Friday

Today - we will do some review for the FINAL and then pick out your POETRY OUT LOUD poem

The POL competition is on Thursday 1/19 at 6 pm on the school stage.  This is a requirement.  You must have a poem memorized and ready to perform.  This is also an easy grade:

50 points for the memorization
30 points for showing up to the performance
20 points for the acting of the poem.

The winner of POL receives a $50 gift certificate to Radio Shack and has a chance to go the State Championship in March.

Here is a link to the POL judging guidelines
This rubric is also how you will be graded on the "acting" portion.

Poetry Out Loud website can be found here

Tips for performance can be found here

Wednesday

Today we need to take a quiz, discuss what will be on the final, and what is coming up.

FINAL: Short Stories, A Brave New World, and Oedipus Rex 

Oedipus Rex Test

1) How does Oedipus Rex fit the traditional role of a Tragic Hero?

2) What does the chorus do in a Greek play?  What is their function?

3) How does this play fit the theme: Person vs. Fate.

4) List two ironies in this play and discuss why they are ironic.

6) What is the climax of the play?

7) What is the resolution?

8)   Discuss the purpose of the following parts of a Greek tragedy:

Prologue:

Exodus:

9) Why does Iocaste tell Oedipus about her baby?  What detail of her story catches Oedipus’s attention?  What does he begin to suspect?

10) Who is the Messenger?  What message does he bring and what does he reveal about Oedipus’s past?

11) What does the shepherd finally reveal?  Why is he so reluctant to say it?

12) Who does Oedipus say is responsible for his actions?

13) What moral does the Chorus see in all this?

14) Why do Oedipus and Teiresias quarrel?  

Students will be able to

 

1)  Outline the plot

2)  Discuss Brave New World as a 3-part structure

3)  Discuss the importance of the following characters (including the meaning/allusions of their names): Bernard Marx, John the Savage, Linda, Lenina, D.H.C. (Tomakin), Mustapha Mond, Helmholtz Watson, Henry Foster, Fanny Crowne, Pope.

4)  Give and explain at least three scenes that fit the following themes:  The Meaning of Freedom, Individual vs. Society, The Meaning of Power

5)  Discuss five ways people are controlled in this society

6)  Discuss the title and how its meaning changes throughout the course of the novel

7)  Discuss whether or not the novel contains any elements of hope

8)  Discuss why Shakespeare is referenced so often

9)  List and discuss at least three literary and three historical allusions and how they relate to the meaning of the novel as a whole

10)          Explain how and why everyone is similar

11)          List Two Symbols other than FORD and discuss how they relate to the meaning of the novel as a whole.

12)          List and explain three ironies

13)          Discuss death in this novel and the deaths of the following: Linda, John, and the average person in this society.

14)          Explain the “Bokanovsky Process”

15)          Analysis with proof from the text whether Mustapha Mond is really powerful or is controlled by society as much as everyone else.

16)          Keep a chapter by chapter reading blog.

17)          Create a drawing/poster of a major scene in A Brave New World and explain the meaning of that scene.

Essential Questions:

What is the price of freedom? 

Is technology a good thing?

How does heritage shape us?

What if everyone was the same?

What are the dangers of genetic engineering? 

What is the meaning of family or home?

Tuesday

Okay - so day we need to review what you read on Friday and Monday, and then continue reading.

At the end of class I want you to record on your blogs a reaction to the play:

1) Who is your favorite character?
2) What do you think of the play as a whole?
3) If you had to create a movie version of this play who would you cast in the major roles?
4) How do you feel about Oedipus' plight?
5) What would you do if you were Oedipus?
6) Is Oedipus a good man?
7) What should the people of Thebe's do?

Friday and Monday

Class work for Friday and Monday:

In groups read Oedipus Rex pages 3-45


Begin to answer these questions:

Oedipus Rex- Study Questions

1)   How does Oedipus Rex fit the traditional role of a Tragic Hero?

2)   What does the chorus do in a Greek play?  What is their function?

3)   How does this play fit the theme: Person vs. Fate.

4)   List two ironies in this play and discuss why they are ironic.

5)   Discuss the following characters roles within the play.

Creon

Teirisias

Iocaste

Shepherd of Laios

Messenger

6)   What is the climax of the play?

7)   What is the resolution?

