Warm Up

On your ¼ sheet of paper, please put your MLA heading and answer the following questions. You do NOT need to write the question itself:

1. How do you think you did (rubric score wise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) on the AIMS Writing yesterday? Why would you give yourself that score?

2. Did you do any extra persuasive practice from my website this weekend?

3. Any other thoughts/comments for AIMS Writing?

4. How are you feeling about AIMS Reading today??

Warm Up (26 Feb. 2014)

On your ¼ sheet of paper, please put your MLA heading and answer the following questions. You do NOT need to write the question itself:

1. How do you think you did on the AIMS Reading examination yesterday?

2. If you had to give yourself a percentage with the number you think you got correct- what percentage would you give yourself AND why? (Example: I think I got 80% of the answers right because….)

3. Did you do any extra practice/review for AIMS Reading this week/past weekend?

4. Any other thoughts/comments for AIMS Reading?

Intro to Greek Tragedies and Antigone

• Usually fails or dies (with dignity) because of character flaw

• High rank or status• Shows strength while facing fate• Hubris: arrogance • Catharsis: a move from ignorance to

knowledge

Qualities of a Tragic Hero

Catastrophe• A disastrous conclusion usually involving multiple deaths. If the

tragic hero survives, he suffers complete ruin.

Chorus

• A masked group of actors who intermittently appear on stage to comment on the plot—usually through song.

Fate• Meaning 1: Preordained destiny• Meaning 2: The Fates, or Moirai, are the three

goddesses of fate (particularly death and pain).

Forms of Greek Tragedy

• Human suffering• Religious celebrations; solemn, poetic,

philosophic• Based on myth • Imperfect hero confronted by a difficult

moral choice or conflict• Struggle usually ends in defeat and death

Parts of a Greek TragedySimple Structure: After a prologue spoken by one or more characters, the chorus enters, singing and dancing with additional scenes that alternate between spoken sections (episodes) and sung sections (choral odes).

• Prologue: Spoken by one or two characters before chorus appears, usually giving mythological background ( Shakespearean plays).

• Parodos: This is the song sung by the chorus as it first enters the orchestra and dances.

Parts of a Greek Tragedy• Episodes: This is the first of many "episodes” (literally

“between odes”), when the characters and chorus talk and main action occurs.

• Ode: At the end of each episode, the actors leave the stage and the chorus dances and sings a choral ode which usually reflects on the things said and done in the episodes. The rest of the play is an alternation between episodes and odes, until the final scene.

• Exodos: At the end of play, the chorus exits singing a processional song which usually offers words of wisdom related to the actions and outcome of the play.

Antigone

• Chronologically, it is the third of the three Theban plays but was written first

• First performed in 442 B.C.

• It is a story that pits the law of the gods- “unwritten law”-against the laws of humankind, family ties against civic duty, and man against woman.

• Antigone• Oedipus Rex• Oedipus the King

Antigone: Cast of Characters

• Antigone, daughter of Oedipus• Ismene• Creon• Haemon• Euydice• Teiresias • Chorus• Choragus, leader• Sentry• Messenger

Background for “Antigone”• Antigone, as we’ve stated, is the 3rd play in a series of 3. The

other two books, deal with Antigone’s father- Oedipus.• Oedipus was cast out by the King and Queen of Thebes as a

baby, because it was once prophesized that the King would be killed by his own son, and that very same son would then marry the queen (his mother). The King / Queen send Oedipus away to try and prevent the prophesy from coming true.

• Fast forward several years: Oedipus is a man now and is on the road to Thebes and runs into a group of travelers, who harass him- so he kills the men in self-defense. He eventually makes it to Thebes and UNKNOWINGLY does marry the widowed Queen (he believes the parents he was raised with in distant Corinth are his biological parents).

Background for “Antigone,” Cont.• Oedipus (who’s now King of Thebes) is married to his mother/wife

Queen Jocasta. They have SEVERAL children together (which, keep in mind, would also be Oedipus’ brothers and sisters), including Ismene, Eteocles and Polyneices, and ANTIGONE.

