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Hey everyone.  The research papers turned out pretty well.  The average was higher than any other paper we’ve done this semester.  :)  Nice work over all.  

Just FYI on the vocab audit results:  No one went down, but most went up.  Yea!  Crazy Scantron!!!!

Remember to read chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby and we’ll talk about 6 and 7 on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

Looks like today is a GREAT day to work on those papers!!  :)

As you finish your papers this weekend, remember the resources linked from this post.  There are links to formatting notes at OWL and on the blog.  There is a sample paper and a veritable plethora of resources!

Hopefully you all got enough done this week that you can get out in the sun this weekend too.

Please, though, do both of us a favor and don’t leave your paper until Sunday night –I’m as little interested in reading poor papers as you are in getting a poor grade on that poor paper!  :)

Enjoy your 3-day weekend!

We will be starting The Great Gatsby tomorrow in class.  That means you will begin to have almost nightly readings from now until early June.  Some of you may be catching on to the fact that these readings and your big synthesis/research paper will overlap.  ”Oops,” you’re saying.  ”I guess I won’t read the book.”

Wrong.

You will be doing textual analysis on the book as well as having graded discussions.  A section of your final will be a test over Gatsby.  Work on your papers.

For those who like to plan, here is the likely schedule:

• 5/20 Study Hall Writing Day
• 5/22 Vocab 11 Test
• 5/26 Synthesis Paper Due
• 5/29 Vocabulary Final
• 6/4 Gatsby Final Pt 1 — Discussion based
• 6/9 DGP Test
• 6/10 This I Believe presentations
• 6/12 The End of School Party / Class Photo
• 6/15 THE FINAL (Bwuhahahahaha!!!!)

Full text of The Great Gatsby online

Before we begin, PLEASE read the post directly below.  DO NOT put your paper off.  It’s worth a lot.

Okay, now it’s party time.  We have completed the AP test and that is no small thing.  Congratuations!

As best I can remember, here is what we put on the board:

• Bagels and cream cheese – Caleb
• Egg Rolls – Maverick
• Pancakes – Hayley O
• Pop – Jordan
• Milk – Janae
• Cheezits – Jeff
• Chips – Spencer
• Doughnuts – Kyle McCrossin

I know I’m forgetting something.  I will bring plates and cups and cutlery.

If you wish to bring a gaming system, come a bit early so we can set it up.  I have a locking cabinet in my room we can store it in during the day if you wish.  If that doesn’t pan out, we’ll finish the movie.  Read below for an extra credit opportunity!!!!  :)

Next Week:

• We’ll pick back up on DGP – the Mark Twain sentence
• We’ll pick up vocabulary with vocab 11 (gosh, we dropped a fair bit during the run-up to the AP test!)
• We’ll start reading The Great Gatsby (dang, things just keep getting better and better!)
• Extra Credit Opportunity: Someone from the Washington Association of School Curriculum Directors asked our class to participate in making a video podcast that will be shown at their annual conference next fall.  They need 6-7 students who would be willing to respond on camera to the question, “What do you believe makes you successful?”  (I think they mean in school).  If you are interested, I will offer some extra credit. You will need to have your parents sign a permission slip (I have 9 of them).  The first 7 to both ask me for a permission slip and bring it back signed by Tuesday get extra credit.  They will be filming in Mrs. Brown’s classroom at 11:00 on Tuesday and filming should be done with everyone by 11:30 or so.  Did I mention you will get extra credit for doing this?