AF: I thought I'd share

First, let me admit that during the school year, there is no way I could be this artsy-fartsy, but I do like to set up pages in a quasi-graphic manner.  The layout is pretty basic.  I busted out my colored pencils because I knew I was going to take a photo of the page when I was done.  I don't normally color inside my notebook, but sometimes, if I have the time, I find it relaxing to add a few little details that brighten up the whole thing.

I read the chapter first, and then I went back and did the assignment.  Even though I had read the chapter, doing the assignment helped me understand the chapter more thoroughly.  The reading and the writing took about an hour in total.  With lots of days in front of me, this system will work out.

If you have not started your summer homework, let me urge you to begin.  Waiting creates stress.  I can always tell when somebody has rushed through the work, and I will drop students who turn in incomplete or inadequate notebooks.  Every part of the summer homework -- the notebook, the blog, the Postman summaries -- must be complete.  Also, I do not give automatic As just for finishing the work.  There will be As, Bs, Cs and Ds.  Well, I hope there are no Ds.  A "D" means, "You did enough work to survive, but this is nowhere near the performance expected in an AP class."