Last Day!

Good Morning!

Happy last day of school!

I hope all of you have an awesome summer and look forward to returning on August 29th!

YOU HAVE BEEN THE BEST!!

Renaissance Man  -- because the classics are essential! 

NOTE:  Grades are complete

Test on Oedipus the King

Good Morning!

 

NOTE:  If you have not submitted a book review to me via the Book Report URL Form on my blog, do so by midnight tonight.

 

Take a few moments to review your handouts before I pass out the final test on Oedipus the King.

 

We will watch the movie, Oedipus the King, for the two hour finals' day 

Textbook Return

Good Morning!

 NOTE: Book Reviews are due by midnight tomorrow night. I will be able to begin grading them on Friday.

TODAY:  Textbook return

When we come back, review your handouts for the final test on Oedipus tomorrow. 

Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King

Good Morning!

NOTE:  Textbook return tomorrow.  Bring ALL the texts that you checked out at the beginning of the year.

NOTE:  Please put your cell phone away and out of sight during class, unless otherwise indicated. It is not to be used until you leave the classroom. Your cell phone will be confiscated and brought to the office if it is used during class. Dedicate yourself to sharpening your critical thinking skills and literacy.  You are the future.  The only exception here is if you specifically request to use your phone.

1.  Independent Reading --  If you did not finish your book review yesterday, I will give you some time today.

2.  Oedipus the King -- Review of handout #3 for pages 516-524. I will collect this today.

3.  Test on Oedipus the King on Thursday.

Book Review

Good Morning!

Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive. 

NOTE:  Please put your cell phone away and out of sight during class, unless otherwise indicated. It is not to be used until you leave the classroom. Your cell phone will be confiscated and brought to the office if it is used during class. Dedicate yourself to sharpening your critical thinking skills and literacy.  You are the future.  The only exception here is if you specifically request to use your phone.

1.  Independent Reading -- Today, as promised, you will put your book review on Goodreads.  I have given you a handout to complete to ensure that you follow the rubric!


2.  Oedipus the King --  I gave you Handout #3 yesterday for pages 516-524.  You will have time tomorrow to fully complete the handout including the Quickwrite.

NOTE: The final for Oedipus the King  will be on Thursday. 

NOTE:  Textbook return on Wednesday.

Oedipus the King

Good Morning!

Please get your textbook when you arrive. 

NOTE:  Please put your cell phone away and out of sight during class, unless otherwise indicated. It is not to be used until you leave the classroom. Your cell phone will be confiscated and brought to the office if it is used during class. Dedicate yourself to sharpening your critical thinking skills and literacy.  You are the future.

1.  Independent Reading --Book reviews will be due on Monday, June 13th.  You will have time in class to get them posted on Goodreads.  I have given you a handout to complete to ensure that you follow the rubric!


2.  Oedipus the King --  Handout for pp. 509-515 was collected yesterday.   I gave you Handout #3 yesterday for pages 516-524.  

NOTE: The final for Oedipus the King  will be next week on Thursday. 

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading (Book Review)

Oedipus the King

Good Morning!

Please get your textbook when you arrive. 

NOTE:  Please put your cell phone away and out of sight during class, unless otherwise indicated. It is not to be used until you leave the classroom. Your cell phone will be confiscated and brought to the office if it is used during class. Dedicate yourself to sharpening your critical thinking skills and literacy.  You are the future.

1.  Independent Reading --Please read your independent reading book at the start of the period. Book reviews will be due on Monday, June 13th.  You will have time in class to get them posted on Goodreads.  I will be giving you a handout to complete to ensure that you follow the rubric!


2.  Oedipus the King --  Part Two.  Handout for pp. 509-515.  You will complete that today and turn in.  I will give you Handout #3 for pages 516-524.  

NOTE: The final for Oedipus the King  will be next week on the scheduled finals day.  Period 1 on June 21 and Period 4 on June 17th.
HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading (Book Review)

Oedipus the King

Good Morning!

Please get your textbook when you arrive. 

NOTE:  Please put your cell phone away and out of sight during class, unless otherwise indicated. It is not to be used until you leave the classroom. Your cell phone will be confiscated and brought to the office if it is used during class. Dedicate yourself to sharpening your critical thinking skills and literacy.  You are the future.

1.  Independent Reading --Please read your independent reading book at the start of the period. Book reviews will be due on Monday, June 13th.  You will have time in class to get them posted on Goodreads.  I will be giving you another handout to complete to ensure that you follow the rubric!


2.  Oedipus the King --  Part Two.  Handout for pp. 503-508.  You will complete that today and turn in.  I will give you Handout #2 for pages 509-515.  

NOTE:  Be sure to get handouts if you are absent and be sure to PROMPTLY complete them.  Once they are entered on Powerschool, it is too late.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Oedipus the King

Good Morning!

Please get your textbook when you arrive. 

NOTE:  Please put your cell phone away and out of sight during class, unless otherwise indicated. It is not to be used until you leave the classroom. Your cell phone will be confiscated and brought to the office if it is used during class. Dedicate yourself to sharpening your critical thinking skills and literacy.  You are the future.

