Friday, April 10, 2009

There are 65 calendar days left for seniors... Wow!

Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Present current events
Persepolis reading quiz
Work on Iran research

Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Present current events
Discuss/review Doctor Faustus
Begin reading Act 1

Period 3:
Our Town auditions continue!!

Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Peer Workshop
Schedule writing conference with me!

Thought for the day...
"Tough times never last, but tough people do." - Robert H. Schuller

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Report cards go home today!
I'd like to publicly congratulate the following students who are in one of my classes or advisories on their academic accomplishments. Great job!
Principal List: Abby F. and Rachel B.
Honor Roll: Pat H., Reed M., Katie B. and Alice Lin

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Cannery Row test
Work on Iran research

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Postcolonial Literature Test

Period 3:
Auditions for Our Town

Period 5:
Writing Prompt: "Hungry"
Share/Respond
Work on individual writing

Thought for the day...
"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down." - Mary Pickford

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Reading Hamlet Act IV
Independent reading

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Finish tests, make-ups & work on Community Project

Period 6:
Review vocabulary
Ophelia & Hamlet "Get thee to a nunnery"

Thought for the day...
I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.
- Anna Quindlen, A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE