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Week of 1/2/12 Happy New Year!! For Day 3: In Seagull Reader Read "Tips From My Father" (81) and "The Gift" (208) Take notes in your book, commenting on details, word choice, poetic devices. Your notes should indicate that you're making some meaning of the poems. You might also reflect on the relationship between the two poems. Write a 1-2 page journal entry, using the title of one of the poems: "Tips from My Father (or Mother)" or "The Gift". . . See what comes to mind. Don't over think it, but just see where your mind goes when you put that title at the top of the page.

For Day 4: Seagull Reader Read "Daddy" (241) Take notes, including marking all poetic devices that you can find in the poem. Journal: Finish the prompt, "In my family, I am the . . ." Reflect on your role. If your family were dramatized in a play, what would be most evident about your character. You can write a description or maybe a dialogue that illustrates in a scene in your family's life (maybe dinner time, a holiday event, or just a regular afternoon at home). Write 1.5-2 pages.

Week of 1/9 For Day 1: Seagull Reader Read "I Go Back to May 1937" (233) Write a family scene. This one should not be in your journal, but on a typed sheet of paper (1-2 pages). Describe a scene that gives us insight into your family, showing instead of telling your reader a dimension of your family's life.

For Day 2:Seagull Read "Diving into the Wreck" (257) Remember that for each poem, I need to see notes written in your book.

For Day 3: Seagull Read "Dover Beach" (14)

For Day 4: Draft of family paper due

Week of 1/16 For Day 1 Read pgs. 159-70 in //Oedipus// As you read, mark all words that pertain to vision/sight/eyes. Write a brief response to these first pages in your journal by describing Oedipus (what kind of person is he? what clues about him do we get from the text?). Also write down your questions about anything you want to know or confusion you want to clarify.

For Day 2: Read 171-187 in //Oedipus// For Day 3 (Friday for both classes): Read 188-208 Remember to mark refs to vision/sight/eyes THROUGHOUT play. Think about a modern day Oedipus. Do we have figures like him? Bring a clip, article, or picture if possible.

Week of 1/23 For Day 1 Read 209-232

For Day 2 Finish play Journal: Write a two page entry on your assessment of Oedipus. Is he guilty? innocent? You might look at your sheet on Tragedy to see if one of the elements there gives you insight into his character. VOCAB LIST FOR FRIDAY'S QUIZ CAN BE FOUND UNDER VOCAB TAB ON YOUR RIGHT. I'M HAVING TROUBLE UPLOADING FILES SO I PLACED THE LIST DIRECTLY ON THE PAGE.

For Day 3 Quote quiz

For Day 4 Vocabulary Quiz

Week of 1/30 For Day 1 Read the sheets on Aristotle's Poetics and Tragedy (you received the one on Tragedy when we first started //Oedipus//). Locate three moments in the play that correspond to three moments on the sheets. Take the time to think about how the play fulfills the descriptions from the sheet so you can share your thoughts with the class.

For Day 2 1. Finish close reading of Messenger's section on handout. Annotate! 2. Find an image that you think represents Oedipus. This assignment is not the same as our "modern day Oedipus" idea. For this one, you need to locate a photo, image, or painting that in some way depicts your understanding of this character. Post it on the "Oedipus Images" page with two sentences of explanation and one quotation from the text.

For Day 3 Journal: Write two pages on what you think Sophocles believes. About Oedipus? About fate? About free will? You are tackling our over arching questions now that you've read and studied the play. Your journal should include at least two quotations from the play.

For Day 4 Test: quotations and essay question You will need your play for the essay. Don't forget it because you may not share!!

Week of 2/6 For Day 3 Research information

For Day 4 Read pgs. 3-6 of //Othello// By now you should've spent some time writing in your journal about potential research topics. You can work from the ideas we came up with in class or see what new possibilities arise.

Week of 2/13 For Day 1 Read the rest of Act I, Scene 1 and all of Act I, Scene 2 of //Othello.//

For Day 2 Read half of Act I, Scene 3

For Day 3 Finish Act I

For Day 4 Research Proposal due: re-read assignment so that your proposal meets all the expectations outlined on the assignment sheet

Week of 2/20 Monday: No School For Day 1 (Wednesday for both classes) For Day 2: We will be going to the library for a few days. You should be working on your writing assignment on Act II (TBA in class) until we meet again next week. For Day 3: 6th per in Library no 7th period today
 * Finish anything that you didn't finish on Friday. 6th period needs to read through the conversation between Roderigo and Iago on pgs. 24-5, marking the 3 most important phrases or lines.
 * Read all of Act II
 * Select lines that help you to see the difference between Venice and Cyprus. Take notes. Mark the moments that raise questions for you!

Week of 2/27 For Day 1 Report to library For Day 2 7th period only: Report to library For Day 4 Writing assignment due--I must have this assignment before you leave for Spring Break.
 * Process writing for OTHELLO assignment: I will check to see if you have this work, even if we are in library.** By process writing, I mean the free writing and reflecting in your journal about your section from the play. Take time to explore the meaning of the words and to do a thorough job of considering Shakespeare's word choice.