• A plague then hits Thebes, so as King, Oedipus goes to speak to the oracles (fortune tellers) and ask what can be done to stop the plague. They CRYPTICALLY start to reveal the truth to Oedipus about who he is…and state that the plague can only be lifted when the man who murdered the original king is found, punished, and exiled from Thebes.

• Oedipus and his wife/mother, Queen Jocasta, realize what has ACTUALLY happened. In killing the band of unruly men during his trip, Oedipus actually DID kill his father and DID go on to marry his mother and father children with her.

Background for “Antigone,” Cont.• Next, in horror, the Queen kills herself (hanging). Oedipus

finds his wife/mother dead, pulls some clothing pins from her dress as she continues to hang, and stabs his own eyes completely out. He then flees the city in absolute shame and disgust.

• After he leaves, his sons fight ferociously over who’s supposed to take over the kingdom of Thebes- and BOTH of his sons actually end up dying. Antigone’s uncle, Creon, takes control of the kingdom and becomes the new King.

• That’s where “Antigone” picks up…

Antigone: Summary of the Prologue

• Creon has decided that only one of Antigone’s two brothers will get a proper burial. Polyneices, he declared, was a traitor who attacked the city and shall remain unburied. Antigone believes it is her sacred duty to bury her brother and asks Ismene to help. Ismene refuses, fearing repercussions from disobeying the king’s command.

WELCOME IN!• WE’RE DONE WITH AIMS! LET’S CELEBRATE!! (http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M)

• PLEASE GRAB:• A QUARTER SHEET OF PAPER FROM ME AT THE DOOR.• THE BLUE LITERATURE BOOK THAT CORRESPONDS TO YOUR SEAT

NUMBER (MEANING- IF YOU SIT IN SPOT 17, GRAB TEXTBOOK 17).

• PLEASE TAKE OUT:• YOUR JOURNAL.• SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH.

Warm Up (26 Feb. 2014)

On your ¼ sheet of paper, please put your MLA heading and answer the following questions. You do NOT need to write the question itself:

1. How do you think you did on the AIMS Reading examination yesterday?

2. If you had to give yourself a percentage with the number you think you got correct- what percentage would you give yourself AND why? (Example: I think I got 80% of the answers right because….)

3. Did you do any extra practice/review for AIMS Reading this week/past weekend?

4. Any other thoughts/comments for AIMS Reading?

Accessing the Electronic TextbookIn your journal, please copy down the notes for how to access the online textbook!

(As I demonstrate the steps!)

Okay, Let’s Read Antigone!• Today’s reading assignment: Prologue, Pages 968-973 in our blue

textbook.• You’ve all been assigned a specific role- A/B/C/D…and though those

people will read those particular parts aloud, everyone should be silently reading along (as in: not staring off into space, not doodling, not looking at the reader, etc.. Remember: if this is not workable, we’ll go to reading independently.)

• As you guys read, feel free to pause periodically as a team to clarify your understandings/ask questions/summarize the text.

• When you’re all totally done with that portion of reading, jump into completing your study guide questions so that you don’t have homework!

• Anything NOT FINISHED today by the end of class (either reading and/or study guide questions) is due at the START OF CLASS TOMORROW.

Warm Up (27 Feb. 2014)

In your journal, you are to work for our ENTIRE 5 minutes of Warm Up time answering / completing the following prompt:

Create a visual display (read: picture, cartoon, panorama, etc.) display of the entire prologue of Antigone! (Try to make your picture as ACCURATE to the text as possible.)

Okay, Let’s Read Antigone!• Today’s reading assignment: Scene 1, Pages 974-979 in our blue

textbook.• You’ve all been assigned a specific role- A/B/C/D…and though those

people will read those particular parts aloud, everyone should be silently reading along (as in: not staring off into space, not doodling, not looking at the reader, etc.. Remember: if this is not workable, we’ll go to reading independently.)

• As you guys read, feel free to pause periodically as a team to clarify your understandings/ask questions/summarize the text.

• When you’re all totally done with that portion of reading, jump into completing your study guide questions so that you don’t have homework!

• Anything NOT FINISHED today by the end of class (either reading and/or study guide questions) is due at the START OF CLASS TOMORROW.

