In-Class:
  • Students received the Oedipus Summary Handout (Stories of Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus)
  • Go through pronunciation of characters' names
  • Read Prologue of Antigone as a class
  • Look as blue box questions while reading
  • Hand back King Arthur Test
  • Discuss Hero Quiz (40 Points) Next Friday
  • Hand out Hero Study Guide (due Monday)

Homework:
  • Greek Gods Worksheet due Friday (tomorrow)
  • Hero Study Guide due Monday
 
Picture
In-Class:

 
Picture
In-Class:
  • Students attempt to answer the riddle of the sphinx: "What has four legs by morning, two legs by day, and three legs by night?"
  • Teach discusses the origin of tragedy and The Greek Tagedy Handout
  • Discuss the story of Oedipus
  • Discuss Sophocles
  • Homework: None




 
In-Class:
  • Students took King Arthur Test
  • Students take notes on p. 863
  • Students write a response to one of the quotes on p.864 --> Details


Homework
  • Cornell notes on p.863
  • 1 page response on quote
 
In-Class:
  • Students worked in groups (if desreving) and discussed 4a-5b questions on King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table and L'Morte de Arthur 
  • Students complete questions on p.42 and 52 over Legend, Motif, Dramatic Irony, as well as Tragedy
  • Students and teacher go over information as class


Homework:
None
 
In-Class:
  • Pop Quiz over reading comprehension of L'Morte de Arthur
  • Grade Summaries of L'Morte de Arthur (5 points)
  • What is a Tragic Hero?
  • What is a Tragedy?
  • What is a Tragic Flaw?
  • What is dramatic irony?
  • As a class summarize information in L'Morte de Arthur
  • Work on 1a-5b 

HW:  Finish 1a-5b 
 
In-Class:
  • Go over blue box questions on "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table"
  • Do questions 4a-5b
  • Go over questions 4a-5b if time


Homework:  
  • Take notes on Introduction to "L'Morte de Arthur" p.45
  • Read "L'Morte de Arthur" THOROUGHLY!
  • Write a 6-8 sentence summary on the selection for Tuesday
 
In-Class:
Teacher will check homework (10 points)
Teacher will hand out the Romantic Hero handout and go over the contents
Time-permitting:  Students will work together and go over the exposition of "King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table"
    -Main characters
    -Setting
    -Main conflict
    -How does King Arthur fit the criteria of a Romantic Hero?
Watch the legend of the sword from Disney's The Sword and the Stone

HW:
None


 
In-Class:
  • Students did a quick write on everything that they knew about King Arthur
  • Students wrote what the class collectively knew about King Arthur
  • Teacher explained Cornell Notes
  • Students had the rest of class to work on their homework
HW:
Read and take Cornell Notes on page 32 (blue strip and prereading section)
Read "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table" and do Blue Box questions (put 
 
In-Class:
  • Students in Periods 6 & 8 went to the Library to pick out their books for their Independent Reading Project
  • Period 4 did previous day's activity (they were at teh PLAN test in the morning)

HW: None