Everyone got the email to check the blog.  NOT everyone is affected by the Nora/Edna syndrome described below, but enough are that I just want you to be aware of the danger. 

AP EXAM REGISTRATION is March 4th.  We will have a conversation about this on Thursday.
If you want a paper copy of the AP bulletin you can get one from Mr. Whitney's room (3302)--he will assume you are old school and wanting to get in touch with the late 1990's, but hey, he will recycle them if some people don't pick them up.  Or you can access it here:
AP Bulletin

TODAY IN CLASS
Collected your prospectus for the A Doll House/ The Awakening essay.
We got a start on Hamlet--Scene 1! :)

FOR TOMORROW
I'm scrambling through the prospectus ideas.  So far:  too many Nora/Edna papers.  Yes, you can do that.  Yes, you can dig deep and do it well.  But too many are choosing the protagonists because it seems easy (Why do I think that's the reason?  Because the prospectus simply skims the surface of the most obvious comparison/contrast claims about these two.)  Such papers will be too superficial to receive a high grade.  And they will be incredibly repetitive from one to the next.  (And I will be bored.)

SO--find creative, interesting insights about these women that not every single classmate who read these works will not already know.

OR--be more bold and focus on anyone/anything other than the two main characters.

There are many excellent ideas suggested on your hand-out, and I have already seen a few original ideas from students who are showing insight and independent thinking even in just the prospectus.