Tuesday, October 6, 2009

DAY 04 - CYCLE 02 - SEMESTER 01: 10-06-09

HANDOUTS FROM TODAY:

There were no handouts today

IN CLASS TODAY:
We barely scratched the surface of 60-86 in Antigone.

What was obvious:
  • Few readers had practiced.
  • Were you reading this for the first time? It showed.
  • No one had looked up words they did not know.
  • People settled for vague familiarity in place of genuine understanding.
I blame Homecoming and the Packer game.

CLASS NOTES:
There were no notes taken in class, except for those which you took in your book as we read aloud. Tomorrow will be a notes intensive day.

HOMEWORK FOR NEXT CLASS:
Reread 60-86.  Look up words.  Figure out what people are talking about.  DO THE READING AND STRUGGLE WITH IT A BIT. Mere familiarity simply will not cut it in this class. I am deeply concerned about the signals of passivity I am seeing.  You're all clearly very smart, but that shouldn't be a motivation to wing it.  You should expect a quiz tomorrow, and you should bring your vocabulary book.

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