It’s time for your first AP Language essay already. This first formal piece is due on Saturday at 1:00 for Periods 5&6 and Sunday at 1:00 p.m. for Periods 3&4. Some information you might find helpful: The prompt Notes on effective introduction writing. Notes on writing the AP argumentative response. Topic Sentence cheat sheet. The […]
Welcome to the first Friday of the new school year–and your first three day weekend. Poem of the Day Among the Multitude by Walt Whitman Among the men and women, the multitude, I perceive one picking me out by secret and divine signs, Acknowledging none else—not parent, wife, husband, brother, child, any nearer than […]
Welcome to the first day of class in the 2012-13 school year. Today, we’ll explore angry Germans, a poem about son’s love for his father, and more. Welcome to what I hope is an excellent year! Poem of the Day October. Here in this dank, unfamiliar kitchen I study my father’s embarrassed young man’s […]
As pressures mount due the increasing extinction rate and declining resources, zoos are being forced to choose which species to save–and how to balance entertainment and conservation. In the New York Times, zoologist Robert Merz describes the stakes: Mr. Merz says the effort was worthwhile because the beetle might play an irreplaceable role in the […]
Daily Wisdom, a collection of poetry, great quotes, fascinating facts and more will return the first day of school. Poem of the Day October. Here in this dank, unfamiliar kitchen I study my father’s embarrassed young man’s face. Sheepish grin, he holds in one hand a string of spiny yellow perch, in the other […]