12 February Is it more important to follow your conscious or to follow the law? Defend your answer. (1)

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12 February Is it more important to follow your conscious or to follow the law? Defend your answer. (1)

Take out your notes to complete them. (0) 13 February Take out your notes to complete them. (0)

14 February Check your grade. >

Take out a pencil for your Power Point notes quiz. (0) 14 February Take out a pencil for your Power Point notes quiz. (0)

Read pages 685 – 690. Take notes. (0) 14 February Read pages 685 – 690. Take notes. (0)

18 February What was three advantages of the masks used in ancient Greek drama? (1)

19 February Take out a sheet of paper and a pencil for your quiz. Put an MLA heading on the paper and number it from one to eight. >

19 February Open your book to page 696 and read Ancient Greek Burial Practices. (0)

20 February Take out a sheet of paper and a pencil for your quiz. Put an MLA heading on the paper and number it from one to fifteen. (0)

21 February In her relationship with Ismene, does Antigone reveal any qualities that is not admirable? What are her weaknesses, if any? >

21 February Write a paragraph explaining your point of view. Support your interpretation with details from the play. (1)

22 February Ismene warns Antigone, “Impossible things should not be tried at all.” What do you think Antigone’s response to this statement would be? >

22 February Create a response that are consistent with your interpretation of Antigone’s character as it has been revealed thus far in the play. Support your ideas with at least two details from the play. (1)

"Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible."

25 February Creon begins his opening speech by saying that the “Ship of State . . . has come safely to harbor at last, guided by the merciful wisdom of heaven.” >

25 February Explain how his thanks to heaven is ironic in light of the events and tone of the play thus far. Support you’re ideas with at least two details from the play. (1)

Person versus Society (1) 25 February At this point in the play, Antigone are confronting several conflicts. In a well written essay, describe Antigone’s situation that corresponds to the type of conflict listed. Person versus Self Person versus Person Person versus Society (1)

Take out a pencil for your timed writing. 26 January Take out a pencil for your timed writing.

Check your grade and move back one desk. > 29 January Check your grade and move back one desk. >

2 February (Groundhog Day) Check your grade. >

2 February (Groundhog Day) Take out a sheet of paper and a pencil for your vocabulary quiz. (0)

You will need your books today. Check your numbers. (0) 5 February You will need your books today. Check your numbers. (0)

Good luck on your test! (0) 7 February Good luck on your test! (0)

Check your grade and move back one desk. (0) 8 February Check your grade and move back one desk. (0)

9 February Which of the following words are most important to the action of the play thus far? Vengeance Curse Pride Sorrow >

9 February Write a thesis statement using the word you choose, and then defend your choice. There is more than one possible answer. Use at least two examples from the play to support your ideas. (1)

13 February Make a paper mache mask of one of the characters from Antigone and receive extra credit. >

13 February Write a one page essay about this character and why you chose them. Work is due by Feb. 19 and will be a major grade. (0)

Which aspect of Haimon’s character most enrages Creon? 14 February Which aspect of Haimon’s character most enrages Creon? a. Haimon dares to advise his father. b. Haimon stands up for Antigone. c. Haimon threatens his father. d. Haimon values what the people think. >

14 February Write a thesis statement with the answer you choose and briefly defend you’re choice. There is more than one possible answer. Use at least one example from the play to support your ideas. (1)

Check your grade. What is the subject of the first sentence. (1) 15 February Check your grade. What is the subject of the first sentence. (1)

Clear your desk and take out a pencil or pen for a quiz. (0) 16 February Clear your desk and take out a pencil or pen for a quiz. (0)

Extra-credit work is due today. (0)> 19 February Extra-credit work is due today. (0)>

19 February “There is no threat in speaking to emptiness.” Write an essay on this topic. Support your ideas with at least too details from the play. (1)

21 February What ironies lie in Creons words at the end of the play, “I have neither life nor substance”? Consider Haimon’s comment to his father in Scene 3: >

21 February Write a thesis sentence to begin your paper. Support your ideas with at least two details from the play. (1)

22 February What are the community’s response to Antigone’s defiance of Creon? How is that response ironic? >

22 February Write a thesis sentence to begin your paper. Support your ideas with at least two details from the play. (1)

Good luck on your test! (0) 23 February Good luck on your test! (0)

Check your grade and move back one desk. > 26 February Check your grade and move back one desk. >

Make-up tests before school on Tuesday at 6:45 am. (0) 26 February Make-up tests before school on Tuesday at 6:45 am. (0)

Make-up tests before and after school on Friday. (0) 17 February 2006 Make-up tests before and after school on Friday. (0)

Last chance for make-up tests before and after school today. (0) 20 February 2006 Last chance for make-up tests before and after school today. (0)