8)   Discuss the purpose of the following parts of a Greek tragedy:

Prologue:

Ode:

Exodus:

9)   Why does Iocaste tell Oedipus about her baby?  What detail of her story catches Oedipus’s attention?  What does he begin to suspect?

10)                  Who is the Messenger?  What message does he bring and what does he reveal about Oedipus’s past?

11)                  What does the shepherd finally reveal?  Why is he so reluctant to say it?

12)                  Who does Oedipus say is responsible for his actions?

13)                  What moral does the Chorus see in all this?

14)  Why do Oedipus and Teiresias quarrel? 

Wednesday

Prologue: A monologue or dialogue preceding the entry of the chorus, which presents the tragedy's topic or theme.

Parodos: (Entrance Ode) Refers to the section of the play following the prologue, in which the chorus enters chanting or singing verses.

Odes - Refers to songs sung by the chorus throughout the play. There are two sections:
1) Strophe: (turn) A stanza in which the chorus moves in one direction
2) Antistrophe:(counter-turn) A stanza in which the chorus moves in the opposite direction

Exodus: (Exit Song) Refers to the section of the play in which the chorus leaves chanting or singing.

Chorus: 12-15 actors. The chorus comments on themes, and shows how an ideal audience might react to the drama. It also can represent the general city or town people within a story.


Introduction to Greek Tragedy

Overview - Greek Tragedy

Oedipus Rex- Study Questions

1)   How does Oedipus Rex fit the traditional role of a Tragic Hero?

2)   What does the chorus do in a Greek play?  What is their function?

3)   How does this play fit the theme: Person vs. Fate.

4)   List two ironies in this play and discuss why they are ironic.

5)   Discuss the following characters roles within the play.

Creon

Teirisias

Iocaste

Shepherd of Laios

Messenger

6)   What is the climax of the play?

7)   What is the resolution?

8)   Discuss the purpose of the following parts of a Greek tragedy:

Prologue:

Ode:

Exodus:

9)   Why does Iocaste tell Oedipus about her baby?  What detail of her story catches Oedipus’s attention?  What does he begin to suspect?

10)                  Who is the Messenger?  What message does he bring and what does he reveal about Oedipus’s past?

11)                  What does the shepherd finally reveal?  Why is he so reluctant to say it?

12)                  Who does Oedipus say is responsible for his actions?

13)                  What moral does the Chorus see in all this?

14)  Why do Oedipus and Teiresias quarrel? 

Monday

Today we need to discuss your presentations.

The presentation can include or should include 1) A hook, 2) an overview of what you learned reading the book, 3) a overview of what you wrote your essays on, 4) a visual aid, and 5) a conclusion.

You should put your presentation on note cards.  You could also do your presentation as a PPT.

It's up to you.  I will introduce the Oral Presentation Rubric.

Criteria	Exceeds Standard (3)	Meets Standard (2)	Needs Improvement (1)
Volume: How well you can be heard	Voice is loud and clear without the student yelling.  All words are heard.  Student projects words from their diaphragm.	Voice is loud throughout most of presentation.  One or more words might be lost because of projection of volume, but the idea is still clear.	Voice fades in places so that the listener loses or misses parts of the presentation, or parts of the idea
Pronunciation: How well you say all your words	Words are pronounced perfectly and sentences flow off of tongue	The speaker trips in one or two places either in the pronunciation of a word or in reading a sentence.  The presentation is effected only slightly by the mistakes.	The speaker trips in quite a few places.  The presentation is effected more than slightly by the mistakes.   Mistakes either make the presentation hard to listen to or cloud the ideas of the writing
Tone: Do you vary how you say your sentences	Speaker as Actor:  The speaker’s delivery makes the writing come alive by giving it emotion, character, emphasis, by breathing life into it	Speaker varies most of sentences to express emotion or to emphasis importance of parts, but there are still places when the speaker spoke in a lifeless monotone	Speaker speaks in a monotone that reveals no emotion or does not emphasis any importance on any idea
UHMS or AHS	NONE	1 or 2 but the uhms or ahs do not distract the presentation	3 or more uhms or ahs
Eye Contact: do you look at your audience	The speaker made a point to look at everyone in the room and rarely looked as if they were reading from a paper	Some eye contact is made, but mostly the presenter read off of his or her paper	Little or no eye contact.

GRADE: ___________