Analysis & Response Peer Critique

Students had an opportunity to print out their rough drafts if not printed at home. They received a peer critique form for which the period was designed to use.  Much of the class period was spent with Mr. Stone answering questions from students about the criteria of the paper.

Homework: Complete the peer critique if not completed in class.  (Make use of modern technology as necessary, i.e. scanning, photos, messaging, etc.) Complete a revised draft of the paper to be edited during class time.  Revised drafts must meet the one-and-a-half page minimum length requirement.

Surrah 12 Link

Here's a link to the audio version of the Qur'an we viewed in class:  Sura 12

Islam

Mark Holm gave a guest lecture on Islam.  Students received credit for taking notes.

Homework:  Complete rough draft of comparison and response paper to viewing Surah 12 of the Qur'an.

Oedipus the King Test

Students spent about half the period taking the Oedipus the King test.  After the test they were to read two short excerpts from the Qur'an (textbook pp. 491-494).

Homework:  Read the excerpt from Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis (textbook pp. 532-540).  There will be a quiz at the beginning of the next class.

Prewriting for Joseph Story Comparison

Students spent the class period working in three groups to complete prewiting tables.  Students who were absent will need to join the third group that is examing the story of Joseph's imprisonment (Qur'an 12:32-42 and Genesis 40).

Homework:  Study for the Oedipus test which will be taken tomorrow, October 26th.

A Comparative Analyis and Response to the Telling of the Story of Joseph in the Qur'an and Genesis

Over two class periods, students will listen to a bilingual reading of the first forty-four verses of Sura 12 of the Qur'an in Arabic and in English.


In response to this experience, students will write a page-and-a-half to two-page comparative analysis and response.  You could compare this assignment to a summary and response assignment. In this assignment, however, students will not summarize their reading.  Rather, they will present first n comparative analysis of Sura 12 of the Qur'an with the telling of the Joseph story in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament.


Use a table/t-chart to keep track of your analysis as you compare and contrast the two tellings of one of the three shared stories found in these books:


Joseph's dream and his brother's plot against him (Qur'an 12:1-18 and Genesis 37)
Potiphar's wife attempt to seduce Joseph (Qu'ran 12:23-31 and Genesis 39)
Joseph's imprisonment (Qu'ran 12:32-42 and Genesis 40)

In the first portion of your  paper, compare and contrast the telling of your selected story in the two texts.  In the second portion of your paper, discuss your personal reaction to listening and reading this story from the Qur'an.  Discuss both your personal reaction the content of your selected story and to the experience of viewing and listening to the story in Arabic.


The number of paragraphs in a student's analysis and response paper will vary.  At minimum there will be four:  two for the analysis (one paragraph for the Qur'an telling and another for the Genesis telling) and two for the response (one for the student's response to the content and another for the student's response to the experience of viewing and listening to the story in Arabic).  If a student chooses to compare and contrast the two tellings using and aspect-by-aspect organization, they will have more paragraphs.  A student may also choose to have more than two paragraphs if they wish to subdivide their discussion of their response to the experience of viewing and listening to the story in Arabic.

Students will prepare their rough draft for Monday October 31st.  They will conduct a peer critique in class.  They will make revisions on Monday night and conduct a peer edit on Tuesday, November 1st. 


Students will submit their paper electronically to Turn-it-in (Links to an external site.) and on paper to Mr. Stone. The electronic submission deadline is 11:59 Tuesday, November 1, 2016 and the paper submission deadline is class time on Wednesday, November 2, 2015.


The paper should be written in MLA format.

Oedipus Rex Test on Wednesday 26 October

The Oedipus Rex test, originally scheduled for Tuesday, has been moved to Wednesday at the students' request to allow them to better prepare since many of them have a test in another class on Tuesday.

Oedipus Rex Study Guide

Oedipus the King

Characters

(You will be asked to identify each of the following characters by matching them to actions or relationships. )

Oedipus

Creon

Tiresias

Jocasta

Messenger from Corinth

Shepherd

Messenger

Antigone and Ismene

Chorus

Polybus

Merope

Apollo

Setting

(Be able to describe each of the following elements of setting and their connection to the three classical unities.)

Geographical location:  in front of the palace, Thebes, Greece (unity of place)

Historical period:  ancient mythical times (already consider ancient by 500 BCE)

Time of day: the play takes place in one revolution of the sun/a 24 hr period (unity of time)

The prophecy that causes Laius and Jocasta to give up their son, the discovery of the baby Oedipus, and the murder of Laius all happen prior to the dramatic questioning of the causes of suffering of Thebes that is the central dramatic question of the play (unity of action).

Weather:  fires, plagues, and famines

Cultural Milieu:  ancient Greek

Oedipus as Tragic Hero

( You will be asked to explain how Oedipus fulfills each of the following characteristics of a classic hero.)

high rank

violates human, natural, & divine law

poses threat to society

causes suffering and death to family

tragic flaw

Conflict

(Be able to describe the conflict between each of the following characters/forces.)

Oedipus v. Fate

Oedipus v. Self

Oedipus v. Creon

Jocasta v. Fate

Jocasta v. Oedipus

Laius v. Fate

Oedipus v. Society

Oedipus v. Tiresias

Other literary terms

(Be able to define the following terms.)

ode

strophe

antistrophe

Oedipus Rex Analysis

Students finished the last few minutes of the video of Oedipus Rex.  They took notes on the characters and setting of the play.  Tomorrow they will continue to take notes and to discuss the play in preparation for a test.

Homework:  Read this analysis from Ball State University's website:  ClassicNotes: Oedipus Rex.

Oedipus Rex

Students viewed a video of a performance of Oedipus Rex over three class period.


Students will discuss the play next class period in preparation for a test over the play.


Homework:  Review the play's structure and plot using Duke Professor William Johnson's summary of the play.

Introduction to Ancient Greece

Students read the introduction to the Ancient Greece Unit in the textbook.  Mr. Stone focused on Big Ideas 1 and 3.  The class also read the introductory material on ancient Greek drama.


Tomorrow the class will begin viewing Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.


Homework:  Write one page single-spaced handwritten or a half of a page double-spaced typed (That's about 12 lines of 12-point font.) on ONE of the following questions:


What does it mean to be a hero?


OR


What makes something tragic?


Your answer should be your own personal reflections.  You should first think back on your own personal experiences or the experiences of people you know personally.  If you need more material, then think about vicarious experiences you have had through the reading of books or the viewing of movies or television.

End of Modern African Literature Unit

On Tuesday, October 4th, the class read and discussed Léopold Sédar Senghor’s “Night in Sine” and reviewed Sole Woyinka’s “Soldier andCitizen.”

On Wednesday, October 5th, the class listened to a recruiter from La Sierra University who shared a video about La Sierra's programs and distributed a financial handout.

On Thursday, October 6th, students took the Modern African Literature Unit Test.

Students who did not finish the essay portion of the test were able to make arrangements to complete that portion of the test.

Enjoy the long weekend without any Multicultural Literature homework!

More Preparation for Theme Question on Modern African Literature Unit

Students had today's class period to finish preparing their study tables with examples and commentary to answer the theme question on the upcoming test.  (See the last post for details on how to complete the table.)

Students were to show their completed table to Mr. Stone before the end of the period to receive full credit.

Homework:  Review the homework from the weekend and spend time studying for the unit test to be taken on Wednesday.