1.  Independent Reading --Please read your independent reading book at the start of the period. Book reviews will be due on Monday, June 13th.  You will have time in class to get them posted on Goodreads.  I will be giving you another handout to complete to ensure that you follow the rubric!


2.  Oedipus the King --  Part Two.  Handout for pp. 503-508.  You will complete that today and turn in.  Handout #2 for pages 509-515.  

NOTE:  Be sure to get handouts if you are absent and be sure to PROMPTLY complete them.  Once they are entered on Powerschool, it is too late.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Oedipus the King

Good Morning!

Please get your textbook when you arrive. 

NOTE:  Please put your cell phone away and out of sight during class, unless otherwise indicated. It is not to be used until you leave the classroom. Your cell phone will be confiscated and brought to the office if it is used during class. Dedicate yourself to sharpening your critical thinking skills and literacy.  You are the future.

1.  Independent Reading --Please read your independent reading book at the start of the period. Book reviews will be due on Monday, June 13th.  You will have time in class to get them posted on Goodreads.  I will be giving you another handout to complete to ensure that you follow the rubric!


2.  Oedipus the King --  Part Two.  Handout for pp. 503-508.  NOTE:  Be sure to get handouts if you are absent and be sure to PROMPTLY complete them.  Once they are entered on Powerschool, it is too late.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Oedipus the King

Good Morning!

Please get your textbook when you arrive. 

NOTE:  Please put your cell phone away and out of sight during class, unless otherwise indicated.  Your cell phone will be confiscated and brought to the office if it is used during class. Dedicate yourself to sharpening your critical thinking skills and literacy.  You are the future.

1.  Independent Reading --Please read your independent reading book at the start of the period. Book reviews will be due on Monday, June 13th.

2.  Oedipus the King --  Complete the assignment on p. 500 & 502. Then, we will review, and I will collect.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Oedipus the King

Good Morning!

Please get your textbook when you arrive. 

NOTE:  Please put your cell phone away and out of sight during class, unless otherwise indicated.  Your cell phone will be confiscated and brought to the office if it is used during class. Dedicate yourself to sharpening your critical thinking skills and literacy.  You are the future.

1.  Independent Reading --Please read your new independent reading book at the start of the period. Book reviews will be due on Monday, June 13th.

2.  Oedipus the King -- p.500. We have finished Part One and the review questions on p. 500 cover some interesting and significant ideas.  I have prepared a handout for you to use in responding to these questions.  Use class time to work on this assignment and we will review this tomorrow.  Work with a partner to discuss appropriate responses.

	(http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/background/24c.html)
	The Different Types of Greek Drama and their importance
	Greek statuette. Two strolling actors with comedy masks in the Louvre, Paris The Ancient Greeks took their entertainment very seriously and used drama as a way of investigating the world they lived in, and what it meant to be human. The three genres of drama were comedy, satyr plays, and most important of all, tragedy. Comedy: The first comedies were mainly satirical and mocked men in power for their vanity and foolishness. The first master of comedy was the playwright Aristophanes. Much later Menander wrote comedies about ordinary people and made his plays more like sit-coms. Tragedy: Tragedy dealt with the big themes of love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods. Typically the main protagonist of a tragedy commits some terrible crime without realizing how foolish and arrogant he has been. Then, as he slowly realizes his error, the world crumbles around him. The three great playwrights of tragedy were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Aristotle argued that tragedy cleansed the heart through pity and terror, purging us of our petty concerns and worries by making us aware that there can be nobility in suffering. He called this experience 'catharsis'.

Oedipus the King

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Oedipus the King

Good Morning!

Please get your textbook when you arrive. 

NOTE:  Please put your cell phone away and out of sight during class, unless otherwise indicated.  Your cell phone will be confiscated and brought to the office if it is used during class. Dedicate yourself to sharpening your critical thinking skills and literacy.  You are the future.

1.  Independent Reading --Please read your new independent reading book at the start of the period. Book reviews will be due on Monday, June 13.

2.  Oedipus the King -- p.493.  We will finish Part One today and complete review questions which will be due at the end of the period.

	(http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/background/24c.html)
	The Different Types of Greek Drama and their importance
	Greek statuette. Two strolling actors with comedy masks in the Louvre, Paris The Ancient Greeks took their entertainment very seriously and used drama as a way of investigating the world they lived in, and what it meant to be human. The three genres of drama were comedy, satyr plays, and most important of all, tragedy. Comedy: The first comedies were mainly satirical and mocked men in power for their vanity and foolishness. The first master of comedy was the playwright Aristophanes. Much later Menander wrote comedies about ordinary people and made his plays more like sit-coms. Tragedy: Tragedy dealt with the big themes of love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods. Typically the main protagonist of a tragedy commits some terrible crime without realizing how foolish and arrogant he has been. Then, as he slowly realizes his error, the world crumbles around him. The three great playwrights of tragedy were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Aristotle argued that tragedy cleansed the heart through pity and terror, purging us of our petty concerns and worries by making us aware that there can be nobility in suffering. He called this experience 'catharsis'.

Oedipus the King

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading