State Competition

State competition is fast approaching.  I would suggest the following:
1. Speech competition will be online--let's do it this Friday, 3/1 right after school.  It will only take a few minutes, just long enough to login to the computer and record your speech, so if you have other activities, perhaps you can be just a couple of minutes late.
2. Subject tests-let's do them Monday from after school until about 7pm.
Let me know if you have any issues/feedback.
PRACTICE tomorrow (Tues. 2/26) BRING YOUR SPEECH!!!!!!

REGIONAL COMPETITION

We have tentatively scheduled our regional competition online tests for Monday, Feb. 4.  This will last from 2:30 to about 6:30.  Please provide feedback on whether you will be able to attend.

Meeting: 1/22

In our meeting on 1/22, we discussed Russian history.  The assignment was made to read the other Selected Readings from Language & Literature.  These can be found off my main page from www.volcanovistahawks.com.  For next Tuesday, please read the Pushkin poem and the Tolstoy short story.

SCRIMMAGE UPDATE!

UPDATE: By popular demand, our 1st competition has been moved from Fri. 11/30 to Mon., Dec. 3.  Please plan to be there from 2:30-6:30 or 7 pm.  If you would like, we can get some dinner to share.  Let me know if you cannot make it or if you have questions.  Please tell other decathletes and your parents of this change so we can have the best possible turnout on Monday afternoon!

1st Scrimmage Competition!!

Our first scrimmage competition will be THIS Friday, 11/30 from right after school until about 6:30-7 pm.  Please let me know in person or via a comment below if you will be competing.  Talk to your parents about this schedule.  Meet right after school on Friday in E113 and we'll get started!

Assignment: 11/26/12

Think about and discuss in a comment the following questions about Dr. Zhivago:

1.What is this book really about?

2.What is love in this novel?

3.Whom does Yuri love the most? Tanya? Lara? Marina?

4.How does the political/historical landscape interweave with the story?

5.If we assume that Yuri is the protagonist of this novel, is there an antagonist?

6.Dr. Zhivago was refused publication in the USSR and Boris Pasternak had to refuse his Nobel prize in literature for it because of political pressure.  Why?

Practice 11/19

Choose one of the following famous Russians, then post as a comment to this post the following information:
-basic biographical information
-goals/accomplishments
-failutes
-enemies
-friends
-personality quirks
-influence

People:
-Ivan the Terrible
-Peter the Great
-Catherine the Great
-Alexander I
-Nicholas I
-Alexander II
-Alexander III
-Nicholas II

1st Competition & Goals

An update:
Our first competition, a scrimmage, will be on either Nov. 30 or Dec. 1 at VVHS.  You need to let me know which date works best for you.
Goals:
By our return from Thanksgiving break:
-Everyone should have a speech
-Everyone should have read Dr. Zhivago
-Everyone should have listened to the music CD at least 5 times
-Everyone should have looked at the art several times (PowerPoint on my website off www.volcanovistahawks.com).

If you have any problems with this, come see me!

Week of Nov. 5

PIZZA SALES AT LUNCH--Be in the A-Hall snack bar area at 11 am!!! If you need a pass to get out of your 3rd/4th period classes, come see me before school on Monday.  We will be selling pizza everyday but Tuesday, EVERYONE needs to participate! This will be to buy materials, t-shirts, etc. See you there!