Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

READING


Fluency

• We completed the prep sheet for book #2.
• We rehearsed book #2 two times, with two different partners.

Read and Relax

• Most people had thirty minutes or so to read.
• I conferenced with some people who had finished books.

Vocabulary

• We spent the last few minutes talking about the Chilean miners' story, and then we wrote a story (a few sentences), using any of the new vocabulary we could.  Our ticket out the door was this story/paragraph/a few sentences.

AP ENGLISH

Oedipus

• We viewed the Oedipus Wordles.  Each person spent a minute or so talking about why he/she chose the motif words--people actually ended up re-telling/reviewing a lot of the play, and it was interesting to see what words people prioritized, what fonts they used, what colors, what arrangements....

Intertextuality

• We defined it, and talked a bit about where we've seen it.  The story I assigned--"My Oedipal Complex"--obviously has intertextuality going on with Oedipus Rex--but how?  And why?

Independent Reading Time

• We had thirty minutes in class to read.  

Writing Conferences

• I conferenced with Courtney.

Homework

• Finish reading "My Oedipal Complex," and thoughtfully complete the Reading Journal.