AP Literature: January 21-24

AP Literature: January 21-24

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Hello, Roadrunners.

We are in the midst of Dr. Frankenstein’s tale and the kids are either loving it…or not loving it. It is certainly dry literature written during the Gothic period, so it is rather heavy in the imagery and less so in plot and action. Students are being asked to read anywhere between 3-6 chapters an evening. Please make sure they are completing the assigned reading before school the next day. There are also lessons they need to have done prior to class the next day to coincide with the reading; this helps ready them for class conversation. We are struggling right now to get the reading done, so if you could check in with your student to make sure they are on task over the weekend I would greatly appreciate it. For Monday, they should have read Letters 1-4, and Chapters 1-16. These have already been assigned throughout the week, but if they fell behind, this weekend would be a great time to get all caught up. We will spend another week and a half on Frankenstein before moving onto our next unit.

We will be reading a piece of Existential literature next and I know some students prefer to have their own copy of the book. I do encourage students to write in their personal books as they read, and unfortunately they are unable to do this with class copies. If you would like to purchase our next book, it is The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka; I have attached the link here.

Office Hours

I am in my classroom most mornings around 7:30 am and stay after until at least 4:15. If your student needs help, please send them my way.

STEM Fest/Science Fair

We Need Your Help!

Only 1 week until the Science Fair / STEM Festival!    We are in need of about 60 volunteers to help the fair go smoothly and to ensure our children have a positive experience.  : -) We need volunteers to assist with Science Fair Judging from 9am to 10am, then volunteers to assist with the Arizona Science Center STEM tables and/or Mrs. G’s Escape the Room Challenge.  Volunteer here –  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0c44aca62d6-science6

Eastmark Color Run 

I will be with my family running in the 5k, so feel free to say hi!  It is not too late to sign up for the Eastmark Parkway Color Run! It is going to be a wonderful time for everyone who comes! San Tan Charter School is excited to partner with the 5th Annual Eastmark Parkway Color Run and many other schools in our area- a portion of the proceeds will directly benefit for all who participate and all who donate. If you would like to volunteer at the event, please contact bheller@santancs.com . January 25th @ 9:00am (registration opens at 7:30am) Post race event will run until Noon DJ, Bounce Houses, Food Trucks and MORE.

Nut Policy

As a friendly reminder, San Tan is a Nut Free Campus. We have quite a few students on campus that are severely allergic to nuts. Please check your students bags/lunch boxes prior to dropping them off, or sending them on their way. Thank you for keeping everyone on our campus safe!

Please let me know if you need anything else from me or have any questions.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs. Amber Kovach