Thursday, September 30, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
This is the week we wrap up Oedipus! All of our snickering will be coming to an end soon and we'll be asking ourselves whether pulling a Jocasta (to quote Chloe) is the right thing to do or not!
We'll begin tomorrow by slowing down a little and looking at the odes.
Then, for Tuesday, I'd like you to think about the following questions:
1. What is the moment of ANAGNORISIS and why didn't happen before?
2. Why does so much of the final action/catastrophe happen offstage? Do you agree with that decision?
3. Are we satisfied? Does Oedipus, as Adrien says, earn our respect points?
Friday, September 17, 2010
Welcome!
Dear oib class,
Welcome to your blog! Its uses elude me somewhat still, but I hope this is a place we can meet and discuss and where you'll find some valuable resources. Follow me down the rabbit hole into your hero's journey...hopefully you and the fish will grow well here. There will be dragons to fight, but you will have your eureka moment and emerge victorious!
Welcome to your blog! Its uses elude me somewhat still, but I hope this is a place we can meet and discuss and where you'll find some valuable resources. Follow me down the rabbit hole into your hero's journey...hopefully you and the fish will grow well here. There will be dragons to fight, but you will have your eureka moment and emerge victorious!
Sheet of the Week
Dear oib class,
Congratulations, you've got the summer reading test behind you, phew! Now, we concentrate on Oedipus for the next two weeks. We'll be having a test on the play on October 1st. This test will have 2 parts: passage identifications and an essay, which you'll be able to outline before the test day.
This week, we'll do the following:
For Monday, please re-read lines 380-403 on pages 16-17. This is Oedipus' speech to Tiresias. I'd like you to comment (in writing) on what we learn about Oedipus here, and I'd like to know what it is in the word choice and sentence structure that leads us to these conclusions. If you see any irony, mark it. If there's a motif at work, note it.
For Tuesday, forge ahead and read to page 36. I'll probably give you a thinking question.
We'll chew on the reading on Tuesday and Thursday.
For Friday, please read to page 51.
Finish your reading for the following Monday.
We'll be tracking the growing tension and asking ourselves what the nature of Oedipus' tragedy is. And we'll be learning how to close read! Watch the snicker meter go!!
When you get the chance, some time in the next few days, email me a little something about yourself. I'd like to know how you have felt up until now as a student of English, and I'd like to know something about what you enjoy reading. And if you'd like to tell me something else just so I get to know you, I'd like that too. Attach a photo, if you like. I'll write you back :)
Congratulations, you've got the summer reading test behind you, phew! Now, we concentrate on Oedipus for the next two weeks. We'll be having a test on the play on October 1st. This test will have 2 parts: passage identifications and an essay, which you'll be able to outline before the test day.
This week, we'll do the following:
For Monday, please re-read lines 380-403 on pages 16-17. This is Oedipus' speech to Tiresias. I'd like you to comment (in writing) on what we learn about Oedipus here, and I'd like to know what it is in the word choice and sentence structure that leads us to these conclusions. If you see any irony, mark it. If there's a motif at work, note it.
For Tuesday, forge ahead and read to page 36. I'll probably give you a thinking question.
We'll chew on the reading on Tuesday and Thursday.
For Friday, please read to page 51.
Finish your reading for the following Monday.
We'll be tracking the growing tension and asking ourselves what the nature of Oedipus' tragedy is. And we'll be learning how to close read! Watch the snicker meter go!!
When you get the chance, some time in the next few days, email me a little something about yourself. I'd like to know how you have felt up until now as a student of English, and I'd like to know something about what you enjoy reading. And if you'd like to tell me something else just so I get to know you, I'd like that too. Attach a photo, if you like. I'll write you back :)
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