Welcome to APILLIONAIRES!
Tuesday, December 3rd
When
You Come In
1.
Sign in, please.
2.
Please turn in your Barbie, after writing
your name on the back of it!
Oedipus Reflection
(Thirty-five minutes to type; five minutes to prep)
1.
On our shared google doc, scroll to the end of the
page, the type the title for this reflection: “Oedipus Rex Reflection, 12/3”.
2.
Select ONE of the following, and type a response
that shows I SAY (how you interpret the text) and THEY SAY (what the text of Oedipus Rex says).
3.
Copy and paste the question from here to your
doc. Focus on answer that question
fully! (college-prep skill)
a.
Discuss Oedipus’s understanding of his own destiny.
How does this change throughout the course of this play?
b.
Do you think Oedipus would have fulfilled the
prophecy of killing his father and sleeping with his mother if his parents
hadn't tried to kill him as an infant?
c.
Was it right of Oedipus to seek the truth about his
identity despite warnings not to?
d.
How is Oedipus the King at the beginning of the
play different from Oedipus the cursed man at the end?
Now:
1.
Bag your
computers.
2.
Come get
candy quietly.
3.
Turn to page
59! J
We are
doing to finish Oedipus Rex today!
Yee-haw! J Go to
page 59! (…but do not circle up.)
3:10--Homework explanation;
start it, and let me know what questions you have:
Reminder: Google Presentation over second Greek myth figure
is due THURSDAY!
(Requirements
are on last Tuesday’s blog.)
CREATIVE WRITING
Copy and paste the LINK of your Death of Language assignment in this form:
https://docs.google.com/a/washington.k12.ia.us/forms/d/1dF9jVEcFzlauEWziTCMzUDzFquBCmSkjpMrGiBdhoLw/viewform
Copy and paste the LINK of your Musical Memory assignment in this form:
https://docs.google.com/a/washington.k12.ia.us/forms/d/13z1JndflDxiSvrsxqQq3aKMosjiHjsQGy-fb-a5OUis/viewform
SHARE THEM WITH ME AS WELL!
CREATIVE WRITING—
Tuesday, December 3rd,
2013
When You Come In
1.
Please sign in.
2.
WE#8 needed to be printed
and by my candle by 9:50.
3.
…ditto for Musical Memory
revisions.
4.
If there are not in now, I
will not accept them.
5.
DO NOT PRINT DEATH OF
LANGUAGE! We’ll deal with that after elf
time.
Santa’s Helper
Free-Write (15
minutes)
Ø On a sheet of
notebook paper, answer all the following questions--detailed lists for each
one, or a paragraph for each one—either is fine.
Ø Please number your
answers.
Ø Start 10; end 10:15 (or
maybe sooner)
1. When you were a kid and believed in
Santa, what did you wonder about?
2. When you were a kid, what were your
favorite things about winter? What
did you like to do?
3. When you were a kid, what were your
favorite things to do with your family over the holidays?
4. What are THREE traditions your family
has established with you that you would like to continue with your own
potential offspring someday?
SMALL GROUP DISCUSION: Santa’s Helper Letter—You are taking on the
PERSONA of an elf!
(This project is top secret. Tell no
one. Trust no one.
1.
Discuss the writing you did yesterday about the following:
a.
When you were a kid and believed in Santa, what did you wonder
about?
b.
When you were a kid, what were your favorite things about
winter? What did you like to do?
c.
When you were a kid, what were your favorite things to do with
your family over the holidays?
d.
What are THREE traditions your family has established with you
that you would like to continue with your own potential offspring someday?
2.
Make a list of jobs needed at Santa’s Workshop at the North
Pole. (I have ideas to combine with the ones you come up with.)
3.
Tell people your tentative elf name and job.
On Your Own
4.
Type your elf name and job on the spreadsheet, if you’re not already on it.
5.
Turn in your writing page by my candle.
6.
Started @ 10:15; ending 10:21
Last Thing, As a Class
Ø
Complete your Santa’s Helper Prep Sheet.
Organization
Note
· You
need to be organized, so I can be organized.
J You wouldn’t like me when I’m organized.
Give me links first:
1.
Death of Language
2.
Musical Memory
· I
need you to help each other out! This
should not take more than two minutes!
· Share
both docs with me!
· Started: 10:34;
Reflection
and Assessment: Death of Language
1.
Open
your Death of Language assignment, and get out the assessment sheet I gave you
last week.
2.
Fill
the form out completely and thoughtfully.
3.
Turn it in at my candle,
please. (10:41-10:51)
Diction
Practice
1.
Play free rice at your BEST LEVEL (not
starting over at Level 1) when you finish.
2.
20,000 grains are due by Tuesday,
12/10.
Classwork/Homework Writing Assignment
DUE:
Printed and turned in by 9:50 tomorrow, please!
List #1: Spend ten minutes
making a Christmas list for yourself.
Ø
Money and limitations do not exist—open
your mind, and think about what you’d really want.
List #2: Spend fifteen to
twenty minutes making a Christmas list for the five most important people in
your life. (That’s about four minutes per person,
so type fast.)
Ø
Again, no limitations exist.
These lists should be a total of a full page, if you use
two-columns. It should be two pages, otherwise.
CPR
Welcome to CPR!
Tuesday, December
3rd
When
You Come In
1.
Sign in, please.
2.
Open your play to page 60, and put
your name at the top—I’m checking annotations through page 64.
Oedipus Reflection
1.
On our shared google doc, scroll to the end of the
page, the type the title for this reflection: “Oedipus Rex Reflection, 12/3”.
2.
Select ONE of the following, and type a response
that shows I SAY (how you interpret the text) and THEY SAY (what the text of Oedipus Rex says).
3.
Copy and paste the question from here to your
doc. Focus on answer that question
fully! (college-prep skill)
a.
Discuss Oedipus’s understanding of his own destiny.
How does this change throughout the course of this play?
b.
Do you think Oedipus would have fulfilled the
prophecy of killing his father and sleeping with his mother if his parents
hadn't tried to kill him as an infant?
c.
Was it right of Oedipus to seek the truth about his
identity despite warnings not to?
d.
How is Oedipus the King at the beginning of the
play different from Oedipus the cursed man at the end?
Diction
Work Time
Ø
Review why we’re doing free rice. How will it help us be better readers? How will it help us in college?
Ø
Free Rice (20,000 grains due by Tuesday, December 10th)
After
Lunch
We are
doing to finish Oedipus Rex today!
Yee-haw! J
1:05: Homework explanation; start it, and let me
know what questions you have:
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