as we head into the final week...

There's necessary information for all of you here, so please read today's blog to the end. Thanks!

No class for SupWestCiv, and both Honors sections will do Cyber Assignment #29.

In Cyber #29, you will take notes on the rest of Chi Cago’s Study Guide (slides 43-52). That covers the aftermath to Julius Caesar’s assassination, meaning the Second Triumvirate, the rise of Octavian / Caesar Augustus, the Pax Romana, and the rule of emperors (some good, some horrible, and some completely insane). Those notes go into your blog.

Remember, the essay portion of your test on ancient Rome is due before midnight on Monday, June 1, and you will then take the short answer portion of the test live during class time on Tuesday, June 2.

All three sections will be doing Cyber Assignment #30, due by 11:59pm next Thursday, June 4, so if you want to get a jump on it, here are the assignment details.

Cyber #30:  Letter to your future self.

It is not exaggerating to say your freshman year of high school has been unlike any other. In this assignment, I want you to write a letter to your forty- or fifty- or sixty-year-old self. Explain the situation with the coronavirus, and what it has done to you. Describe your feelings, your emotions, your experiences. Talk about what your life has been like for the last several weeks, and what you are expecting this summer to be like, and what you hope next school year will hold. Take this letter in any direction you like.

I’m giving you almost a week to write 300 words (but use more words if you need ‘em) that you will want to look at to remember this awful and momentous time in your life. I’m giving you until 11:59pm on Thursday, June 4, because I hope you will compose something that will transcend your routine assignment. This is your final writing assignment for this class.

When you’re done, post it to your blog, then print a copy for yourself to look at down the road.

You’re a special class, and not just because of the miserable hand you’ve been dealt. It’s been a pleasure to share time with you guys, and I wish you the very best. As my Mom always used to tell little Bobby before she sent me off to school, “Have fun, and do good work.”

Sincerely,

Mr. Schick