I hope you managed to make it this far without getting this awful bug that is going around. Usually healthy me got it, and I was in bed for a whole week. I don't ever remember being that sick. If you do get it, take it easy, this is a nasty strain!
We just finished a short story unit in the seventh grade, and finished reading a novel about an immigrant girl from Cambodia, Children of the River in the sixth grade. The seventh grade test will be tomorrow, and the test over Children of the River will be on Tuesday.
The best part of the year starts on Monday with our reading of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. As we read, we will act out, read aloud, and learn something of the times that Shakespeare lived. At the end of the unit, we plan on 'Partying with the Bard' and we hope you will help us.
I will be giving out recipes to volunteers to help us with our menu. I expect to have shepherd's pie, soda bread, cider and one more dish for lunch that day. In order to make this lunch happen, we will need an adult volunteer or two to help set up, as well as assistance making the food.
In addition to the food, those who wish to dress for the occasion may do so. Ms. McGillivray will teach us some appropriate vocabulary to help us all fit in with the Bard and his peers.
