Group presentations will
begin in two weeks. The first presentations will be Friday 2-17 (2) and
continue on Monday 2-20 (2) and Tuesday 2-21 (1 or 2).
1.One Test preparation handout.
On ActivBoard: Copyright and
Plagiarism how you can know what they are:
A reminder about plagiarism.
What is plagiarism? Discussion. How not to plagiarize:
1.Do not use others’ words as your own.
2.Document your work.
3.Use copyright-free images. (see the class website for
links to these).
4.When doing book reports, always do your own work.
5.When doing reports, use sources for information, not
for your whole report. You will write your own report or slideshow. Reports
must be written in your own words, not copied verbatim (word for word) from another
source.
6.(same as 2): Document your work. Make a bibliography.
1.Why
does the Choragos talk about the gods on page 694?
2.Why
does Creon say “The pains that men will take to come to pain”?
3.Why
do you think that Antigone took the action that she did?
4.Why
did Haimon do what he did?
5.Why did
the Queen do what she did?
6.According
to the author and the audience of the time, why do you think that these events
happened to Antigone, Haimon, the Queen, and Creon?
7.What
lesson(s) do you think that Sophocles was trying to give in this story?
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OTHER VOCABULARY we do in class
today and tomorrow.
•
GREEK NAMES VOCABULARY: Pluto, Niobe,
Maenad, Athena look up and write down who these Greek Gods or Mortals were.
• READING was: 694 through 698 in course textbook.
Bellwork
was:
• Journal writing on
a blank sheet of paper to hand in (10 minutes):
1)What do you think will happen next in this play?
2)What do you think the common people of the city
would like to happen now?
We read from Antigone
for 20 min. to 1/2 hour if we did not do it on Thursday.
IF
TIME: Vocab cards in groups put up on chalkboard. We play the Vocab Game
today or tomorrow. WORDS TO USE: see below.
Each
group makes up 48 1/2 x 11 word
sheets. Each group member makes a card with the word and a drawing of the
definition from this word list:
Choragos
Chorus
Doddering
Sententious
Anarchy
Tragedy (Greek vs. Modern)
Sultry
(hot)
Mt.
Olympus
Niobe
Compulsive
Transcend
Deference
Subordinate
Malicious
Slacken
Perverse
Maenad
Pluto (the Greekgod)
Athena
lamentation
dirge
civic
submission
rash
(adj)
TragicFlaw/
Hamartia
Hubris
Theme (in
literature or
a play)
Oedipus
Groups
will share their findings with the class.
We will put the vocab words on the
chalkboard (tape them up) to make a game for today or tomorrow.Assigned groups will discuss the Study
Questions in groups and we will discuss different answers if time permits.
Tuesday, 2-4-07 Day 8, Antigone Unit
HANDOUT
Note-taking Day. We
review how to take good notes. I show an example on the board.
See links on How to
Take Good Notes. Possible ActiveBoard demo.
We will have a journal
entry today at the end of class.
Also: we will be reading
our novels using our Hip Slips, time permitting.
Today: PowerPoint on the
Freytag Pyramid if not seen yesterday.
Students draw the Freytag
pyramid in their notes.
Students get in groups to
make a Freytag Pyramid about the play, Antigone, and answer these questions:
(from Read-Write-Think Literary Elements lesson plan)
1.What did Sophocles need to explain to the audience in
the exposition (before the play started)?
2.What inciting event causes the action to rise?
3.Where does the play Antigone peak? Is there a clear
climax to the play?
4.Which events lead up to the conclusion?
5.How is the story resolved?
6.What does your group think will happen afterward?
7.Do the groups have the same parts labeled and/or the
same answers? We discuss.
Each group gets to answer the
questions and discuss with the class. Do we have different answers to the
questions?
Antigone and Ancient Greece
Antigone is an example of an
Ancient Greek classic play.
We will talk about Ancient
Greece and what important things that the people of Ancient Greece handed down
to modern civilization, such as:
1.Greek Architecture the Parthenon in Nashville has anyone seen this?
Are homes built with Greek columns today? How about Capital buildings?
How about the Lincoln Monument?
2.The Greek Democratic Ideal are we a true Democracy in the U.S.? Why or why
not? Was Greece a “true” democracy? Women and slaves could not vote.
3.Literature and Plays the most famous ones today? Are they like or unlike
the ancient Greek plays? Can a movie adaptation be a play? Why or why not?
4.The Greek Theater 1-3 characters, a chorus, a lesson at the end. How is this alike or
different from theater or movies today? Do modern plays sometimes have a moral?
Can you think of one that is like Antigone?
5.The Olympics
similarities and differences between ancient Greek Olympics and modern
Olympics? Greek Olympics = men only athletes honored highly. Are they honored
highly today?
6.Philosophy
great philosophers of Ancient Greece include Sophocles. Who is a great
philosopher today?
7.Mathematics
great mathematicians existed in Ancient Greece also. Who were some great
mathematicians? Scientists? Artists of ancient days? This would be a good topic
to research.
