1. This week – we will begin reading Oedipus Rex, AKA, Oedipus the King PLEASE COME IN AND FIND A TABLE WITH YOUR NAME ON IT. SIT THERE.

2. » Opening – Pull out the notes you took on the background for the play. ˃Ask the other members of your group your questions – see if they can answer them. » Correct Grammar - » Notes on Tragic Hero » Journal 2

3. » Correct p. 4, 5. Pull out “Learning Cursive…” » Highlight » Do pages 6, 7. » Keep thinking about how you can use these phrases in your own writing. ˃“After his terrible decision” ˃“the owner of the car that was towed” ˃“Winning the game” Learning Target – I will look to be able to use these phrases in my writing.

4. » Tragic Hero » Tragedy » Story of Sophocles » Chorus – purpose » Irony » Learning Target – I will understand how the play comes together and how irony will play into it.

5. » Copy down the vocabulary words and the definition on page 20 » Create a dialogue between an authority figure and subordinate (boss and worker or child and parent). Use the vocabulary words in the dialogue. » I will be looking for volunteers for reading. Bigger parts: Oedipus, Creon, Jocasta, Teiresias » Other parts: Priest, Messenger, Shepherd, 2 nd Messenger, Choragos, and the Chorus – I would like a table to read it.

6. » Correct page 6 » Highlight samples of verbals in copy of article. » Do page 7

7. »ORCHESTRA »THEATRON »SKENE »CHORUS »MASKS

9. » Plot » Characterization » Irony » Use of plot devices: foreshadowing, flashback, suspense » Use of language devices: imagery, figurative language » Create character » Develop attitude towards Oedipus, towards the gods, towards events of the play » Function of the chorus » How this scene contributes to the play as a whole

10. » Read aloud ˃Look for irony ˃Consider relationships – Oedipus and the people of Thebes, the people and the gods, Oedipus and the gods ˃What is the state of Thebes when the play opens? +Physical, Emotional

11. » Sum up the discussion between Oedipus and the Priest » Sum up the dialogue between Oedipus and Creon » What is being set up for at the end of the Prologue?

12. » Enter the Chorus » Focus on Mood, Attitude towards the gods » Repeats conditions in Thebes – what are they?

13. » Opening » Share aloud – examples from page 8-9 » Fragments – do page 11 » Quiz – Notes, Prologue. » Read and Discuss Scene 1 and Ode 1

14. » Opening – Grammar » Correct Fragments, p. 11 » Assign p. 14 – RS/CS » Study guide – Scene 1 – discuss » Read and Discuss Scene 2 and Ode 2 » Study Guide questions – share and discuss

15. » Opening – Journal 3 » Correct RS/CS » Do page 15 and correct. » Lesson 4 Commas – do page 18. » Group Review of Reading Check and Thinking Critically. » Read and Discuss Part 2 – Scene 3, Ode 3, Scene 4, Ode 4 » Revisit Journal