September 21-25
Monday
Dramatization activities
Monologues need to be ready to present on Wednesday for a
grade!
Wednesday
Present Macbeth monologues
Notes on exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution of a tragedy.
Thursday
Macbeth background and context
Friday
Begin reading Macbeth, Act I
September 14-September
18
Monday
View Macbeth
Wednesday
Finish viewing Macbeth
Thursday
Computer lab investigation activity.
Go to the following website: http://www.pathguy.com/macbeth.htm
Explore the various topics, and write a one-page response to two different sections indicating your reaction/interpretation and what you learned.
Friday
Introduce monologue assignment. Begin working on memorization of monologues. IRSE Monologue presentations due: Wednesday, September 23.
September 8-September
11
Wednesday
Finish working on scripts
Present rewrites to class
Discuss quotation homework from weekend
Hand out outline for in-class essay
Thursday
Finish outline for in-class essay
Write in-class essay
Friday
Type and polish essay in class
August 31-September 4
Monday
Oedipus Quiz
Begin reading Antigone
Wednesday
Continue reading/discussing Antigone
Thursday
Finish reading/discussing Antigone
Friday
Small group script section re-write assignment
Homework: Find
7 quotations from the play that support either Antigone or Creon being the
tragic hero and explain why they support that.
Also, make sure to bring a parent/guardian signed copy of the goodreads permission slip as well as a free choice book to Wednesday's class.
August 25- August 28
Wednesday
Introductions
Course Overview
Introduction to the Tragic Hero
Oedipus Rex Lecture Notes
Summer reading response due tomorrow
Thursday
Finish lecture notes (quiz on Monday)
Discuss Irony, Dramatic Irony, Oedipus Complex, and Electra
Complex
Intro. to Antigone
Friday
In-class Writing Prompt