PART ONE: “Forget Me Not” Card Activity
Do you remember the ID cards that museum patrons received in the movie “Forget-Me-Not”? Today you have received a card of your own. You are to complete the following three tasks using your card. You are not to write these answers on a sheet of paper; instead, go to [...]
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I hope that you all enjoyed reading and annotating “The Moustache”! I stumbled across that story while at a Pre-AP Conference at TCU and absolutely loved it. If you didn’t happen to finish reading & annotating the story in class Friday, don’t worry – you’ll have some time to finish up on Monday.
I bet you’re [...]
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I alluded to the fact that you might see an extra credit opportunity if you visited my webpage…I hope I’ll get a decent response, because I need some help! Here’s my challenge:
Collect for me at least 5 pictures that you feel would be accurate representations of ANY of the last four weeks’ vocabulary words. Remember [...]
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This week we will begin reading the play of “The Diary of Anne Frank”, but many of you have expressed interest in reading the actual book. It wasn’t available in our school library, but you can always try the Mansfield Library or even Amazon.com. I would also recommend Half-Price books in Arlington or Fort Worth, because [...]
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Hello Pre-AP! I hope that you guys digested the excerpt from “Great Expectations” that I handed out on Friday, and I can’t wait to see how you’ve totally written all over it! So what do you all think about that Miss Havisham? Told ya she was an interesting character!
After a little more annotation practice – [...]
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Ah….don’t you love the smell of literature in the morning?
I am excited about this week because I get to expose you guys to a *wee* bit from two of my favorite books, Great Expectations and To Kill a Mockingbird. We’ll be brushing up on our annotation skills this week, which I expect to see you [...]
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This week in my regular class we’ll start learning more about the Holocaust and begin reading the Broadway adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank. You’ll find her story to be bittersweet – Anne was a spot of innocence in a world that was falling apart.
We will, of course, continue with our fabulous vocabulary words [...]
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For those of you looking desperately for the file for “The Most Dangerous Game”, it SHOULD be in the blue box to the right labeled “Handouts”. At least from my computer, it’s showing up. I’ll upload it again just to be sure, and I’ll go ahead and put a link here in this entry:
The Most [...]
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I for one have to say that that three-day weekend was well-timed! I needed it!
We have some great things going on this week! Be sure to check out our class calendar at:
http://www.localendar.com/public/KoolteechaPreAP (Pre-AP classes)
http://www.localendar.com/public/Koolteecha (4th/8th Block)
Just a quick reminder – your Personal Poster Projects are due tomorrow! (Pre-AP, that also includes your Letter of Introduction) We’ll begin [...]
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