It’s the Happiest Homecoming on Earth!
Because you are brilliant you can infer the theme for the dance. Start thinking about costume ideas; just make sure you keep it school appropriate. Tickets for the dance are on sale all week. Seniors, it is your last homecoming so enjoy!
Below is the schedule for the week; show your school spirit and participate in the dress up days…
Monday Oct. 17- Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum-Twin day!!!Find a friend and dress the same. Compete to win IN-N-OUT gift cards at lunch.
Tuesday Oct. 18 Sleeping Beauty-Pajama Day! The most comfortable spirit day of them all. Handball & Foursquare tournament at lunch for IN-N-OUT gift cards at lunch.
Wednesday Oct. 19- Snow White-Out- Blanket the campus in WHITE by wearing all white. Pre-Homecoming Pep Rally at Lunch!
Thursday Oct. 20- Tankerbell day-Break out your best tank-top and come out at lunch and watch the dunk tanks behind PAC. The most spirited students at the assembly will get the chance to dunk staff members at lunch.
Seniors-We spent the past week finishing up our literary movement. You should at the least be comfortable, if not feel like an expert, with the five literary movements: Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, Post Modernism. Your group presentations, power point lectures, visual tours, selected readings, and review session will pay off Monday. That means the unit test is on Monday review over your notes and I am POSITIVE you will do fine on the test. . In the upcoming week we will move on to the focus of our course-reading, analyzing, and loving Modern Literature. Hemingway is our first author to study; are you ready to be blown away by great literature? Stop rolling your eyes, and get excited about this! I honestly believe if you have solid understanding of the author’s life and lifestyle, you will be much more adept at understanding his work, AND most importantly, be able to appreciate his great contributions to literature. It is my hope that you will become a fan of “Papa” Hemingway! This week we will begin reading some of his short works, “The End of Something” and “Hills Like White Elephants”. I am sure after learning about Hemingway and sampling his works you too will appreciate “Papa” much more. His works are typically short but PACKED with meaning so get ready to stretch your mind around some great literature.
Juniors- We started out the week with a vocabulary test followed by a discussion on using good, better, best test strategies. We worked on sentence frames, thesis statements and analytical essay writing. Next week we continue with our study of Hawthorne and the classic Scarlett Letter. I can’t emphasize the importance of reading in slow motion and taking in all the diction, details, description, and syntax that Hawthorne used to craft his masterpiece. Don’t give up on the language rather embrace the inversions and structure and ask what purpose it serves. Continue to question Hester, Chillingsworth, and Pearl’s, thoughts, feelings and reactions to the events of the chapter. Keep in mind, once you understand the character fully then you ask the question; “What purpose does the thoughts, feelings and reactions, serve in the novel?” Continue to work hard, ask questions and seek understanding. In the upcoming week our lessons will come from the Bedford Reader and The Scarlett Letter. Continue to check the calendar for assignment due dates and our website for study resources. Work hard, stay organized and seek understanding.