Finishing Oedipus

We will be finishing Oedipus the King in class tomorrow in lieu of starting Lit. circles which will happen on Monday instead.

Please complete the study guide questions by Monday for the whole play in your notebooks.  Again, do not write out the questions, just the answers.

http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/oedipus.html - here is a link to the complete text if you need to refresh your memory.

Have a great weekend.

Oedipus the King - the first and second day of reading

Please continue to look up the words you started writing down in class - make sure to get the definition as well as part of speech and multiple meanings.

In the study guide sent to you via email:
Please answer questions #1-36 by Thursday in your notebooks based on what we read in class.  You do not have to write out the questions.

*** Also please print a copy of your feature/news article to bring to class tomorrow (Wed. 2/24) we will be conferencing so you can work on second drafts due on Friday via google.docs

Well needed break...

Have a safe, and fun vacation everyone... take the time to recharge and gear up for the rest of the school year... If you are feeling industrious, I suggest you get started on missing work and upcoming work (the stuff that has been emailed out)

Don't hesitate to send questions via email.  I'd be happy to answer them, but give me at least a day to do so.  Not sure if I'm going away yet.

Change of plans for the rest of this week due to the snow

We are not going to start Oedipus until we return from break due to the low turnout of student attendance today and to start tomorrow seems silly.

So please make sure you bring your lit circle books and notebooks to class tomorrow as you will be working on them in class.  They are due by 3pm if you are working on blogs and notebooks for the day.

We will begin Oedipus when you come back from break.
Reminders...
Your lit circle books are due tomorrow
Your first draft of news/feature writing is due on 2/22 when you return
Your IR #6 is due 3/5

"The Theban Plays" by Sophocles - the Intro - read and annotate for class on Thursday, 2/11

The packet was handed out in class today.  Make sure you get a copy.

Thanks.

Read, annotate (make notes and highlight as your read)

Upcoming week - 2/8-2/12 - starting Greek drama

http://www.temple.edu/classics/oedipus/index.html - Study guide for Oedipus

http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/oedipus.html - the actual text - online

http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/Theater.html -  Greek theater

http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/chapters/061gkthea.htm - history of Greek theater

New writing assignment - please check your email

I sent out the newest writing assignment this morning to your WJPS emails.  Please review the assignment and the rubrics and generate any questions for class on Monday.

Your next independent reading assignment is due on March 5th (Friday)

Independent Reading assignment #6 due Friday, March 5th

Please turn in your next assignment by 3/5 via google.docs

Alternative Independent Reading assignments

Your 5th IR assignment is due on Friday, 2/5 - if you have received a grade of 90 or better consecutively on 2 or more assignments, you are now ready to move on to the alternative IR assignment for IR #6 moving forward.

I'd like to offer you the chance to write a literary analysis paper instead where you pick an aspect of the novel, establish a controlling idea and support your ideas with specific references to the text.  This will prepare you for not only meeting and exceeding state standards in literature analysis and critical thinking, but it will begin to prepare you for college level writing.

You may, of course, continue to do the regular reading assignments should you not want this challenge, but if you do, I will post models and links and I would encourage you to come in for extra help.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1111880/how_to_write_a_literary_response_essay.html

http://crutchfieldsclass.blogspot.com/2009/05/literary-response-essay-526-per-56.html

http://crutchfieldsclass.blogspot.com/2009/05/example-of-literary-response-paper-per.html - sample

Lit Circles

There will be no lit circle class time this week due to predictives...

Please make sure you are meeting with your groups either on the blog and/or after school.

The books are still due on Friday, 2/12 (next week)

your independent reading assignments are due on Friday (this week)

College Board media waivers

Please make sure you have turned in your College Board media waiver about the movie that was recently filmed in our school.

Turn these forms into your advisors.

Predictives

Tomorrow - Wednesday - Math period 1-3 (bring your own calculators, pens and pencils)
Thursday am - English   pm- Science
Friday am - English  pm Social Studies

please refer to information given to you today in class for room assignments.

Summer program

- February 5, 2010 deadline -
Program is for high school student journalists from low-income backgrounds that will take place for 10 days in August on the campus of Princeton University . The program is entering its ninth year; since 2002, more than 165 students from high schools across the country have been selected to participate in the program. They were taught by journalists from The New York Times,The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Miami Herald, The New Republic and The New Yorker; they covered Yankees, Mets, Jets and Liberty games and held a press conference with New Jersey's secretary of state; they met with Princeton University's president and dean of admissions; they received counseling on their college applications from our staff, which consists of Princeton University alumni and undergraduates; and they published their own newspaper.





















The application process will take place in two parts. For the first part, students should fill out the application (www.princeton. edu/sjp), and then email it to sjpapplication@ gmail.com as a Microsoft Word attachment. Before emailing us the application, students should name the document using the following format: Lastname.Firstname. doc. So, if the student's name is Mary Jones, the title of the document will be Jones.Mary.doc. In addition, the student should type his or her name and high school in the body of the email and put only the name of the Word document (e.g., Jones.Mary.doc) in the subject line of the email. We must receive the application by 11:59 p.m. ET on February 5, 2010.





















In the second round of the application process, finalists will be interviewed by the program directors-either in person or over the phone-and they will be asked to provide printed copies of the following items via U.S. mail: an official transcript; the first page of the 2008 (or 2009, if available) income-tax return form (the 1040 or 1040EZ form) of their custodial parent(s)/guardian( s),









or a signed statement by their parent(s)/guardian( s) saying that their income is below the level at which they would be required to file income tax returns; a recommendation letter from a teacher; and clips from their high school newspaper or other publication (optional).





















To be eli gi ble for the program, students must meet the following qualifications:





















- They must currently be juniors in high school.





















- They must live in the continental Uni ted States.





















- They must have at least an unweighted 3.5 grade point average









(out of 4.0).





















- They must have an interest in journalism.





















- The combined income of their custodial parent(s)/guardian( s) plus child support payments, if any, must not exceed $45,000.





















Note: This program is for students from low-income backgrounds. If the combined income of the custodial parent(s)/guardian( s) plus child support payments, if any, exceeds $45,000 and a student still wishes to apply, he or she may attach a letter explaining why his or her family qualifies as financially under-resourced.





















If you have questions, the best way to reach us is via email at sjp@princeton. edu. Please note that applications should be sent to sjpapplication@ gmail.com, which is a GMAIL address. Questions should be sent to sjp@princeton. edu, which is a PRINCETON address.





















All application materials-as well as additional information about the program-are available at www.princeton. edu/sjp.





















A final word: We know that the process of applying to any selective program can be stressful, not to mention a lot of work-for students as well as their teachers. But, over the years, the students we have had come through our program have told us that, ultimately, the work they put into their application was worth it.

































Sincerely,

































Katina Revels









Re gi on I Director, 2009-2011, CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT









National Association of Black Journalists









NABJ convention in San Diego , Calif. , July 28 - Aug. 1, 2010









http://www.nabj. org