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 :)