Writing is Easy (Knowing is Hard) Session #2 10:45-10:50 FW 10:50-10:55 RA Martin, Writing is Easy -Make a margin note (can be a simple

check) wherever you have a reaction to the text 10:55-11:15 Loop writing (public but student can choose what to share) FFW #1: If our theme is knowing, why in the world would this be our first major text? In other words, why did you read this? (4 minutes) FFW #2: What in Martin's writing is true? Quote from the text. (4 minutes) FFW #3: What is not true? Quote (4 minutes) FFW #4: Why did you write that? (emphasis can be on the that and/or the write to tie into pieces on where cognition takes place) 11:15-11:40 Thought chain from FFW 2-4 I hear you saying....and/but... (If extra time do another round of name game, or one student from each grade naming everyone) 11:40-45 Share 3 responses to FFW #1 (do not explain yourself yet) 11:45-12:10 FFW #1: What did you already need to know to understand this text? What did you need for this essay to make sense? (3 minutes) FFW #2: What happened (or would have happened) to either your comprehension or your enjoyment of the essay in places where you didn't get the reference? (2 minutes) FFW #3: What did it take for you to understand that this is a satirical/humorous essay? (2 minutes) Discuss the relationship between reading and knowing (might structure as loose thought chain) and any implications this might have. 12:10-12:15 Process Write (FFWs, Thought Chain, connections between reading/writing/knowing)

Extra time: Text explode poem Myth? Prompt: What did Oedipus need in order to learn?