Monday, June 15, 2009

Finals for Blocks 2 & 4/5 today!

Thought for the day...
If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.
- Norman Douglas


I am so proud of all of you!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Don't forget to pick up your summer reading books!

Good luck on your first day of final exams. See you at Class Night & the Awards Assembly!

Mrs. Tyler


Thought for the day...
The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.
- Edwin Schollsberg

Friday, June 5, 2009

Period 1:
Congratulations, I will see you at class night & graduation.

Period 2:
Final Exam

Period 3:
Our Town

Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Anthology editing & Portfolio work

Thought for the day...
Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
— Carl Sandburg

Thursday, June 4, 2009

I apologize for missing yesterday's posting. As the semester is coming to an end, there are some similarities in our daily activities, but I did run out of time yesterday.

Period 1:
Final Exam

Period 2:
Review for Final Exam

Period 3:
Our Town

Period 5:
Anthology/Portfolio Work

Thought for the day...
Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.
- Elmer G. Letterman

Monday, June 9, 2008

Congratulations Class of 2008!

This is FINALS week!

SPEECH:
Today you will perform your "15 word" plays today
--- Be working on your final! ---

ESSAY WRITING:
Final Portfolios are due tomorrow

Quote of the day...
"You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by."
James M. Barrie

What does Barrie mean by this? What does it mean to you? What are your "golden hours"?

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

FINALS DAY FOR SENIORS!!
Faculty vs. student softball tonight at 5!

Period 1:
English 12 Final

Period 3:
Last "Meaning in the Music" presentation
Impromptu speaking & debate topics

Period 5:
Work on Portfolios

Period 6:
English 12CP Final

Quote of the day...
"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." - Bill Cosby

Monday, June 2, 2008

It's the LAST week of high school for seniors!!!

Period 1:
Review for final

Period 3:
Finish Message in the Music speeches

Period 5:
Writing prompt
Work on portfolios - due Tuesday

Period 6:
No class - Marching Practice
STUDY FOR FINAL

Quote of the day...
"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."
-George Bernard Shaw

How does this quote relate to you?

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Period 1:
Review for final

Period 3:
Message in the music

Period 5:
Work on Portfolios - Peer Review/Edits
Conferences

Period 6:
Review for final

Quote of the day...
Woodrow Wilson - "The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it."
What streams have you swam against? How strong is the stream?