English 9 Class Notes
First, second, and sixth freshmen, you completed the semester final this week and I need to say, after reading your papers, I was really pleased with the way most of them turned out. Some of you were very creative in your character comparisons, others of you were insightful in your expositions on various themes, and a few of you were clever in your analysis of plot, setting, and mood. I’m glad to see the hard work many of you put in over the semester, whether you started out strong and maintained your pace or if you had to pick yourself up because of some initial bad decisions, helped you realize success.
As I mentioned in class, I’m pleased to have worked with each of you these long nineteen weeks, and I look forward to completing the second half of the year with you come January. I hope that you’ve learned and internalized all of the literary material and cultural ideas we’ve covered since August; some of these we’ve only begun to touch upon, but we’ll go for depth in the spring rather than breadth.
Have a restful break, and enjoy your respective holidays. Be ready when we return in 2009.
See you then, kids.