Hello,
I am glad to see you excited and ready to tackle an incredibly challenging year in AP English (and all your other APs)! I am looking forward to seeing your comments and concerns and learnings all up on the blog which is our class away from class. It’s a great place to vent (with due [...]
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Alright, so some of you are already waxing sentimental and growing misty eyed. And my grades aren’t even yet! Ay me!
Well, I had a wonderful time this year. Some great discussions and vibrant personalities. You make teaching what it is–great. I can’t tell you how many times I count my blessings that when I go [...]
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Take a look and see what you can do. Now you can respond directly to comments by clicking on reply; you can bookmark or digg or share any of these posts; you can add audio and video comments; and you should be able to keep up with the new posts via Twitter. I’ve also added [...]
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In case you missed it we have someone in class who is not just smart. He’s super smart!
Why wasn’t I called for an interview? I’m crushed!
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Here’s a little clip of what we saw today, to give you an idea of what we might be looking for… Enjoy
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in the interest of improving everyone’s comprehension of the play, and to expose us to the art of direction, I am going to screen Kenneth Brannagh’s version of Hamlet.
It will be shown in two parts. The first part we will screen on Thursday, Feb, 19 at 3p. Then we will watch part 2 [...]
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As a whole your most recent set of essays were done very well. Even a couple that were spectacular. Good job.
I do have a few notes though about things we need to still improve on:
Please, please, please observe your margins. There are 4; not just two that run along the left and top of your [...]
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You can see I’ve been playing with the format. Our blog has so much information added to it so quickly, I thought that we just needed a clearer way of laying it all out.
So I’ve increased the columns to 4–I know I can see things more clearly now. I hope you can, too. I added [...]
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So I don’t think I was clear about this weekend’s work. So here I am trying to clear things up. Thank goodness for technology!
So this weekend you should be
studying up on the next section of the Bedford Reader: Division or Analysis (which are the same thing);
Reading chapters 7-9 of The Scarlet Letter;
Completing study guides for [...]
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I know you say we’re already started, but we’re getting started online, too. This going to be a place for you to keep up, stay connected, and always be informed. You all are welcome to suggest topics, leave comments, and so on–this will be a blog for and by and about you.
Email me ideas, and [...]
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