz tomorrow.
Gifted English II: Timed Writing today--persuasive topic. It should be interesting!
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Monday, January 15, 2007
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
This day commemorates the birthday of a Civil Rights leader and significant presence in American history. Enjoy your day off from your classes.
This day commemorates the birthday of a Civil Rights leader and significant presence in American history. Enjoy your day off from your classes.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Friday, January 12, 2007
REPORT CARDS GO OUT TODAY!!! (Supposedly).
AP Literature: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge.
Gifted English IV: Hamlet, Act III.
Gifted English II: Julius Caesar Scavenger Hunt (use it as a test review!) and finish our discussion of JC. Your paper is due today by 3 p.m.--you can either turn it in to me in class, or drop it off at the main office on your way out of school today.
POETRY PARTICIPANTS: Meet at Barnes and Noble on Bumby and 50 at 3 p.m. for elucidating discussion with your peers, as moderated by Covert and Hilley, inc.
USHERS: Be at the indoor theater at 6:30 p.m. for dinner and ten service points!
AP Literature: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge.
Gifted English IV: Hamlet, Act III.
Gifted English II: Julius Caesar Scavenger Hunt (use it as a test review!) and finish our discussion of JC. Your paper is due today by 3 p.m.--you can either turn it in to me in class, or drop it off at the main office on your way out of school today.
POETRY PARTICIPANTS: Meet at Barnes and Noble on Bumby and 50 at 3 p.m. for elucidating discussion with your peers, as moderated by Covert and Hilley, inc.
USHERS: Be at the indoor theater at 6:30 p.m. for dinner and ten service points!
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Thursday, January 11, 2007
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY DRILL TODAY. For my students, that means we need to stay in our classroom and avoid the doors with glass inserts. For many other students, that means that you will be moving into a hallway. Listen to the announcements and cooperate with administration, and it will go quickly. IF YOU ARE ON A READING PASS, GO INTO THE NEAREST CLASSROOM FOR THE DRILL.
AP Literature: Jane Eyre reading passes; close reading of Jane Eyre with slips specifying elements of literature to seek out actively.
Gifted English IV: Hamlet--paraphrasing a soliloquy, and moving farther into Acts II and III.
Gifted English II: Introduction to The Elements of Style and finish Julius Caesar screening. We will have the JC unit test next week after the MLK holiday.
AP Literature: Jane Eyre reading passes; close reading of Jane Eyre with slips specifying elements of literature to seek out actively.
Gifted English IV: Hamlet--paraphrasing a soliloquy, and moving farther into Acts II and III.
Gifted English II: Introduction to The Elements of Style and finish Julius Caesar screening. We will have the JC unit test next week after the MLK holiday.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Report cards were scheduled to go out today, but due to a printing problem they will not be available until later in the week. I will update as soon as I hear from Guidance.
Advanced Placement Literature: "Kubla Khan" analysis and transition into "Rime." Coleridge amazes me.
Gifted English IV: Review Act II, scene i and transition into Act II, scene ii. Hamlet content vocabulary will be posted on the board for you.
Gifted English II: Each group will meet at the start of the period to discuss the Lupercal festival for next Thursday, and during that time I will come around and check your rough drafts. Remember that your paper is due Friday by 3 p.m. at the main office (I have to leave campus quickly for a poetry workshop) or by fax at 407.897.2466. Afterward--Julius Caesar bites the dust.
Note: If anyone needs assistance with anything, I will be in a department meeting after school, and then I will be in another mentoring meeting after that. Pretty much, if you don't catch me right after school, you need to wait until Thursday a.m.
Advanced Placement Literature: "Kubla Khan" analysis and transition into "Rime." Coleridge amazes me.
Gifted English IV: Review Act II, scene i and transition into Act II, scene ii. Hamlet content vocabulary will be posted on the board for you.
Gifted English II: Each group will meet at the start of the period to discuss the Lupercal festival for next Thursday, and during that time I will come around and check your rough drafts. Remember that your paper is due Friday by 3 p.m. at the main office (I have to leave campus quickly for a poetry workshop) or by fax at 407.897.2466. Afterward--Julius Caesar bites the dust.
Note: If anyone needs assistance with anything, I will be in a department meeting after school, and then I will be in another mentoring meeting after that. Pretty much, if you don't catch me right after school, you need to wait until Thursday a.m.
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
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!!!!
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!!!!
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.
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