Why don’t we have all the
ancient Greek plays to look at today? The burning of the Library at Alexandia
is one reason, antiquity is another, plus the Dark Ages didn’t help but on the hopeful side, new
discoveries about Ancient Greece are still being made today.
Possible PowerPoint
presentation “Ancient Greece and the World Today”.
Ancient Greek mythology
we will study this in the coming days, and students will make their own
Creative Myth.
We make
the Vocab Game Board and put it on the chalkboard. Groups play the Vocab Game.
I read
definitions, groups vie to be the winners.
We play
the Vocab Game if time.
I read a
Myth Story from Ancient Greece today if there is time.
We read
our novels using Hip Slips today.
Journal
entry: What did I do today? What did I learn from what I have done?
HOMEWORK: We take home the
Parent TV Permission slip today.
Exposition: the show
began as Lucy remembered all the times she had been best friends with
John.
Complication: John
seems to have a new best friend.
Rising Action: Lucy
starts to question everything she does. She doesn’t know if John will
ask her to the dance.
Climax: The moment
comes when John seems to be asking her to the dance. He walks up to
Lucy and she holds her breath.
Falling Action: John
does not ask her to the dance, because he has to bring his “new best
friend” there, but he explains that the “new best friend” is really
his step-brother Sammy. Lucy is really happy that she and John can
be best friends again. Lucy goes to the dance by herself and meets
John there. She has a great time.
Denouement: Lucy’s
sister asks her about the dance, and Lucy makes a joke about it.
Each student will watch 1/2
hour of TV or
select a story that they
know and will make
a Freytag Pyramid about it, writing at least
three paragraphs about the
story or show,
then labeling the parts of
the story or show
where they occur in the
story.
Example
from:
http://www.cx.unibe.ch/ens/cg/genres/pppd.htm
Wednesday, 2-4-07 Day 9,
Antigone Unit HANDOUT.
Reminder: Antigone Unit
Test will be tomorrow. Use your Study Sheet to study for it. You should already
have this.
Students hand in their
homework, which was to make a Freytag Pyramid about a story or TV show.
We are starting on the Mythology
and Creative Myth Unit today.
Groups will be meeting for
1/2 hour here in the classroom to discuss their Antigone Projects and use their
checkoff sheets.
Checkoff sheets available: 3
different, depending on the group project. (PowerPoint, etc.)
Mythology Group Project 1/2 hour
We have learned some about
Greek Mythology. Now we will go more in depth into myths from different
cultures, and then you will write a Creative Myth. You may also illustrate your
Creative Myth if you want.
Myths: Explained the
unexplainable
Can be from antiquity told
around the campfire.
Do we have modern myths? How
about superheroes? What about comic book heroes?
The Fatal Flaw/Hamartia
hubris Greek heroes vs. modern heroes.
What do we know about myths?
Know Want to Know Learned KWL
1.Myths to show on the Activboard Myths online.html
Myth to read from book?
Questions for groups: What is
the difference between a myth and a fable?
What is a myth?
Can a myth be something that
is true?
Does a myth always have a
lesson to be learned at the end of it?
What is a folktale? Is it the
same asa myth?
Groups will look up
definitions of:
1.Myth
2.Folktale
3.Fable
and write three questions
they would like answered by the class.
2nd half of class:
We will see part of the movie, Antigone for 1/2 hour. Background: This movie
was made in
__________ in the
year________.
Homework question:
1. Was the movie, Antigone,
like you expected?
2.Were there things you noticed in the movie that you
didn’t notice in the play we read?
Thursday, 2-6-07 Day 10, Antigone Unit
HANDOUT
We take the Test on
Antigone today.
We hand out the Creative
Myth rubric.
(20-30
min.)
I read two more myth stories
today, if time permits OR continue with more online myth stories from an online
source.
Groups
write a Group Myth explaining something unexplainable. Each group
reads their myth out loud for the class. One person is chosen to be the Scribe
and write down the group’s ideas. We will share each group’s ideas and rough
draft of the story with the class afterwards. This story does not need to be
perfect. It is just to be a rough draft of a story to be used as an example of
a Myth Story. Groups will brainstorm ideas for this story. 1/2 hour.
We will be working on the
Creative Myth story at home and in class, using a Writer’s Group format. Each
person will come up with an original story idea.
The Writer’s Group
Question: What is a Writer’s
Group?
A Writer’s Group is a group
of writers dedicated to helping each other do the best job they can on their
writing. Group members will help each other on their editing later on.
The first step we will do on
this story is to write a rough draft. We will have until next Monday to come up
with a rough draft of your Creative Myth.
1/2 Hour: We will
continue watching the movie, Antigone today.
HOMEWORK
Homework Assignment: Students
will start working on a Creative individual myth story. Each person will come
up with 3 different story ideas for tomorrow and hand in a copy of these story
ideas.
Homework questions about
the Antigone movie:
1.Do you think that the director and actors are doing
a good job on this movie? Why or why not?
2.Do you think that this story could be remade into a
modern story?
