Class Notes: Feb. 3, 2010

B-block

AGENDA :
1. Hand in letters to Principal.
2. Library research for TBL project

HOMEWORK: 1. Work on TBL project research!!

C-block (Honors)

AGENDA :
1. R&J performances
2. Discuss GWPE background research

HOMEWORK: 1. We will be discussing "The Fish" and "Birches" tomorrow so make sure to bring those to class.
2. Write a 1-2 page (typed and double-spaced) creative piece imagining what happened to the paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. As I mentioned in class, you are free to write this piece from any perspective and in any style you want. You will want to acquaint yourself with the story of the heist first. In order to help you get started, here are some useful links. Don't consider this an exhaustive list.

Gardner Museum heist:

• Isabella Stewart Gardner museum website
• Boston Globe article 15 years later
• A variety of links from the Boston Herald
• CNN's take on the event
• Celebrate Boston's description of the event
• NPR interview with author of book about event and transript
• "Stolen" - film about the heist
  

D-block

AGENDA :
1. Collect letters to Principal.
2. Discuss TBL project expectations
3. Library research for TBL

HOMEWORK: 1. Work on TBL research project (due next week) Remember that I am happy to help you finding information. I will post useful websites here.