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Week 1

To prepare for class:  Take out your skits from yesterday.

To understand the basic story of Oedipus the King, so you can more easily comprehend Antigone when we begin reading next week.

 I can express my ideas clearly.  I can use dialogue to develop character and propel the plot as appropriate to task, audience, and purpose.  I can identify the main characters and plot of Oedipus the King.  Scoring criteria for speaking

A plague has stricken Thebes. The citizens gather outside the palace of their king, Oedipus. Citizens: We demand action. The plague is destroying our city. Action now, action now, action now Oedipus: Peace citizens! I have already sent my brother-in-law, Creon, to the Oracle at Delphi to learn how to help the city.

 Make sure you know who is reading which part.  Practice your part.  Line up others in the class to be actors for your scene if you need extras.

Antigone Jocasta Oedipus Polynices and Eteocles Creon Ismene and Antigone

Oracle of Delphi

A plague has stricken Thebes. The citizens gather outside the palace of their king, Oedipus. Citizens: We demand action. The plague is destroying our city. Action now, action now, action now Oedipus: Peace citizens! I have already sent my brother-in-law, Creon, to the Oracle at Delphi to learn how to help the city.

Creon: I have just returned from the Oracle of Delphi with a message. The plague will end when the murderer of Laius, former king of Thebes, is caught and expelled. The murderer is in the city. Oedipus: Tell me more about the murder of Laius. Creon: He was killed by thieves on his way to consult the Oracle of Delphi. Only one of his fellow travelers escaped alive. Oedipus: I promise I will solve the mystery of Laius’s death. I will curse and drive his murderer out of the city. Then we will be free of this plague.

Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Scene 12 Scene 13 Scene 14

Stop weeping, Stop weeping All rests in the hands of the gods Stop weeping

1. Oedipus 2. Creon 3. Jocasta 4. Antigone 5. Polynices 6. Tiresias 7. Ismene 8. Eteocles

Auspicious – of promising success Compulsive – having the ability to compel or force resulting from an irresistible, irrational impulse Defile – to make foul, dirty, unclean, or impure Dirge – mournful piece of music; a funeral hymn edict – an order put out by a person of authority Lamentation – an expression of grief lithe - limber; physically flexible Perverse – willfully determined to go against what is expected or desired Sated – satisfied fully Transgress – to violate or break a law, command, or moral code

To prepare for class:  Pick up a syllabus from the front table.  Take out the Oedipus reading from yesterday.

DeskBlue OrangeGreen You must have a different person in each box. Your partner must sign his/her name in the box; you cannot yell across the room and fill in the boxes.

Determine who is Partner A and who is Partner B. Who is Sophocles? What do you remember about him? Retell what you remember of the play Oedipus the King.

Scene 1 Creon returns with a message from the Oracle: the plague will end when the murderer of Laius, former king of Thebes, is caught and expelled; the murderer is within the city. Oedipus questions Creon about the murder of Laius, who was killed by thieves on his way to consult an oracle. Only one of his fellow travelers escaped alive. Oedipus promises to solve the mystery of Laius’s death, vowing to curse and drive out the murderer.

Creon: I have just returned from the Oracle of Delphi with a message. The plague will end when the murderer of Laius, former king of Thebes, is caught and expelled. The murderer is in the city. Oedipus: Tell me more about the murder of Laius. Creon: He was killed by thieves on his way to consult the Oracle of Delphi. Only one of his fellow travelers escaped alive. Oedipus: I promise I will solve the mystery of Laius’s death. I will curse and drive his murderer out of the city. Then we will be free of this plague.

 Group members are sitting together, facing each other.  All group members are writing.  All are participating in coming up with lines for the skits.  Group members are not talking to people in other groups.  Everyone will come prepared tomorrow.

1. Introduce yourself to each other. 2. Everyone take out a piece of paper. 3. Read through your section. 4. Decide who will be which character. 5. Write the skit and dialogue. 6. Everyone must write so you all have your own copy of the skit tomorrow. 7. Practice the skit and movements.

Monday, December 2 To prepare for class:  Pick up a handout and a piece of loose leaf paper on the front table.  Are you willing to read a short paragraph aloud today? If so, sign up on the board.

Required Classroom Supplies  blue or black pens  2 highlighters  pencils  3 subject notebook  folder with loose leaf paper  portfolio (2 pocket folder)  A book to read at all times  Post-it flags  1+ full pack of Post-it notes  One pack 4x6 index cards (keep at home)

Mrs. Endres

Name December 2, 2013 Hour

PRINCIPLES Consider the principles listed on the right, and on your paper, rank them (write them) in the order of their importance to you. Then for the FIVE minute quick-write, write about the top one or two principles.  Explain what they mean to you and why they are important.  Give an example of the principles in daily life.  Loyalty  Freedom  Faith in God  Safety  Obedience of the law (religious or civil)  Personal Dignity  Justice

Born near Athens, in the village of Colonus, Sophocles was the son of a wealthy manufacturer of armor. In his youth, he received a fine education and was said to be skilled in wrestling, dancing, and playing the lyre. These skills and a handsome appearance apparently resulted in his being chosen, as a youth, to lead a chorus in celebration of the Greek victory over the Persians at the Battle of Salamis. In 468 B.C., Sophocles defeated his teacher, the great playwright Aeschylus in the Dionysian dramatic festival, an annual competition. The first-place award was followed by as many as 23 other victories, more than any other Greek playwright.

Sophocles also was active in the political life of Athens. He was elected several times to the body of high executives commanding the military and was one of the ten commissioners in charge of helping Athens recover after a severe military defeat in Sicily. In 406 B.C., the year of his death, he led a chorus of public mourners in honor of Euripides, a younger playwright who had often been his rival at the annual drama festivals. Sophocles wrote more than 100 plays, although only 7 of the survive today. The include Ajax, Oedipus the King (sometimes called Oedipus Rex), Electra, and Oedipus at Colonus. Antigone, which rivals Oedipus the King as his best-know play, was probably first performed in 442 or 441 B.C.

 Read the handout Oedipus the King.  The purpose of reading it is to gain a basic understanding of the story and characters.  We will do a group activity tomorrow.

 Find something in common  Remember his/her name Pets, places you’ve traveled, activities, family, favorites: foods, restaurants, movies, books

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