Warm Up (28 Feb. 2014)

In your journal, you are to work for our ENTIRE 5 minutes of Warm Up time answering / completing the following prompt:

Free-Write Friday _OR_What is the worst fight you and your siblings (or friends, if you’re an only child) have ever gotten into? What happened? How did it (or did it) get resolved?

Okay, Let’s Read Antigone!• Today’s reading assignment: Scene 2, Pages 980-987 in our blue

textbook.• You’ve all been assigned a specific role- A/B/C/D…and though those

people will read those particular parts aloud, everyone should be silently reading along (as in: not staring off into space, not doodling, not looking at the reader, etc.. Remember: if this is not workable, we’ll go to reading independently.)

• As you guys read, feel free to pause periodically as a team to clarify your understandings/ask questions/summarize the text.

• When you’re all totally done with that portion of reading, jump into completing your study guide questions so that you don’t have homework!

• Anything NOT FINISHED today by the end of class (either reading and/or study guide questions) is due at the START OF CLASS TOMORROW.

Warm Up (3 March 2014)

In your journal, you are to work for our ENTIRE 5 minutes of Warm Up time answering / completing the following prompt:

When is it acceptable to break the rules/laws? Which rules/laws must NEVER be broken? Can you give an example of a time you broke a rule or law based on your values/principals?

Okay, Let’s Read Antigone!• Today’s reading assignment: Scene 3, Pages 988-993 in our blue

textbook.• You’ve all been assigned a specific role- A/B/C/D…and though those

people will read those particular parts aloud, everyone should be silently reading along (as in: not staring off into space, not doodling, not looking at the reader, etc.. Remember: if this is not workable, we’ll go to reading independently.)

• As you guys read, feel free to pause periodically as a team to clarify your understandings/ask questions/summarize the text.

• When you’re all totally done with that portion of reading, jump into completing your study guide questions so that you don’t have homework!

• Anything NOT FINISHED today by the end of class (either reading and/or study guide questions) is due at the START OF CLASS TOMORROW.

Warm Up (5 March 2014)

In your journal, you are to work for our ENTIRE 5 minutes of Warm Up time answering / completing the following prompt:

Do you think there is anything Haemon could say or do to change Creon’s mind about Antigone? Why or why not? And if so, what could he say?

Warm Up (5 March 2014)

In your journal, you are to work for our ENTIRE 5 minutes of Warm Up time answering / completing the following prompt:

Make a prediction: how do you think Antigone will end? Why do you think so? (Try to use prior knowledge/textual support to back up your prediction!)

Okay, Let’s Read Antigone!• Today’s reading assignment: Scene 4, Pages 994-997 in our blue

textbook. (Heads up- Scene 5, which is tomorrow’s scene, is 8 pages long. I’d get a head start on that reading TODAY if I were you!!)

• You’ve all been assigned a specific role- A/B/C/D…and though those people will read those particular parts aloud, everyone should be silently reading along (as in: not staring off into space, not doodling, not looking at the reader, etc.. Remember: if this is not workable, we’ll go to reading independently.)

• As you guys read, feel free to pause periodically as a team to clarify your understandings/ask questions/summarize the text.

• When you’re all totally done with that portion of reading, jump into completing your study guide questions so that you don’t have homework!

• Anything NOT FINISHED today by the end of class (either reading and/or study guide questions) is due at the START OF CLASS TOMORROW.

Okay, Let’s Read Antigone!• Today’s reading assignment: Scene 5, Pages 998-1006 in our blue

textbook.• You’ve all been assigned a specific role- A/B/C/D…and though those

people will read those particular parts aloud, everyone should be silently reading along (as in: not staring off into space, not doodling, not looking at the reader, etc.. Remember: if this is not workable, we’ll go to reading independently.)

• As you guys read, feel free to pause periodically as a team to clarify your understandings/ask questions/summarize the text.

• When you’re all totally done with that portion of reading, jump into completing your study guide questions so that you don’t have homework!

• Anything NOT FINISHED today by the end of class (either reading and/or study guide questions) is due at the START OF CLASS TOMORROW.