1. P L A Y B I L L The life and times of Katherine Gadzinski McGee AP Lit B1

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3. TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter to Reader Six Word Memoir McGee’s Assignments Bucket List Additional Assignment Soul Picture Early Life Writing

4. Dear Reader, From the time I picked up a crayon and scribbled absolute nonsense to now…which I still do the exact same thing and just attempt to mask it (but in reality I’m still the preschooler gripping the crayon with determination to write something beautiful and impressive to bring home to mommy and daddy, but failing miserably when I look back on it years or even minutes later). But who says writing has to be beautiful for other people? Just for me, that’s what I’ve learned. My writing is just for me. Sure it’s taken me a long time to learn that lesson but I now know that I won’t be satisfied with an ‘A’ on a paper unless I know it’s my best; and isn’t that what really matters? Elementary school was filled with creating books about my best friends and our adventures with our pets. Then middle school came and the seriousness crept up on us, really baring its teeth in high school with essays and papers that challenged us to squeeze out the creativity of our drying sponge of a brain to dribble on to each essay. Not that that was a bad thing. When I look back it was a challenge opposed by our imagination. In one corner of the ring was the prompt, the other: my imagination. It has been my duty to blend the prompt with creativity giving my answer the oomph it needed to entertain. I’m a performer: that’s my job. Love, Kate Gadzinski LETTER TO READER Table of Contents

5. 1.Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway 2.Ariel in the Little Mermaid on Broadway 3.Shower in a waterfall 4.Live in NYC 5.Spend at least two years in Europe 6.Vacation in Santorini 7.Live in a flat in London and talk on my mobile back to my mates in the states 8.Actually exclaim “’Tis Big Ben!” upon seeing the famous landmark 9.Graduate from UVa 10.Find success in whatever career I actually end up with 11.Come back to my high school reunion and show up all those who made fun 12.Inspire someone 13.Actually win an argument against Zack and Mike 14.Find my true love 15.If I get married it will be in the carriage from Cinderella 16.Run a marathon 17.Bungee jump 18.Walk a day blindfolded 19.Open a bakery 20.Go to Harry Potter Land 21.Meet Idina Menzel 22.Be on SNL 23.Start a famous catchphrase… my current attempt: “who dis be?!” 24.Make my parents proud 25.Be happy. BUCKET LIST Table of Contents

6. Broadway … who needs five more words? SIX WORD MEMOIR Table of Contents

7. SOUL PICTURE Table of Contents

8. McGee’s Class critical essay I Want To Be Green-College admissions essay Table of Contents

9. The Bell Jar critical essay Back to McGee’s class slide Click on each page to read, then click hyperlink back to this page!

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16. I Want To Be Green college admissions essay Back to McGee’s class slide Click on each page to read, then click hyperlink back to this page!

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20. Green Baby scribbling Table of Contents Click on each assignment to view

21. Dear Joan, December 8, 2000 Back to “Green Baby Scribbling page

22. Trucks, toasters, and furniture February 21, 2001 Back to “Green Baby Scribbling page

23. St. Patrick’s Day in the classroom Back to “Green Baby Scribbling page

24. “Britain Lion” Table of Contents