Wednesday, February 3, 2016

February 3, 2016: Today in Class

A1 10th Lit/Comp
  • Achieve 3000 articles and multiple choice activities: "What Kids Eat at School" and "Renaissance and Reformation: Telescopes--Bigger and Better Than Ever"
  • Homework:
    • Read Scene III and answer Reading Comprehension questions (p. 16)
A2 American Lit
  • 30 minutes to complete USA Test Prep 2/3
  • Subject-Verb Agreement
  • “To Build A Fire” Literary analysis student exemplar
  • Writing: Informative Text in response to “Winter Dreams”
    • “Winter Dreams” can be thought of as a commentary on the notion of the American Dream—the idea that a person’s success depends more on his or her efforts than on factors such as class or race. In a 3-paragraph mini-essay, explore the vision of the American Dream as Dexter experiences it.
A3 10th Lit/Comp
  • Oedipus Rex .PDF Page Numbers
    (Fill in on packet p. 2)
    • Prologue
    • Parodos: Starts p. 3 “Exit All but chorus”
    • Scene 1: Starts p. 4 “Oedipus returns”
    • Ode 1: Starts p. 8 “Exit Separately…”
    • Scene 2: Starts p. 8 “Enter creon”
    • Ode 2: Starts p. 13 “Exit”
    • Scene 3: Starts p. 14 “Part II”
    • Ode 3: Starts p. 17 “Strophe”
    • Scene 4: Starts p. 17 “Enter an Old Man”
    • Ode 4: Starts p. 19 “Exit all”
    • Exodos: Starts p. 19 “Enter a second…”
  • Read and discussed Prologue and Scene I as class
  • Homework:
    • Prepare for Ode I Socratic Seminar (Seminar Monday) (p. 11-12)
    • Read Scene II and complete reading comprehension questions