Archive for April, 2010

Scribe: 04.29.2010

Period 6 2010 AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS (Form Sharon) (Suggested time–4 minutes. This question will take up one-third of your mental capacity) Sir Eldridge’s class is on crack. Write an essay in which you consider the extent to which that observation holds true. Support your argument with appropriate evidence. Read the [...]

Scribe: 04.28.2010

Period 6 Scribe notes: Today we wrote on essay on Charles II of England and his dirty, dirty ways. There wasn’t much socializing in class. Eldie wasn’t there when we got to class and some random female teacher was there instead. When the essay started everyone gasped in horror because of the language being used [...]

Scribe: 04.28.2010

Period 5 Alas, another in-class-essay day. Not much else to say. Though Sir George Savile graced us with his presence, Promoting sympathy toward good ‘ole Charles with oscillating cadence. Tata, goodbye! I hope to see you on the morrow. Ko Period 6 Scribe notes: Today we wrote on essay on Charles II of England and [...]

Scribe: 04.27.2010

Period 6 Scribe; April 27, 2010 Another Tuesday, another day NOT to write an essay J The gloomy weather reflected how we all felt with the upcoming AP Tests. So, we began class not by analyzing the quote by Horace like we were supposed to, but our table discussed Ryan’s upside down box of yogurt [...]

Scribe: 04.26.2010

Period 5 Another essay day. It was a prompt about whether the penny should stay in circulation or not. -LeEan per. 5 Period 6 HI EVERYONE! So on Monday the 26th of April in Mr. Eldridge’s class we just did a synthesis essay about pennies. FUN! you could have been either pro or anti elimination [...]

Scribe: 04.23.2010

Period 5 Well, Mr. Eldridge told me that my scribe notes last time were too depressing, so I’m going to try to be more cheerful this time. Here goes. WOOHOO!!! We wrote an essay today! About Richard Rodriguez’s conflicted feelings over California and Mexico using Contrasts! Yeah! So that was basically all we did! And [...]

Scribe: 04.22.2010

Period 5 Happy Earth Day! The period started off with everyone meandering into the room after a lunch of chilly weather. Jake told the tale of witnessing a car crash; the only reason it was important to him? The victims got in his way. Then we were told to write about the quote of the [...]

Scribe: 04.21.2010

Period 6 At the start of the period, Sharon tried to get Eldridge to solve her word game. I know the answer, but I won’t ruin it for her. Eldridge ate some chocolate We worked on the quote of the day from Henrik Ibsen. (for those whom it may concern, helm means wheel or tiller [...]

Scribe: 04.20.2010

Period 6 * The day began with a reunification of the three jews group, except Ryan was left out. He repeatedly turned around to be included, but Mr. Eldridge began to shout at him because he was supposed to be writing his journal response. He then claimed that he was a lonely island, which prompted [...]

Scribe: 04.15.2010

Period 6 The quote of the day was: “A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.” – James Stockdale – the root of “liberal” is “lib,” meaning “free.” – The liberal arts include grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric. They are “liberal” because they free [...]