Posted on September 14th, 2008 by koolteecha
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 [...]
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Posted on November 25th, 2007 by koolteecha
(sigh)…I hope that you all had an amazing, restful week with your families. I know that the next several weeks are going to FLY by!
Pre-APeeps:
I am so excited to be reading J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit! Most of what we will be doing with this novel will be completed independently – I hope that you guys [...]
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Posted on September 21st, 2007 by koolteecha
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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Posted on September 16th, 2007 by koolteecha
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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