We made it!

After today, summer can truly begin!  I hope you enjoy the next 5 weeks off before the fun begins in the fall.

Thank you all so much for working so hard.  I'm very proud of each and every one of you and I can't wait to see you throughout next year.

I need feedback from you one more time.  Here's a link to a survey about the class.  Please take this seriously as I need your help to keep improving my teaching.

Pioneer Prep Survey

Day 9 and Working Hard!

Today we finally toured the upstairs of the curricular hallways!!  Was it as exciting as you thought?

We finished up our preview of Romeo and Juliet by reading a few pages.  Thanks for volunteering to read parts with me.  I introduced the Shakespeare Made Easy books and really recommend that you get one from your teacher or buy one of your own if you teacher uses a different version.  Having the modern language translations can be extremely helpful when trying to understand Shakespeare.

We also started talking about the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.  As we talked about the South, the Depression Era, and racial prejudice I thoroughly enjoyed your questions about my family history and the connections you were able to make to your own families.  We will continue to talk about this novel each day this week.

I'm so proud of all of you for working so hard on your paragraph and your goals for vocabulary and Khan Academy.  Keep it up - we only have 3 days left!!

We had a surprise visit from Assistant Principal Sherri Kulpa today and she asked you to rate your comfort/confidence level about coming to KHS in the fall from 1 to 10.  I would like you to document your response in your blog comment today.  Please give 2 scores, your rating before you took this class, and your rating now.