Poetry, Papers, and Extra Credit

4/19/07

Juniors:
Today in class we continued on the winCS curriculum. You need to make sure that you have completed the posttests. Also, today, we went over the various forms of extra credit that are being offered in this last quarter.

I am going to give you extra credit if you aid Mr. Kinser in his clean up Christopher program. You will receive 10 extra credit points. Mr. Kinser will give me a list of all the participants. If you go, you can do a good deed and get rewarded for it too!

I am also assigning you two extra credit projects that you may choose to undertake. Originally, we were going to make a movie out of The Great Gatsby as an assignment, but time constraints have forced me to cut that. Instead, you may do this project but it will be for extra credit. You are not limited to assigned groups. You may work with a group of your own choosing. No more than 4 Juniors are allowed in a group. Movies must relate to the novel and cover a chapter of the novel. Also, the original extra credit attached to the movie project, designing a movie poster, is still available. You may create a movie poster for The Great Gatsby. Make sure your poster relates to the book.

You also need to have your paper ready to give to me tomorrow. Your Great Gatsby analysis paper is due at 4pm! I will be in the classroom until then. After then, it is late!

Senior English:

Today we practiced analyzing poems. The last couple days we learned how to analyze a poem, and since many students were away at W.Y.S.E., today was a perfect day to relax and look at how poetry can be analyzed. Students got some good practice in for their future poetry analysis paper. If you were not able to make it to class today, don't worry. We'll be analyzing poems again at a later date when more students are here.

Senior Speech:

The dramatic oral readings continue! Today we got through four readings, and tomorrow I expect to get through four more. When we finish with these, we can begin our television spots!