All good things, and shifting literature-- I get bored

I did not watch a rom-com last night. Instead, I invested in watching the Red Sox--and they won, handily, convincingly, reassuringly!

This is after I watched Jeopardy, got 28 right, and got the final question right as well. 

I was feeling pretty good, truth be told. 

My Creative Writing kids are doing a great job reading Othello aloud; they all predictably despise Iago, but they have no inkling what's coming (we are only in Act III). Fun stuff. And the APLit kids are watching Streetcar Named Desire-- and they all sense that things are going to get really awful (we only got through the first 36 minutes so far). How depressing, really, to bring the school year to a close with those two plays. But still, it's good stuff. 

I spent some time yesterday revising syllabi, and I think I'll put Richard III in APLit next year instead of Othello. And Fences (film version) instead of Streetcar. I need a change. I'm even going to cave and teach Frankenstein in Brit Lit. Suffice it to say, this journey through AP stuff has opened my eyes a bit to what literature kids are expected to know, even though that's not expressed officially. It's a way of gaming the system, but at least it's all good lit. I'm putting RIII in there because I love it, but we will do some work with Hamlet as well.

Wouldn't it be nice to end one school year before prepping the next? As if. 

Hope you have a great day. The temps will be cooler around here, and it may sprinkle a little. Which is not a bad thing, really: G planted the front bed last evening, and we now have transplanted hostas that are not crowded in weeds, and a glorious red rose bush in between the azaleas. 

Planting things feels like a kind of hope, too.

Hug your favorite folks, and keep safe.

C