AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009

DEAR STUDENTS,

YOU WILL HAVE A GUEST TEACHER TOMORROW. IT APPEARS I HAVE PICKED UP SOME SORT OF BUG. I AM MOST SORRY THAT I CANNOT BE THERE FOR YOU NOR SHALL I BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE HOMECOMING GAME. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GAME AS HAVE YOU.

ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM:

I HAD PLANNED TO MEET WITH YOU AND MR. TUOMALA ON FRIDAY; HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THE GODS HAVE INTERVENED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO READ AND ANNOTATE THE MATERIALS YOU HAVE. I KNOW THAT THE RHETORICAL DEVICE PHOTOCOPY I PREPARED IS HEAVY-DUTY. I HAD HOPED TO HELP YOU WITH IT ON FRIDAY. UPON MY RETURN TO SCHOOL, I SHALL BE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO YOU IN ROOM 222 AT YOU CONVENIENCE.

AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

AS YOU KNOW, I HAD PLANNED TO BE WITH YOU TOMORROW TO GIVE THE EXEGESIS ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL'S "THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS." I SHALL DO THAT UPON MY RETURN. THIS DVD WILL FINISH OUR PREPARATION FOR THE CRUCIBLE.

1. THE ASSIGNMENT THE GUEST TEACHER WILL GIVE YOU IS THE EXERCISES ON PAGE 60. I HAVE INTRODUCED THIS ASSIGNMENT PREVIOUSLY, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO GIVE YOU TIME TO DO IT. THIS INCLUDES "MAKING CONNECTIONS." "VOCABULARY STUDY," AND "WRITING CHOICES." THOSE OF YOU WITH ARTISTIC TALENT, MAY WISH TO DO "ANOTHER OPTION" AS WELL.


2. SINCE I WISH YOU TO ATTEND THE HOMECOMING GAME, I SHALL NOT ASSIGN HOMEWORK. YOU ARE; HOWEVER, FREE TO BEGIN READING THE CRUCIBLE.


EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

1. PLEASE CONTINUE TO READ AND ANNOTATE "IF YOU PITCH IT, THEY WILL EAT." THE GUEST TEACHER WILL GIVE YOU MORE SAM/MEAN/MATTER GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS WHEN YOU NEED THEM. THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE LEFT DESK DRAWER.

2. I HAD EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR SENIOR PROJECT CHOICES VETTED ON THURSDAY EVENING. THIS TASK WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA OF THE LEARNING TEAM LEADERS' MEETING. THAT VETTING WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY.

3. YOUR NEXT SENIOR PROJECT TASK WILL BE TO CREATE A THESIS APPROPRIATE TO YOUR CHOICE OF PROJECT. I SHALL HELP YOU WITH THIS.

4. REMIND ME TO GET PHOTOCOPIES OF "THE PARENTAL CONSENT FORMS" FOR YOUR SENIOR PROJECT VOLUNTEER SERVICE.

5. BEGIN YOUR ROUGH DRAFT OF YOUR LETTER TO THE JUDGES ON YOUR CHOICE OF PROJECT. I HOPE TO BE THERE TO HELP YOU WITH THIS.

6. I SHALL RETURN YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHIES UPON MY RETURN SO THAT YOU MAY BEGIN WORKING ON YOUR RESUMES.

7. WHEN THE LIBRARY IS AVAILABLE, I SHALL TAKE YOU THERE FOR MR. HERMOSILLOS' PRESENTATION ON MLA AND THE SENIOR PROJECT.


MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO!