3rd Year Program 2024-2025

Carpool schedule HERE

For Wednesday 2/12:
Book II (Brobdingnag) Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift — mark SATIRE: write in the margins what aspect of English life Swift is satirizing
web for essay in Scientific Revolution and The Enlightenment handout
draft of Master Schedule on 11” x 17” paper

Sonnet
by Scout Weiseth

 I like the fun of all the snow below:
it is so nice to feel when I’m on skis.
And when I am buried in all the snow, 
my heart is still filled full of joy and glee. 
I sometimes leave and have fun with a friend,
or I go ski with someone like my dad. 
And when I ski the fun never does end, 
for when I ski, I’m never feeling sad. 
I often fall flat on to the hard ground; 
when crashing down I sometimes lose my things.
And when I lose my ski I look around:
I do get lost, and give my dad a ring.
I love to ski, no matter who I’m with, 
And none of this, I promise, is a myth.

Running
by Warren Day

Feet pound icy ground 
like carpenters striking nails, while 
softly falling snowflakes brush 
my rosy nose. Raw faces freeze
in soul-chilling cold. 
Heroically, I proceed like a caribou 
fighting the wind. I am cold to the bone. 
Freezing sleet pierces 
my bare and knobbly legs. Feeble 
snow, starting to fall faster now,
cannot override my 
perseverance.
Numbing cold does its best to kill me.
Bouncing on deceitful ice, I wave my arms 
to maintain my balance and defy the bitter air.
When I reach the coffee shop,
warmth will replenish my body heat.

Lesson Learned
by Georgia Spilotros        

This photo reminds me of summer: the first summer I had a job; the first summer I had responsibilities and accountability; the first summer my parents trusted me, giving me a sense of freedom. I remember this day very vividly. Work colleagues met up at My Father’s Place, where we all worked. As we drove to the cliffs on the shore of Payette Lake, the view was so pretty we stopped to take pictures.
            Our walk down the cliffs was quiet and awkward, but as soon as we arrived at the rocks, we set up towels and started to relax. It was hot, so I jumped off the fifteen-foot cliff. I decided I didn't want to go any higher because someone had gotten hurt jumping off the thirty-foot jump. Soon after, a couple of boys came up to me and asked if I would jump off the highest jump with them. I refused and walked away. They tried to pull me, but my friend Mabry pushed them aside.

            When we drove back to Albertson’s to get food, the boys apologized and said they were sorry for trying to pressure me and wouldn’t do it again. I forgave them but still wasn’t feeling great because I had swallowed a bunch of water and felt embarrassed. I asked Mabry for a ride home. Thanking my parents, I told them what had happened. They were proud that I had stood up for myself, but wanted me to be more careful and talk to them if anything ever happened. Later after dinner my dad pulled me aside and told me to text or call him if I were ever in an uncomfortable situation.

            Before I went to bed, I overheard my dad talking to my mom in their bedroom about how he didn’t think I was old enough to go out with my friends, but he knew I was responsible enough to handle myself. After overhearing that conversation, I felt mad that my parents didn’t think I was old enough to hang out with my friends on adventures but knew they just wanted to protect me. That day I learned how important it is to stand up for myself.

Shock
  by Kenneth Weinrauch

Wind howls like a pack of wolves.
I shiver; my teeth clench tight.
A faint silhouette lies on black ground up ahead.
Irregularly-shaped puddles
on cracked pavement
ripple under my quick steps.
A spooky figure through thick fog 
converges 
against my haunted eyes.
I am fearful of what rests ahead:
I prepare for anything,
uncertain of what is to come. 
A skinny, brittle arm
extends out,
reaching for me…
Behind my back a small glistening orange ray
gently rises, casting a glow on this mysterious 
form. My eyes 
lock onto dark brown 
bark draped over a 
young weeping willow.

Sonnet
     by Winston Gelardi

Our Soki: happy, onyx-colored pup.
This very naughty dog sometimes will walk. 
Old Carmen dreads the water and says, “yup”.
Behaved, she’s docile, sleeping, loves to talk.

Our doggies love to hunt but Soki fails.
Yet Carmen hunts, acquiring random food.
On daily walks our dogs do wag their tails:
I pet fool Soki, to create a feud.

Such challenges with dogs, such as their fun.
As Soki is not smart, trouble occurs.
At dinner, pretty Soki is so stunned.
The dogs shed all the time, each scatter furs.

My dogs, they are companions, not real threats:
their loyalty makes canines such good pets.

