Celebrating Advent

Yesterday at church (and in the Colee home) we began the celebration of Advent.

Isaiah 40:3

New King James Version (NKJV)

³ The voice of one crying in the wilderness:

"Prepare the way of the LORD;
Make straight in the desert
A highway for our God."

It is my prayer that even in the "craziness" of our next two week's schedule we will be able to stop daily and thank God for the precious gift of His son. I know that I am thankful for the opportunity to spend every day in room 605 with the Class of 2014.

Here is the upcoming assignments for the week:

College Prep

Monday--Discuss Book II

Tuesday--Discuss Book II

Wednesday--TOTC Book III Quiz

Thursday--TOTC Writing Test

Friday--TOTC Test

Honors

Monday--Book I Quiz

Tuesday--Discuss Book I/notes

Wednesday--notes

Thursday--Essay writing-extended definition

Friday--TOTC Memory Work due

As always...please feel free to contact me with any questions!

ccolee@trinitywildcats.com

Schedule for next week

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

Cynthia Ozick

Isn't that the unfortunate truth? It is easy to get consumed by our daily lives and we often forget to stop and be grateful for things that are fundamental...faith, freedom, health...the list goes on! I pray today that we will all be thankful (and voice our thankfulness) for the things we often overlook. (Yes, I am preaching to myself!)

We have had an excellent week in Sophomore English. Last week the students were assigned and completed a Research project about different world literature authors. This week, along with other assignments, they presented their findings to the class in a Keynote presentation. I limited their research to reference material in our library. When writing research papers one must be able to adeptly use internet sources as well as printed material. It was an excellent project and the students always amaze me at their creativity and boldness!

As we look at the next few weeks ask your student to see the class calendar. It gives an accurate picture of what's ahead! Enjoy the long weekend!

11/14-11/18

College Prep

Monday--Discuss TOTC/get ready to write

Tuesday--Vocab Test (sections 3.1-3.5)

Wednesday--MAC Lab/write

Thursday--MAC Lab/write

Friday--TOTC Book II Quiz/write

Honors

Monday--Discuss Part V Bridge

Tuesday--Vocab Test (sections 3.1-3.5)

Wednesday--Bridge Test (Essay)

Thursday--TOTC

Friday--TOTC

Have a great weekend and please contact me with any questions or concerns

ccolee@trinitywildcats.com

Thanks!

Happy November!

I am sorry for not posting sooner...we have been super busy this week in English with Research projects! The students have been researching different World Literature authors and are creating a Keynote presentation to share with their classmates. This way, we can all learn about different authors together.

I have had to make some changes in the schedule. Here are our plans for the week of 11/07-11/10:

College Prep

Monday-present Research Projects

Tuesday-Vocab Quiz (words from Unit 3, sets 3-5)/Memory Work due

Wednesday-sentence patterns

Thursday-Essay writing

Friday-No school

Honors

Monday-present Research Projects

Tuesday-Vocab Quiz (words from Unit 3, sets 3-5)/Bridge

Wednesday-Bridge

Thursday-The Bridge of San Luis Rey test

Friday-No school

As always, please feel free to contact me with questions or concerns!

ccolee@trinitywildcats.com