aesthetic

aloof

archaic

assuage

belie

contentious

daunt

debilitate

discord

dissemination

…goes to Anne Enright’s novel The Gathering.

How would you like $1000 for scoring a 5 on an AP test?

It was exciting to see your reactions to the film I Am a Promise.  The movie does a great job of raising a lot of educational issues in ways that might be different from how you would normally approach them.

Answer one of the following questions: 

1. Was principal Deanna Burney justified in her decision to leave? 

2. Are single-gender classrooms (similar to Mr. Coats’) a good idea?

3. After viewing the movie, would you be interested in teaching in a similar school?

Answer thoroughly, and respectfully respond to someone else!

The nominees for the National Book Awards have been announced.  You might be interested to know that one of the categories is for young people’s literature, and that Scott Westerfield is among the judges for that award.

And the whole world has known since Thursday that Doris Lessing is this year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

immutable

incorrigible

mitigate

nullify

pacifistic

pretentious

prologue

recant

servile

trepidation

Bilingual students in New Jersey are using ipods in school to learn English.