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English 11A – Week 2

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. . English 11A – Week 2. Opening – Pull out the notes you took on the background for the play.

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English 11A – Week 2

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  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. English 11A – Week 2

  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 Monday, Sept. 9

  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. Grammar

  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. Notes

  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, 2nd Messenger, Choragos, and the Chorus – I would like a table to read it. Tuesday, Journal 2

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

  7. CLASSICAL STAGE • ORCHESTRA • THEATRON • SKENE • CHORUS • MASKS

  8. CLASSICAL STAGE

  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 Oedipus: Prologue and Parados

  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 Prologue

  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? Review Prologue

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

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

  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 Thursday

  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 Friday

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