Week Two into Winter Break

What's coming up this week varies a bit by class, but know this---
Friday, December 18th
Due when you come to class: Oedipus test, Oedipus Reader's Notebook or Dialogue Journal
Due at the end of class: Oedipus news release.

Over break:
Finish your additional text. Annotate for this: What is the theme of this text and what two literary devices best help you uncover the theme?
Finish you Dialogue Journal or Reader's Notebook on the additional text.
Update your resume.

Monday, January (whatever it is the first day back!)
You will turn in your resume and your additional text work.
We will have literary circle so people can hear about the text you read in an informal setting.

Watch this space for more!

Fun with Oedipus the King

AFTER you have finished your reading of the text, you might enjoy these sites I found about the king.
This is a song about the Oedipus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z36qReRSFY

This is a short, short retelling of the story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z36qReRSFY


Here's a telling of Oedipus and Antigone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVtM3BDvJ0w&feature=related

Late work will earn class credit, but no points. If you are absent, the expectation is you will email the work on the day its due to your teacher to earn points and credit.

What's coming up

Monday, December 7
Policies & Procedures - No late work, the importance of a study buddy and the importance of being proactive
Annotate a practice AP Essay
Poetry presentation information
Reference your final reflection on trimester one and from that create 4 SMART goals for trimester 2 (literary analysis, discussion, time management, goal setting/reflecting) due A Day of this week
A Day
SMART goals due
Chose Partners
Chose Poems
Plan calendar for presentations
Read Oedipus up to page 26 by Friday, December 11 and finish the book by Monday, December 14
Find independent novel by Friday, December 11
B Day
Information on Choral Reading
Groups - exchange contacts
Read time - Use a dictionary/notes for dialogue journal/choral reading?/tragic flaw
Friday, December 11
Poetry presentation planning
Create outline
Create plan
Example choral reading
Choral Reading due after winter break
Independent Novel Sign Up - You may complete either a dialogue journal with a partner (keeping in mind you should be journaling in reference to the reader's notebooks) or a reader's notebook. The reader's notebook should be done alone if you decide to go with that option.

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Week Two (December 14-18)
Monday, December 14
Discussion on Oedipus
Final Test on Oedipus Information
A Day
Choral Reading Practice
B day
Computer lab for Oedipus Test preparation
Oedipus test due Friday, December 18
Friday, December 18
Oedipus test due
Reader's Notebook/Dialogue Journal on Oedipus due
News Report
Updated resume due January 4
Choral Readings begin after winter break

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Week Three (January 4-8)
Monday, January

U of M Style Manual

http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/style/language-usage.html

Siddharth Phadke found this a useful site, so we are posting it in case you need a style manual.

Update to the end

1. B-day: Collect reflections (50 points); rehash for revised essay; theme discussion with Mango;bonus point reading opportunity.
2. Monday: Collect portfolios with Mango reader's notebook/dialogue journal; Poetry exploration. Collect Mango books.
3. A-day: Inner/Outer discussion: Bringing all the texts together--teachers will moderate the groups so students can take notes on things to remember while watching.
4. B-day Poetry read.

Winter Trimester:
1. plan to read your additional novel ( from the list 0f 100) over winter break.
2. It will be Drama trimester at Da Grove: Oedipus Rex, Macbeth, Hamlet. Each is a tragedy. Expect death and destruction.
3. Students will have senior interviews in mid-January. We will be preparing for those after winder break.

Portfolio

1. You may put your work into whatever format you would like.
2. Our recommendation to you is to put things in the order of the check list and label them the same way.
3. Your portfolio will have two chances for assessment. Anything missed after the second go through will not earn points.
4. You will get your portfolio back after it has had two chances. Once you get it back--there are not further chances.
5. PLAN ACCORDINGLY.