Antigone and Creon

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the second week of December.

Agenda:

1. Words of the Day
2. Discuss what you noticed in the play.
3. Read Antigone 448-564.
4. Write a one sentence summary for each page. 
5. Vocabulary game on Gimkit

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.

Antigone before Creon

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the second week of December.

Agenda:

1. Words of the Day
2. Antigone Lecture
3. Watch Antigone
4. Discuss what you noticed yesterday with your partner.
5. Read Antigone 292-448.
6. Write a one sentence summary for each page. 
7. Write three sentences for the longer speech by the Chorus (320-360) and the guard (395-422). 

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.

Creon Again

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the second week of December.

Agenda:

1. Words of the Day
2. Antigone Lecture
3. Read Antigone 160-292.
4. Write a one sentence summary for each page. 
5. Write three sentences for the longer speech by Creon and the Guard. 
6. With your partner come up with two things you noticed and a TQE. 
7. English Journal

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.

Beginning Antigone

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the second week of December.

Agenda:

1. Words of the Day
2. Antigone Lecture
3. Read Antigone
1. Start at line 35. 
2. Read to Line 160.
4. Generate a list of five words to describe Ismene and Antigone.
5. Important Greeks ideas
1. Oikos: The household; the private sphere; the domain of family, women, and burial rites.
2. Polis: The city-state; the public sphere; the domain of law, men, and war.
3. Nomos: Man-made law/statute.
4. Themis/Dike: Divine law/Justice; eternal custom.
5. Find quotes that give examples of each idea. Use the line number for your citation.

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.

Finish the play

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the second week of December.

Agenda:

1. Finish Oedipus the King
2. Work on Greek tragedy

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.

Kingly Sickness

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the second week of December.

Agenda:

1. Vocabulary slides
2. Read up to ode 4 (Fagles)
3. Watch the play
4. English Journal: Kingly sickness
1. What is one thing you understood better after watching the play?
2. Was there a turning point for Thorin? When did it happen?
3. Is there a turning point for Oedipus? Does he have a "sickness" like Thorin? If so, how would you describe it?

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.

Oedipus's Interactions

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the second week of December.

Agenda:

1. Vocabulary Slides
2. Membean writing assignment
3. Read Oedipus the King up to line 953 (Fagles)
4. Analyze Oedipus's interactions with other main characters
1. The Priest and People
2. Creon, the first time
3. Tiresias
4. Creon, the second time
1. Choose three words to describe each interaction
2. What do they talk about?
3. What is Oedipus's mood?
4. Why does this matter?

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.

Continue reading

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the second week of December.

Agenda:

1. Vocabulary Slides
2. Membean test
3. Read Oedipus the King up to line 706 (Fagles)
4. Work on Greek Drama slides

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.

Oedipus the Main character

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the second week of December.

Agenda:

1. Membean test and short writing assignment.
2. With your reading group
1. Read with your group lines 376-595. 
2. Write a one-sentence summary of what happened on that page. Focus on getting the gist of the action.
3. The main character in a Greek tragedy is supposed to be good but not too good. How could Oedipus fit this description?
1. What makes him good?
2. What are his minor faults that make him not too good?
3. Why would Greek tragedy have a main character that is like this?
4. Today you should read about the festival of Dionysius and create an imaginative journal on slides 15 and 16 about attending each day of the festival.
1. Make sure you include information from the sources.
2. Pretend to be a Greek teenager attending with your family.
3. It should be between three to five sentences long.
4. Have fun with it.
5. Here is a sample to help you imagine what to do:
1. First day after traveling from Sparta to Athens, me and my family were exhausted! Soon after we find our living quarters for the time being we venture out to explore the city before the beginning of the festivities. Overall, this seems to be a great city so far!

Starting the Play

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the second week of December.

Agenda:

1. Watch the first part of the play.
2. With your reading group
1. Read with your group lines 200-375.
2. Write a one-sentence summary of what happened on that page. Focus on getting the gist of the action.
3. Today you should read about the festival of Dionysius and create an imaginative journal on slides 15 and 16 about attending each day of the festival.
1. Make sure you include information from the sources.
2. Pretend to be a Greek teenager attending with your family.
3. It should be between three to five sentences long.
4. Have fun with it.
5. Here is a sample to help you imagine what to do:
1. First day after traveling from Sparta to Athens, me and my family were exhausted! Soon after we find our living quarters for the time being we venture out to explore the city before the beginning of the festivities. Overall, this seems to be a great city so far!

Starting Greek Tragedy

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: summarize the myth of Dionysius and imagine what it would have been like to attend his festival.

Reading: You are currently reading a book of your choice. It should be done by the end of this month.

Agenda:

1. Add to the Story of My Year
2. Add to The Big Idea Wall
1. PDF of The Hobbit
3. Vocabulary Slides
4. Work on your Greek Theater slides.
1. Make sure you finish up to Slide 8.

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.

Final Hobbit Writing Assignment

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: explain how someone can grow in virtue and wisdom.

Reading: We are currently reading The Hobbit.

Agenda:

1. Writing assignment

The Hobbit Reading Schedule:

1. Week 9 (9/29-10/10) TH chapters 1-5, pages 3-99
2. Week 10 (10/13-10/17) TH chapters 6-8, pages 100-184
3. Week 11 (10/20-10/24) TH chapters 9-13, pages 185-265 
4. Week 12 (10/27-10/31) TH chapters 14-19, pages 266-365

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.

Final Discussion of The Hobbit

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: explain how someone can grow in virtue and wisdom.

Reading: We are currently reading The Hobbit.

Agenda:

1. Final group discussion of The Hobbit.

The Hobbit Reading Schedule:

1. Week 9 (9/29-10/10) TH chapters 1-5, pages 3-99
2. Week 10 (10/13-10/17) TH chapters 6-8, pages 100-184
3. Week 11 (10/20-10/24) TH chapters 9-13, pages 185-265 
4. Week 12 (10/27-10/31) TH chapters 14-19, pages 266-365

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.