Welcome Back to 10th World Lit!

Welcome Back to 10^th World Lit!

I hope you had a fabulous Winter Break.

This letter contains just a few reminders and pointers to bring us back to a successful Spring Semester.  

1. Errand Passes will be passed out to each student who brings the bottom portion of this paper (which will be sent home on Friday) back signed.  Remember, Errand Passes are your tickets out the door, your one day late pass, and turn into extra credit at the end of the semester.  
2. We’re starting our Parallel Reading in the Media Center tomorrow.  Please make sure you sign and return the permission slip ASAP.
3. I frequently send home mass emails through Synergy. Please check that your email is correct in Synergy to ensure that you them.
4. I put everything I can on the blog. 
5. As I've told the students, we will not be offering an in class grade recovery opportunity at the end of the semester. Students who are about to be in 11th grade need to learn the responsibility of keeping up with their assignments to make sure they pass on their own merit. This semester there is no safety net.
6. With Flu reaching epidemic levels (seriously, that is what the CDC has labeled it this year), we would love donations of tissue and hand sanitizer for the classroom.  Some Lysol wipes wouldn't hurt either.  

I’m really excited about the topics we’re going to be covering this semester (even if a few of them are a bit depressing) in our units The Search for Meaning (reading selections from Night by Wiesel, “The Metamorphosis” by Kafka, and selections from Don Quixote by Dante), Gender and Society (reading Doll’s House by Ibsen), and ending the year with Around the World through Poetry (reading a variety of poems from around the world).  

            I’m looking forward to an awesome semester and hope you are, too!

            Kim Bundschu