Thanks for all your hard work at the Fall Festival! Remember to bring a Halloween goody bag for your kindergarten buddy on Thursday. We will be giving them their Patriot Pal t-shirts as well. You may wear your t-shirt if you aren't dressed up as a character in Canterbury Tales :)
Important dates: November 13 - The Balfour representative is coming at 8:30 to collect your graduation orders and money. Remember - it must be paid in full, and no checks are accepted. We will be leaving at 9:15 on that day to take the Senior picture at the Episcopal Church. Coat and tie for guys, church dresses or skirts for girls.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Computer week of 10/29
We will be finishing up your power point presentations this week. Remember, each day your presentation is late you will be docked a letter grade!
We will have a written test on Power Point on Tuesday, November 4.
We will have a written test on Power Point on Tuesday, November 4.
English week of 10/29
We will have a test on Act 1 of The Miracle Worker on Wednesday, and your vocab quiz on lesson 10 is Friday, as usual. Have a good week!
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
English essay questions
1. Fifty years have taken place between the events of the story and the time that Montresor narrates them. Why do you think the story takes place in the distant past instead of being narrated right after the events occurred?
Setting the events of the story fifty years in the past 1) allows Montresor and the reader to know that Montresor got away with his crime; 2) intensifies the eeriness of the story in that Montresor remembers precise events and conversations fifty years after they took place; 3) makes it clear that Montresor's hatred for Fortunato has not mellowed with time.
2. Do you think Montresor is in his right mind or does he seem unbalanced? Support your answer.
Answers will vary, depending on your opinion, but you must support your answer! Possible answers include:
He is in his right mind because he takes pains to cover his crime to avoid detection; he recalls every detail of the crime, indicating that his mind was, and is, clear; he has been able to manage his life successfully for fifty years.
He is not in his right mind because he thinks an insult is worthy of death; he never reveals the nature of the insult, apparently believing that it doesn't matter; he expects the reader to agree with his actions and to feel that he was justified in them; he gets great pleasure from hearing Fortunato rattle his chains and scream; he recalls every detail of the crime, indicating an obsession with the deed.
Setting the events of the story fifty years in the past 1) allows Montresor and the reader to know that Montresor got away with his crime; 2) intensifies the eeriness of the story in that Montresor remembers precise events and conversations fifty years after they took place; 3) makes it clear that Montresor's hatred for Fortunato has not mellowed with time.
2. Do you think Montresor is in his right mind or does he seem unbalanced? Support your answer.
Answers will vary, depending on your opinion, but you must support your answer! Possible answers include:
He is in his right mind because he takes pains to cover his crime to avoid detection; he recalls every detail of the crime, indicating that his mind was, and is, clear; he has been able to manage his life successfully for fifty years.
He is not in his right mind because he thinks an insult is worthy of death; he never reveals the nature of the insult, apparently believing that it doesn't matter; he expects the reader to agree with his actions and to feel that he was justified in them; he gets great pleasure from hearing Fortunato rattle his chains and scream; he recalls every detail of the crime, indicating an obsession with the deed.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Computer
Your nine weeks test is on Tuesday if you are in 4th period computer, and on Wednesday if you are in 1st period. Study! Remember, know your shortcut keys, and you will have to label parts of a Word document.
English
REMEMBER!
Your nine-week test will be on Thursday if you have English 2nd period, and on Friday if you have English 3rd period. It will be on The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe and it will have your vocabulary words from Vocab Lesson 7.
Study!
Your nine-week test will be on Thursday if you have English 2nd period, and on Friday if you have English 3rd period. It will be on The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe and it will have your vocabulary words from Vocab Lesson 7.
Study!
SENIORS - update 10/8
We are not taking the Episcopal Church picture on the 9th. It will be rescheduled after fall break.
We are decorating pumpkins with our Patriot Pals on Friday, Oct. 11. You are responsible for bringing the decorations. The kindergarten buddies will provide the pumpkins. Please bring your $20 for t-shirts by Friday.
Volleyball Senior Night will be Tuesday, October 15, between the JV and Varsity games. Please support your senior volleyball players!
Football/Cheerleaders/Water Girls Senior Night will be Friday night, October 18, before the game. Parents, please be at the field by 6:20!
Seniors are in charge of the Cake Walk at the Fall Festival this year. There will be a sign up sheet when we return from fall break - be thinking about the type of cake you will donate, and the shift you will be able to work. The Festival is October 29, on a Tuesday.
There will be a college fair on Monday, October 21, at Troy University. We will go as a class at 9:15 and return at 10.
We are decorating pumpkins with our Patriot Pals on Friday, Oct. 11. You are responsible for bringing the decorations. The kindergarten buddies will provide the pumpkins. Please bring your $20 for t-shirts by Friday.
Volleyball Senior Night will be Tuesday, October 15, between the JV and Varsity games. Please support your senior volleyball players!
Football/Cheerleaders/Water Girls Senior Night will be Friday night, October 18, before the game. Parents, please be at the field by 6:20!
Seniors are in charge of the Cake Walk at the Fall Festival this year. There will be a sign up sheet when we return from fall break - be thinking about the type of cake you will donate, and the shift you will be able to work. The Festival is October 29, on a Tuesday.
There will be a college fair on Monday, October 21, at Troy University. We will go as a class at 9:15 and return at 10.
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