Monday, 3/2/2009

AP

Homework Due

• Chapter 6 outline
  

Mythology

• We watched the first ten minutes of Disney's Hercules, and then we discussed the following:
  
• What names and references are familiar (Zeus, Hades, Cerebus, the Fates, Hermes, etc.)
  
• What are the differences between the Disney version, and what we know from our mythology research?  (In Greek mythology Hera isn't Hercules' mother, and Hades isn't really a villain....)
  
• What is the story?
  
• Why is this the story being told?
  

Fate, Destiny, Predestination and Free Will

• I put up definitions for each on the board, and we talked a bit about each one, as well as how these concepts are working in Oedipus, and how many modern religions do not embrace predestination as a tenet.  I passed out the topic for Friday's in-class essay over these topics.
  

Dramatic Irony

• We combined forces and made a master list of the ironies in Oedipus Rex.  We discussed as we listed.
  

Homework

For Tuesday

• Read, highlight, then TYPE an outline of Foster's chapter 7--"...or the Bible".
  

For Wednesday

• Read "My Oedipus Complex".
  
• Answer the RJ questions.  (pages B22-B30)
  

CREATIVE WRITING

Homework Due

• Answerless Questions--five complete
  
• Perfect Moment, with completed rubric
  

Writing Experiment #11

• We had three choices of poem prompts.  We spent twenty minutes typing, then turned our rough drafts in.
  

Figurative Language

• We turned to page 55, and we talked about what a SYMBOL is.  We did three of the prompts as a starter (love; death; wealth), and then we spent a few minutes working quietly on the other seven prompts.  We shared our answers and talked about how symbols are a kind of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.  
  
• We then turned to the Answerless Questions, and we talked about the difference between LITERAL (or what I called "robot") language, and figurative.  For tomorrow, you need to create imaginative answers for all fifteen questions.
  

Musical Memory Trade and Read

• We traded the Musical Memory piece, and read each other's.  We filled out a sheet saying what we liked about the piece, what questions we had, and ways we'd suggest making it stronger.
  

Homework

• Snapshot Poem (with completed rubric)
  
• Answerless Questions, all fifteen
  

TACW

Organization

• We did a paper pass-back, and we did a folder log-in.
  

Writing Experiment #111

• We typed for twenty minutes on one of the three prompts.  We saved and printed our rough drafts, then handed them in.
  

Writing Assignment

• We started work on our Rent-a-Character scene.  We typed for about twenty-five minutes.  We will let this piece sit until tomorrow, when we'll work on it again.
  

Brain Pain

• God Threw the Tip of the Dog in the Pit--we came up with a pretty decent list of words that make other words when reversed (rub--tub; desserts--stressed; star--rats).
  

Homework

• None