College Update

Here are my top four schools:

4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
WAITLISTED







3. Princeton University
WAITLISTED







2. Harvard University
WAITLISTED







1. Yale University
ACCEPTED








P.S. I also got waitlisted at Cornell, but I got accepted at Brown, UPenn, and Dartmouth.

Italian homework

Watch out for the culture project next week!

Culture Project Due Dates
Sources---------------Monday November 17
Detailed explanation--Friday December 19
Parent Note-----------Friday January 9
Final Project---------Week of February 9
Culture Fair----------Thursday March 5

Second Semester:

January 28: Petrarca--pg. 50 & 52
February 4: finish Boccaccio
February 5: No quiz
February 6: Gothic art
February 9: gothic art

On Heroes

Yesterday I watched the new Heroes episode, so I would like to briefly share my feelings on the episode. First of all, Nathan Petrelli--this guy has gone from a jerk to a villain, even more so than Sylar, whom we have seen to be a potentially redeemable character in one of the alternate futures. I thought it was interesting when Peter again fell for the "Come give me a hug" line. To be honest, I got a little bored about halfway through, and I watched 24, but I enjoyed the second half, with Sylar overpowering his ambushers and the heroes taking over the plane. I have always felt that the show is at its best with Sylar as a villain, so I am wondering how the writers will deal with this situation that would appear to pit both Sylar and the heroes against a common enemy.

Italian Midterm Outline

I. Oral (10 pts.)

• Dictation

II. History Fill-ins (13 pts.)

• 26 fill-ins from the book on factual history

III. Art Fill-ins (7 pts.)

• 14 fill-ins on the history of Italian art

IV. Matching (10 pts.)

• author and title of work

V.  Identifications (10 pts.)

• identify author, given 4-5 lines

VI. Art Essay (25 pts.)

• Italian Romanesque art

VII. History Essay (25 pts.)

• History of Rome from the fall (A.D. 476)  to 1300

Splitting up the Italian Study Guide

Here is a possible division of work for the study guide:

Person A:  Chapter 1, Chapter 6, Jacapone da Todi

Person B:  Chapter 3, arte romana, Marco Polo

Person C:  Chapter 2, arte dei primi anni del Medioevo, Dante Alighieri

Person D:  Chapter 4, Chapter 7

Person E:  Chapter 5, arte paleocristiana, arte romanica