APELC Class Notes
Second and fourth period, same as yesterday in first and third. Check their notes for objectives and details.
As revision conferences commence Monday, all APELCers need to remember that they must have the following when we meet:
- Their essays highlighted (even they’re unsure of some of your highlights),
- Their own timed-writing prompts (annotated) and rubrics,
- Their own copies of “How to Prepare for a Revision Conference” and answers to the questions in 4 or 5 in the form of notes and ideas.
I will not confer with students who are missing any of these and those students will lose their slots and opportunity to revise their essays. And, again, do not be late to our conference.
Be thankful as you go into the holiday weekend, kids, and maybe think over the questions engendered by our discussion of Ascher, Quindlen, and the some of the photos I shared including the one below from “Universal Children’s Day”, and those from the article “Hong Kong Citizens Are Living in Cages”. The most important were, I think, “Do we share a common humanity?” and “How do we learn compassion?”
Finally, keep in mind that Monday, November 30, is the last day to donate any of the following items CDO’s Sign Language Club is collecting for our service members abroad:
- White socks (with no markings)
- Light blankets and character-themed sheets
- Energy drinks, beef jerky
- Snacks like cookies, chips, and candy in sturdy packages
- Hand sanitizer, moist hand wipes, medical gloves
- Sports magazines and Frisbees
- Flash drives
- Letters (none of your own personal information)
- NO PORK OR PRODUCTS AND NO COFFEE
Have a fantastic holiday.
ANOTHER VISIT AND MORE VINDICATION. Another 2009 CDO grad, former APELCer, and athletic and academic superstar visited fourth period today. Kala Stepter, who was a junior in my second period APELC class my first year here and is now a freshman at Standford, shared some of her thoughts about success in APELC and her life at university. And she commended this class as important in her preparation for higher education and classes she’s enrolled in now such as “Morality and Truth” and “Rhetoric in American Culture”. Neat classes.
Thanks Kala. All the best to you.
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