Term 1: Ancient Greek Tragedy and Participating & Contributing Mrs O’Malley Shirley Boys’ High School Year 10 Extension English.

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Term 1: Ancient Greek Tragedy and Participating & Contributing Mrs O’Malley Shirley Boys’ High School Year 10 Extension English

Introduction Key Competency foci: Participating and Contributing and Using Language, Symbols and Texts What do they mean? How will we explore them? Our context: Ancient Greek Tragedy Our text: Sophocles’ Oedipus the King

Participating and Contributing This competency is about being actively involved in communities. This class is a community of learning. This is a characteristic of the Shirley Man. We must contribute appropriately as a group member, make connections with and create opportunities for others in the group. How? Participate in and contribute to : 1.in-class learning activities 2.online class forum to discuss aspects of the text COPY DOWN!

Online Classroom – our Wiki! Contribute to discussions here at least once a week

Using Language, Symbols and Text We will learn specific language for presenting information and interpreting the ancient text we are studying You must build a glossary of the unfamiliar words and define their meanings, in your own words. Do this while you read the text. Update your glossary constantly. COPY DOWN !

Greek Theatre: Knowledge Continuum NOTHING EVERYTHING

Σοφοκλ ῆ ς Oedipus the King Sophocles was an Athenian playwright who lived circa BC. Only seven of his plays have survived complete. Oedipus the King is part of the Theban trilogy. It deals with the philosophical debate between Free Will, Chance and the traditional ancient Gods. COPY DOWN!

The Story so far… The city of Thebes was founded by Cadmus after a tip from the oracle at Delphi. Oedipus grew up in Corinth and heard a terrible oracle that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Seeking to avoid this outcome, he ran away from home. When Oedipus arrived at Thebes the king had been recently killed and the citizens were terrorised by a deadly monster: the Sphinx. Oedipus solved her riddle and thus destroyed the Sphinx; as a reward he was made king of Thebes and married Jocasta, formerly the queen. There followed 15 years of prosperity... COPY DOWN! LET’S GET READING!

Do Now – Grammar Good Times Parse these sentences - identify their parts of speech HINT: Leave a line between sentences to allow room 1.I was sleeping. 2.The horse runs fast. 3.She is feeling funny. I was sleeping. Pronoun - 1 st p sing. Main verb - Continuous present Aux. verb

Reading the text of Oedipus The King 3 actors on stage at any one time Chorus: 12 members, speaking simultaneously or in turn You need:  A highlighter (or red pen at the least) to highlight words within the text that you need to define  A pen to make notes on the text – you can write all over your copy!  Your bound copy of the text  Your most expressive reading voice

Peplos – the height of women’s fashion

Plot Test 1. Name the king at the beginning of the play? 2. Who was the king before him? 3. Name the wife of the king? 4. In what play is the town set? 5. Many citizens arrive to see the king at the start of the play. Why? 6. Who had the king sent to the oracle of Apollo? 7. What news does he bring to the king when he returns? 8. What is the king’s initial reaction to the news? 9. Who is sent to give further information? 10. What is this man’s physical problem? 11. What does he tell the king? 12. What does the king accuse him of? 13. Next the king talks to Creon. What does the king accuse him of? 14. Who arrives to restore peace? 15. What does the queen tell the king about?

Plot Test Part What is the king’s reaction to this? Why? 17. What news does the messenger bring? 18. Who does the king THINK that his father is? 19. What does the messenger reveal about the relationship between the king and his dead “father”? 20. How does the queen react when she hears the story of her husband’s early life? 21. Why does the king THINK that she reacts like this? 22. Another independent witness has been summoned. Who is it? 23. What evidence does he give? 24. How does the queen die? 25. When the king next appears on stage, he is blind. How has this happened? 26. Who has become the new king? 27. The blind man asks the new king for two things – what are they? 28. Name the blind man’s two female children. 29. What punishment befalls the blind man? 30. Who wrote Oedipus the King?

Select the 9 key points in the narrative Discuss these with a partner and confirm the top key points Find a quotation from the text at each of your confirmed points (textual evidence) Draw a comic strip in your copy of the text Finished? Draw Oedipus’ family tree