February 27th

1. Annotating a literary text:
Interactive Reading... Close Reading... Annotation

2. Oedipus Rex close reading exercise.
Oedipus Rex- Close Reading Passages

You have been given 11 passages that are from the beginning to mid-play. These are significant passages that are important to many aspects of the play. We are going to work on annotation today. You have been given these passages in small-doses so you can work on doing an in-depth reading of the play.

Things to look for:

• Who is speaking? To whom are they speaking?
• What is the context of this passage? 
• Any important words? Patterns?
• Literary devices?
• What is the significance of this passage to the entire play? 
• Are there any similarities in the passages... multiple passages? Motif... theme.. 
• What questions are raised? 

2. For Wednesday, have all 11 passages annotated with coinciding notes done by the end of the class hour.