Monday, October 20th, 2014 Standards: Analyze various accounts of a subject; Analyze a particular POV Target: Scholars will learn some historical and contextual background for Oedipus Rex. Activator: Thug Notes Work: Finish Movie/ Who is Oedipus?! Closing: Riddle me this!

Activator: Get ready to laugh!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMD18ZF0MLo

Work Session Let’s finish watching our movie while the people who didn’t take the test on Friday do it today!

Note time! Let’s do some background info on our next major reading, Oedipus Rex. You guys all told me at the beginning of the year that you wanted to have some Greek Mythology, right? Well here it is! I actually love this play because of the serious drama involved in it. It's like, 100% Maury Show drama. Let's get some background info, shall we? I've got this cool PowerPoint we can go over. I would appreciate it if you take notes. Tomorrow we'll get into some really fun stuff!! And when I say take notes I mean take notes….this will be on your unit test and final…

Riddle Time!! Let’s see if you can get this! My stem's planted firmly where I am allotted. My tail is wavy and my face is quite blotted. I relay much emotion though flatly I'm spotted, And I grow half my size whenever I'm dotted. I can speak any language, yet utter no words. I'm no seed, yet I am well known among birds. But I do have a speech impediment: I can say cage but not page, aged but not wage. I can say deaf but not red, bed but not sled. I live on a highway that's structurally sound, Where you might see my friends accidentally bound. It has many lanes, and also long lines. There are lots of sharp turns, but plenty of signs. I am played but not won, made but not spun. The key is to measure before you've begun.