Gaggle, and Ning, and online quizzes, oh my!

…and that’s just what’s on the schedule for MONDAY, believe it or not.  This week we’re hitting technology HARD, starting with receiving a Gaggle email address.  Some of you may have some experience with Gaggle already, which is awesome!  In short, Gaggle is safe email for students.  I will use your Gaggle email to send [...]

Ah…gotta love short stories!

Ah, so while I can’t teach Great Expectations, I hope you enjoyed getting to cut your teeth on it just a little.  It’s a WONDERFUL story!  Please try to get into the habit of annotating each story that crosses your desk.  It’s a useful tool that will help you have a conversation with your text [...]

Eating Cookies in Language Arts

Ok, so you all know I’m talking FIGURATIVELY eating cookies, right?
This week we’ll be PIGGING OUT on those figurative cookies.  Hopefully, Pre-APeeps, you filled your bellies with a little “Most Dangerous Game” this weekend while you worked on your analysis.   I acknowledge that this is a challenging assignement – please send me an email if you [...]

Here’s to three-day-weekends!

Welcome back, darling scholars!     I hope that you all enjoyed a long, restful weekend!
This week we’ll be digging deeper into “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell.  I love this story because it’s chock full of lots of literary goodness.  Really – all the best figurative devices, recognizable conflict & resolution, a universal truth (that’s [...]