Sunday, April 28, 2013

Spring has finally returned to Wisconsin!  Our AP classes celebrated by reading 
Wordsworth and then going outside in search of daffodils.

     I wandered lonely as a cloud
          That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
          When all at once I saw a crowd,
          A host, of golden daffodils;
          Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
          Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

          Continuous as the stars that shine
          And twinkle on the milky way,
          They stretched in never-ending line
          Along the margin of a bay:                                  10
          Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
          Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

          The waves beside them danced; but they
          Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
          A poet could not but be gay,
          In such a jocund company:
          I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
          What wealth the show to me had brought:

          For oft, when on my couch I lie
          In vacant or in pensive mood,                               20
          They flash upon that inward eye
          Which is the bliss of solitude;
          And then my heart with pleasure fills,
          And dances with the daffodils.
                                                              1804.
 
 

Sunday, April 21, 2013

From my new obsession: TED-Ed "How Fiction Can Change Reality"


http://ed.ted.com/lessons/jessica-wise-how-fiction-can-change-reality

Click on the above link to access a wonderful lesson that explains for students the history of how fiction came to shape our world.  TED-Ed has hundreds of interesting lessons to check out, plus the ability to "flip" a lesson--editing it to tailor the experience for your own students.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

AP Test Countdown: 33 Days!

Left on our Reading List:

Milwaukee Sunrise 4-3-13

One of my Spring Break goals was to see the sun rise over Lake Michigan.  It was a bit painful to set my alarm that early on vacation but definitely worth the experience!  Current Milwaukee sunrise time is 6:32 am.