Week #21 - Class #1

check:
- vocab squares for parodos and scene 1
- Answers to SCENE 1 questions.



IN CLASS:

Do now: Answer questions for Scene 1.
- review vocab squares
- review answers to scene 1
- Read the Ode - Summarize Ode
- Discuss Ode.


Homework:
Draw a travel path of the events of the book thus far - use labels.
and be sure you have at least 5 significant event -
Use symbols to indicate characters, events, etc.
Plot motifs too.

Week #20 - Class 4

check -
bookmarks/book

in class:
IRP time
Book talks
Quiz



HW over weekend...
Read for IRP
Answer Questions in Packet for Scene 1 --> use a quote for each!
Make vocab squares for Parodos & scene 1 words

Week 20 - Class #3

In class:

I'm checking: Answers to Parodos. Making sure motifs have been tracked.

In class:
Review answers to Parodos.
Time to work together in groups to plan out acting.
ACT OUT PARODOS! Amuse Ms. Weiss!
Assign parts and read Scene 1. Track during or after (group choice).

HW:
Make sure you understand Scene 1, and have tracked the motifs.
Study for vocab quiz.
Bring book for IRP.
Prepare for Book Talks if you have one.


See you Friday!
Ms. W

Week 20 - Class #2

In class:

Hw check: Vocab squares, motifs tracked for prologue?

Do now: In your "Eyes" packet - answer the questions for PROLOGUE.
Use textual evidence for all!

Review vocab.

Read the Parodos in groups / summarize it at the end.

Prepare to act it out in your own words next class!

HW: Answer the questions in the "Eyes" packet for Parodos.
Be sure you have tracked the motifs for that section.
Get ready to act tomorrow.

Have a book for Friday IRP time, after your Vocab Quiz!

SEE YOU NEXT CLASS
(if you just wanted to track my use of the word "see" with a stickie note... 10 pts!) :)

Week 20 - Class #1 - OEDIPUS REX PROLOGUE STUDY

In class:

We learned the meaning of motif and the purpose of a prologue.

I checked: Stickie notes, quarter 2 bookmarks, and quarter 3 books to read.
Students worked in groups, picked new jobs for the week, set up their stickie
notes to track motifs.
They read a sheet about the purpose of a prologue in greek tragedies and answered questions about it.
They read the prologue
We summarized the prologue at the end of class.

HW: Vocab squares for just the words from the PROLOGUE are due next class. There will be a quiz on vocab/reading on Friday.
Finish reading and tracking motif in the prologue if you did not in class.

DEFINTIONS TO HAVE:
motif: any recurring element that has a symbolic significance. --> through its repetition a motif can create mood or establish a theme. 


SEE YOU NEXT CLASS! 
W

Week 19 - getting ready for friday

END OF THE TERM ON FRIDAY! I will collect bookmarks on Monday.
If you lost yours - get a new one - here:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B9bQwqNjIlgNN2RiYWI4YjItNGQyNy00MTg5LTk5NWMtY2Q0NGE3ODNmYzU5&hl=en_US

There will be a quiz on the first 12 words on page 7 of your Oedipus "Eyes" packet.
Perhaps a couple of reading comp. questions, too!

Also - by Monday - plan to get those the stickie-notes to make the motif-tracking work next week.

week 19 - class #1

In class:

Pre-reading questions - OEDIPUS "Eyes" packet.
Review & Discuss.
Read up to page 7 in packet.
Quiz friday on reading and 10 vocab words.

HW: get vocab, organize, read for IRP

Week 18 - Getting ready for Friday!

In class:
We reviewed the remaining questions that pertained to poems "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins and "Remembrance" by Ray Bradbury. We then moved on to the first Oedipus packet and began to read about Aristotle's "The Poetics".

Students will finish reading and annotating the packet over the weekend.

For Friday:

- Get ready for the quiz on the poetry terms.
- Get  a specially designated Oedipus Rex binder and/or notebook. Due friday.
- Keep reading for the IRP!

Week 18 - Class #1

In class:
-Journal.
-Terms to learn and poetry to inspire - a packet with terms, 3 poems, and accompanying questions!
-Small group work on the packet.
-Time to work on packet, IRP, art/poem (students decide!)


HW:  Final draft of poem/art DUE next class. Keep reading for the IRP in spare time!
UPCOMING: Quiz friday on the poetry terms reviewed today.

Have a question? A problem? Something I should know? Let me know! 
cweiss@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us 

Week 17 - SCHEDULE