Backcountry
by Everett Linge

 At the lowest point
snow piles up as high as my knee:
light and fluffy, skier’s gold.
The brisk smell of pine filling the air,
like walking through a dense forest.
The trek begins.
Desire: to reach maximum height;
to enjoy freshly-laid flakes.
First tracks are any skier’s dream.
Sun reflects off snow like a mirror,
rays pelting my eyes.
Finally the peak:
stunning views,
firs coated with gently-falling snow.
I begin my descent,
soaking up every moment.
Skis glide atop fluffy powder.
I am flying
across a sky filled with clouds;
surfing on a peaceful lake.
I hope it will go on forever.
Suddenly, the bottom: the very beginning.
I look up at the mountain so grand,
see my tracks: pristine, alone—up, and down.
Happiness, after hard work.

Pirouette
     by Georgia Spilotros 

Sun rises above rosy clouds;
meadow grasses start to defrost.
Leaf by leaf, Spring arrives like a ballerina.
Slowly, bunnies hop into warm sun; 
the nightingale sings his melody again.
Orchids bloom magenta under sunny blue sky.
Spring arrives like a thief in the night.

Vocabulary words up to October 21, 2024: poignant, ameliorate, resolute, transient, adroit, eminent, imminent, posterity, gravity, merriment, indolent, complacent, caricature, prudence, candid, fervent, former/latter, mutual/common, further/farther, zealous, utopia, renaissance, incessant, assimilate, explicit, precipitous, lucid, rudimentary, anachronism, fecund, temerity, furtive, abstract, gesticulate, introspective, recondite, petulant, abstinent, paradox, ingenuous, credulous, credible, credence, innocuous, vociferous, aristocratic, magnanimous, nefarious, among/between, ironic, impotent, profane, irregardless, alliteration, simile, metaphor, free verse, iambic pentameter, sonnet, sublime

See the full list of 3rd Year Vocabulary words HERE, or study on Quizlet:

“The great skill of a teacher is to get and keep the attention of his scholar... To attain this, he should make the child comprehend...the usefulness of what he teaches him and let him see, by what he has learned, that he can do something which gives him some power and real advantage over others who are ignorant of it.”

— John Locke (1632-1704), on Education

Unfinished Pieces: Semester I
(updated 2/10/25)

Everett
Revisions = 16/36
Edits = 1/6

R&J/Masque/Bible essay OUTLINE
Paradox poem
Locke paragraph
Master schedule

Green poetry: Tanka
Blue poetry: 1 Nature; Ballad; Narrative

Winston
Revisions = 16/36
Edits = 1/6


application essay: Extracurricular activities
1st Person Narrative: French vs. English
R&J/Masque/Bible essay OUTLINE
Paradox poem
Locke paragraph
Master schedule

Blue poetry: Ballad; Narrative

Kenneth
Revisions = 5/36
Edits = 1/6


application essay: p.217 of 300 page autobiography
R&J/Masque/Bible essay OUTLINE
Paradox poem
Locke paragraph
Master schedule

Blue poetry: Ballad; Narrative

Georgia
Revisions = 22/36
Edits = 1/6

R&J/Masque/Bible essay OUTLINE
Paradox poem
Locke paragraph
Master schedule

Pink poetry: Poem of Feeling; General to Specific; The Right Words

Scout
Revisions = 19/36
Edits = 0/6

application essay: Ideal Admission Committee
R&J/Masque/Bible essay OUTLINE
Paradox poem
Locke paragraph
Master schedule

Pink poetry: Pictures w/words; Poem of Feeling; General to Specific; The Right Words

Warren
Revisions = 8/36
Edits = 1/6

R&J/Masque/Bible essay OUTLINE
Paradox poem
Locke paragraph
Master schedule

Blue poetry: 1 Nature; Ballad; Narrative

Student Resources: 2nd Year

Check every piece for THESE SKILLS before turning anything in for an edit.

Check ALL CITATIONS (quotes) with these formatting rules before turning anything in for an edit.

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Access pieces written by 3rd year classes to see what our readings and assignments are for this year.

QUARTER GRADING:

Participation = 30% (purely subjective, based on my perceptions of your initiative, interest, self-motivation, & tenacity)

Assignments = Revisions (20%)
Edits (20%)

Vocab/Multiple Choice tests= 15%
Timed essay grades= 15%

SEMESTER GRADING

Participation = 30% (purely subjective, based on my perceptions of your initiative, interest, self-motivation, & tenacity)
Assignments = Revisions & edits (20%)
Vocab/Multiple Choice tests = 15%
Timed essay grades = 10%
Exam = 25%