AuburnChick's Adventures

Disclaimer: This message goes out to my 11th and 12th grade students (but all others are free to read as well).

Guys.  While I hope you are having a wonderful time on your break, you would do well to heed the following advice.

Complete your assignments on time.

I realize this is a holiday for you, but need I remind you that you are still attending your college classes and should, thus, still be in the routine of doing school work?

That said, let me reiterate the things we have going on right now:

Blogging

You are required to blog two times per week.  The week runs Monday through Sunday (midnight).  You may NOT blog twice in one day, unless you plan on blogging a third time on another day.  The point of this assignment is to think creatively throughout the week.

Remember…this is a TEST grade.  I do not grade on mechanics (spelling, punctuation, etc.).  You get a 100 for simply writing two decent posts (each post is worth 50 points).

It is not acceptable to wait until Sunday night at 11:55pm and hope that your blog is going to get posted in time.  It won’t, most likely.  What if the web site has issues?  What if your hard drive crashes?  Don’t wait!  Posts that hit Internet Land after 12am on Monday will be considered one of your required posts for the new week; hence, you will not get credit for them for the week prior.  Remember, each post counts as 50 points.  That’s not chump change guys.

Let me just remind you…this is a TEST grade.

Also remember that there are scholarships available to post-secondary students who write blogs.  That’s YOU in a couple of years!  You’re laying the groundwork for possibly not eating Ramen Noodles during your college years!  Hence, you should take this seriously.

The Scarlet Letter

Don’t forget that chapters 13-18 must be read by Monday.  You will have a vocabulary test on words from these chapters on Tuesday.

In addition, you have a literary analysis essay that you need to be giving serious thought to.  The rough draft is due on December 6th.

So, as you can see, you have a lot of work to do.

Please, don’t make me irritable.  Do your work in a timely fashion.  I will be making your final exam this week, so let’s keep Mrs. AuburnChick happy.

Remember that I love you, and I only want what’s best for you.

P.S.  If you read this, make sure you pass along the info to your friends.  Get them to read it too.  No, I’m not trying to build up my stats.  I just want to keep everyone in the loop, even though we have discussed the above items NUMEROUS times already in class.

P.P.S.  I really do love you.

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