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.

Antigone Open- book test.

Thursday, December 9, 2010.

To Substitute Teacher:
Please have students complete MOYA test: ALPHA ALPHA GAMMA. Students should bubble in their answers on the answer document given in pencil. They also need to record their answers IN PEN on a sheet of paper. They need to take their time and work on this test carefully.

When they finish, they may work on their Final Exam Study Guide packet.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010.

1. Distribute Final Exam Study Guide.

2. Remove from GUM workbook pp.
264-270
294
370-371
383-384
280-282
300
313-314
151-155

Attach (staple) to Final Exam Study Guide.

3. Complete NOUNS & PRONOUNS worksheet not completed from 10/22.

4. View end of Of Mice and Men film.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010.

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.

Bring all Antigone handouts completed so that we can review in class.

Monday, December 6, 2010.

Final Exam Essay

Friday, December 3, 2010.

1. Reading of play Antigone.
Per. 5: Complete reading of Antigone Scene 3, Ode 3;
Period 7: Completed Antigone Scene 4, Ode 4.

2. Antigone Vocabulary Quiz 1

3. Work on comprehension question handouts for Scenes 3 and 4 (Per. 7)

NOTE: Some students turned in the Prologue handout incomplete. This will be returned to you, for incomplete work will receive a zero.

Please bring plenty of paper and a pen. Monday you will write your Final Exam essay over a topic selected from a list of various topics.

Thursday, December 2, 2010.

1. Definitions for vocabulary quiz tomorrow:

comprehensive: covering a matter completely
conscience: a sense of right and/or wrong within an individual
carrion: rotten or decaying
statecraft: the art of conducting state (gov't.) affairs
sated: satisfied
decree: an order set forth by on in authority
meddle: to interfere in something that is not one's business
reverence: profound respect, love, and awe.
anarchist: one who rebels or attempts to overthrow the government
lithe: agile, limber; moving easily
auspicious: favorable
repulse: the act of turning away or beating back

Study these words for quiz tomorrow.

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. Begin Scene 1, Ode 1; Scene 2, Ode 2. Per. 7 Passed out handouts for these scenes.

3. Picked up Prologue homework.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010.

1. Check Antigone introduction and background. Discuss the story of the Ill-Fated Royal House of Thebes. The story consists of three plays:

1) Oedipus the King [Oedipus Rex]
2) Oedipus at Colonus
3) Antigone

2. Begin Antigone Prologue; Complete handout for homework.

HOMEWORK: STUDY VOCABULARY FOR ANTIGONE

Tuesday, November 30, 2010.

1. Check Phrases and Clauses handout in class.

2. Benchmark Test No. 4: "Becoming an Astronaut"

3. Read Antigone Introduction/Background. Complete handout "Fill-in-the-blanks." If you do not finish, finish at lunch tomorrow.

Vocabulary words for this week:

lithe, sated, meddle, comprehensive, decree, statecraft, carrion, reverence, repulse, auspicious. Study for a quiz on Friday.