Literary Birthdays Today

Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) -- 1904-1991









Tom Wolfe (1931- )

The Final Class List 2008-09

Q4 -- revised 2/23/09

• First Hour -- Writer's Workshop (Amanda's new class)
• Second Hour -- Finding Self: Space and Place in YA Literature (new)
• Third Hour -- Reading Toni Morrison (Amanda's class)
• Fourth Hour -- Prep
• Fifth Hour -- Reader's Workshop (repeatable)
• Sixth Hour -- C.L.A.S.S. (repeatable only with special permission, written appeal needed prior to Registration)

Q3
First Hour -- CLASS
Second Hour -- PREP
Third Hour -- Vampire Image
Fourth Hour -- Cinema By the Decade
Fifth Hour -- Reader's Workshop
Sixth Hour -- The Reflective Imagination

Q2
First Hour -- CLASS
Second Hour -- Images: Media and Gender (Katy)
Third Hour -- Advanced Film Analysis
Fourth Hour -- PREP
Fifth Hour -- Reader's Workshop
Sixth Hour -- Short Fiction (Katy)

Q1
First Hour -- CLASS (Community, Leadership, Action, & Solutions in School)
Second Hour -- Introduction to Film Analysis
Third Hour -- Prep / Free Hour
Fourth Hour -- The Reader's Workshop (Katy)
Fifth Hour -- Introduction to Film Analysis
Sixth Hour -- The Creative Female (Katy)

Books to be used:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
American Born Chinese
Animal Farm
The Arrival
Beloved
The Bluest Eye
Caucasia
Dracula
Growing Up Female (selections)
The Hobbit
Lord of the Flies
Pride and Prejudice
A Sand County Almanac
Voices of a People's History (Zinn) ?
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
(also -- choices on "Finding Self" YA Literature list)

A Shout Out to the School Librarians

School Library Media Specialists are finally getting good press!

Here's a recent video and related article from the New York Times on the role of the ever-important school librarian.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

A huge Thank You goes out to the Clingan family for the generous contribution of much-needed books for a new young adult literature class to be offered fourth quarter. Such donations are incredibly important to maintaining strong and innovative curriculum.

Third Quarter Begins

Welcome to the Spring Semester and Third Quarter

As usual, we will begin the quarter with an All-School Meeting in the gym -- promptly at 8:45 AM on Tuesday the 28th.

See you there! We have great raffle prizes!

Pending Assignments

Due to the closing of Madison schools for the past two days, some of you may be concerned about pending assignments in my classes, especially with the end of the semester looming. The only students who still have outstanding work obligations are some enrolled in the 5th Hour Reader's Workshop class. It is expected that all students will have those assignments ready to hand in to me at the start of class time on Tuesday. (Keep in mind, you do not have classes on Monday in observation of the MLK holiday.)

If you wish to email your assignment to me, you may do so at daulik@madison.k12.wi.us. I will reply to all emails to let you know the assignment is received and readable. Don't assume your email went through until you receive a confirmation reply from me.

My student teacher, Katy Ainslie, has a plan for her students. Follow the guidelines she established on Wednesday before the cold weather hit us.

A huge Thank You goes out to Barbara Avery for the generous contribution of several much-needed books for a new young adult literature class to be offered fourth quarter. Such donations are incredibly important to maintaining strong and innovative curriculum.