Monday, December 13, 2010

Monday, December 13, 2010.

1) Antigone Fill-In...TEST check in class.

2) Work on study guide.

Tomorrow: Per. 2 and 5 Finals

Friday, December 10, 2010

Friday, December 10, 2010.

Antigone Open-Book TEST

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Wednesday, December 8, 2010.

1. Turned in completed Vocabulary Lessons 6 and 7.

2. Distributed Final Exam Study Guide.

3. Removed from GUM workbook pp.
264-270
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370-371
383-384
280-282
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313-314
151-155
Attach (staple) to Final Exam Study Guide.

4. Antigone Exodos Per. 1 & 4 Finish the play. Distributed and discussed questions for Scene 5 and Exodos.

5. View the end of Of Mice and Men film.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Tuesday, December 7, 2010.

IMPORTANT: Bring Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 6 and 7 tomorrow for a quiz grade.

1. Notes for Antigone:

Prologue: Intro to problem. Antigone asks Ismene to help her bury their brother Polyneices. Ismene is afraid and refuses to disobey the laws of the State. Antigone states the laws of the gods are greater than the laws of the State.

Parados: The chorus relates events of the battle. The last stanza reveals a hopeful mood.

Scene 1: Creon sets forth his decree. Anyone who buries Polyneices is condemned to stoning to death in the public square. A Sentry arrives to tell Creon that someone has buried Polyneices' body. Creon accuses Sentry of bribery and threatens the Sentry with death.
Ode 1: Man has conquered land, beast, air, and the word, but death he has not.

Scene 2: Antigone is arrested. She defends her action stating that she follows the laws of the gods, who require a body to receive proper burial.

Ode 2: "Man's little pleasure is the spring of sorrow." Man cannot offend the gods and escape punishment.

Scene 3: Haemon attempts to convince his father, Creon, to release Antigone by setting forth a rational argument. Creon becomes obfuscated (angry) and makes derogatory comments about women being inferior.

Ode 3: Unconquerable love.

Scene 4: Antigone is taken to the vault. She asks for pity from the chorus.

Scene 5: Teiresias attempts to convince Creon to release Antigone and bury Polyneices, but Creon refuses, accusing Teiresias of bribery. Teiresias warns Creon of disaster if Creon does not change his mind. The Choragos gives Creon advice stating the Teiresias' prophecies have never been wrong. Creon changes his mind.

Paean: The chorus prays to the gods for mercy.

Exodos: The unraveling of the plot.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Monday, December 6, 2010.

Final Exam essay. If you were absent, you need to make this final ASAP.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Friday, December 3, 2010.

1. Complete reading of Antigone Scene 1, Ode 1 and Scene 2, Ode 2.

2. Passed out graded work for folder.

3. Vocabulary Quiz 5.

HOMEWORK: Complete question handouts for Antigone: Prologue and Scenes 1 and 2.

Don't forget to complete Lessons 6 and 7. Bring completed on Wednesday, 12/8

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Thursday, December 2, 2010.

1. Check Voc. Lesson 5. Study for quiz tomorrow.

NOTE: Lessons 6 and 7 are due December 8, (Wednesday) for a quiz grade. Do not forget to bring them in completed.


2. Read Antigone.

Notes: All action in the play occurs off-stage. The setting is the front of Creon's palace. Characterization of Antigone, Ismene, and Creon. Sentry creates light mood, comic relief, contrasting with Creon's rigid, chastising position.Finish Parados.

We completed questions 1-5 in class. We began TAKS-style questions. Finish for homework.
Begin reading Scene 1, Ode 1; Scene 2, Ode 2.