Monthly Archives: September 2020

1. Read Day the First: THE FIRST STORY. MASTER CIAPPELLETTO2. If the PDF file doesn’t download for you, use this e-text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/23700/23700-h/23700-h.htm#Day_the_First (scroll down to the story itself). PLEASE NOTE that I have uploaded a PDF file on Google Classroom … Continue reading →

Read up to line 1482 (“I wish you had never known”). Monitor your thoughts and feelings towards Oedipus. Be ready to trace back how you feel at various moments in the course of his investigations and its aftermath. Use post-it … Continue reading →

Read the About the Author section (take notes in your notebook). Read pages 1-28, the introduction part from here: Beginneth here the first day of the Decameron, in which,when the author has set forth, how it came to pass that … Continue reading →

Read Oedipus the King UP TO LINE 1182. It’s a much longer chunk than before, so budget your time accordingly. In writing: focus on one specific passage from which you can learn how Oedipus interacts with his wife, Jocasta, or … Continue reading →

Do Writing Discoveries 10, 11, 12 (see PDF College Essay Guidebook in Google Classroom). Submit all of this work on Jupiter no later than your class is scheduled to start. You will get credit (or a zero for non-submission) for … Continue reading →

Read LINES 1 to 432 (Tiresias: Creon is not your downfall…”) from Oedipus the King. Please record in your notebook how long it has taken you to read these pages.  As you read, use post-it notes to note briefly your reactions … Continue reading →

Continue brainstorming based on the Essence Object list (see which, let’s say three objects you hold most dearly and activate the stories behind them in brief paragraphs). Also, you may continue with my own brain storming and writing sequence. Go … Continue reading →

Watching the videos below, and take some notes for yourself that will be used to further discussions next time we meet. (30 mins) In a one-page, double-spaced response, answer the following question:How does the Allegory of the Cave apply today … Continue reading →

All right, that was fun! If you haven’t uploaded your video yet on FlipGrid, do so. Also, make sure you RESPOND to at least one other person’s video. LASTLY, as an experiment now, LINK THE FLIPGRID video to the Google … Continue reading →

Hello Everyone! See introductions in Google Classroom. The above due date for the homework depends on the day your class meets. If I see you on next Monday then you should be done with the work by then, of course. … Continue reading →