Hand out Semester Exam exemptions

Change of plans!!!...

Let's put aside Antigone  until next semester.  This just isn't going to work, and there is no sense rushing this. (I will hand back your pre-reading question sheets - they will become a 3rd quarter grade). Please hold onto them.

Today, we will take a brief glimpse at the semester exam prompt and then rewatch part of Happy, one of the texts that you can reference in your semester exam synthesis essays.  Take careful notes.

Tomorrow, we will have independent reading time and we will watch a little more of Happy. Please have something to read.

Monday and Tuesday will be exam prep days.  You will begin working on your outlines, watch a little more of Happy and do some independent reading if time allows.

Antigone Day 2

Day 2 Antigone

·        Review Pre-reading Questions

·        Collect pre-reading questions

·        Collect Hamlet peer review sheets (assigned last Frida, December 8 – 3 points)

Read 13-30 today

Assign readers…

We need multiple readers for the Chorus

Think about the following questions as we read:

Overarching questions:

How much power should the government have?

What responsibility does a person have to act in accordance with his or her conscience?

And, can the answers to both of these questions coexist with one another?

What is more important to you, civic responsibilities or personal responsibilities?

Is there a particular value or belief that if denied to you or others you would be willing to face imprisonment or death in fighting for that right?

Specific Questions…

What is the essential conflict between Ismene and Antigone?

Which character are you more like, Ismene or Antigone? Which character do you admire more?

Is it more important to be calm and live to fight another day or to fight injustice in the moment you see it, regardless of risk?

What values does the chorus seem to voice?  What aspect of Thebian society does the chorus represent?

What are Creons concerns? What does he value? What does he seem to especially hate?

How might the demands of Creon’s position influence his opinions?

Antigone Pre-reading

Antigone by Sophocles

World Perspectives in Lit - Wesley

Day 1 Pre-reading guide: 

Directions: Complete this on separate sheet of paper. It must be handwritten. It’s due tomorrow. 15 points possible, based on thoroughness and quality of responses. Use your time in class today productively.  

1.)   Notes…page 6 – According to the editors of this book, what are three of the key questions that this play raises?

2.)   Notes – page 6…According to the editors, what does the play prompt us to consider regarding our relationship to family?

3.)   Reading Pointers p 7-8

a.      What do the editors suggest we pay close attention to in the Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights? List at least three things that they suggest we pay close attention to?

b.      What does Antigone seem to value most in life?

c.      What matters most to Creon?

d.      What do we learn about Ismene in Notes (p 6) ad Reading Pointers (pp 7-8)?

4.)   To help you understand the complex family and societal relationships and past events that are so key to the play, read “Setting” (p 9) and the Dramatis Personae (p 10) and Mythological Background (55-56). Then, draw a family tree and/or character map to help you figure out how the characters are related to one another in terms of family or political/societal dynamics.

5.)    Read “The Importance of Burial in Greek Religion”.  Burial of the dead is a huge issue in this play. This section also talks about limitations on women in ancient Greek society. What, for you, were the three or four most important take-aways from that section? Provide page #’s for each.

6.)   This play is a Greek Tragedy and therefore it has a Chorus. You may ask, What is a Greek Tragedy?; What is a chorus?  Read pp 68-70 to learn more about each.

Write down four take-aways about Greek Tragedies and Chorus (and page #’s). Make sure that at least two take-aways are related to the Chorus.

Looking Ahead...

Essay Prompt: What would give you more meaningful satisfaction and happiness if you were deeply wronged in life: revenge or forgiveness? 

Answer the above question in an essay that will be written in class during your final exam period.

As part of your response, in addition to your own well-explained thoughts, you need to synthesize information from a minimum of three classroom sources:

Hamlet Paper Due Today

December 11: In Library B: Next-to-final draft is due.  One last read-throuhg/peer review for mechanic, then make revisions.

Hamlet Paper due to Canvas by Monday night, December 11, 2017 at 11:59 pm.

Use Checklist to review your paper or a classmate's paper (3 points for completed checklist)

Bring "Antigone" tomorrow.

Hamlet Personal Reflection Papers

Peer Review & Edit

Materials needed:

1. 1st draft of your paper
2. peer edit sheet

Activities:

1. Review peer edit sheet and part of rubric

2. Begin Peer Editing Process

Please exchange papers with someone; if you would like to your peer reviewer to be someone (parent, friend, etc.) outside of class, please let me know. They  should do your peer review this afternoon or evening.

Decmber 8 (Tomorrow): In DC to make revisions based on today's peer feedback and mini-lesson on "writing clear and concise prose". 

Decmber 11: In Library B: Next-to-final draft is due.  One last read-throuhg/peer review for mechanic, then make revisions and submit to Canvas by Monday night 11:59 pm.

Hamlet Personal Response Paper

Today, before you begin working on your drafts, spend some time reading a couple of student examples and the rubric. 

While Megan O'Rourke's essay provides us with a great example, student examples often feel more relatable and accessible. I hope you find them helpful.

The examples and rubric are a class set, so please don't leave with them. 

Materials that you might find helpful include the assignment and rubric, the student examples provided (and on Canvas), your copies of the Hamlet Act 1-5 summaries and analysis, key speeches.

11/27 Finish Hamlet Act 3	11/28 Hamlet	11/29 Late Start Day Hamlet Act 4	11/30 Hamlet Act 5	12/1 Finish Watching Hamlet Begin working on Draft  # 1
12/4 Reviewing the Hamlet personal response example essay and working on draft #1 DC	12/5 Working on Draft #1 Library Floor - Basement	12/6 School Improvement Day 11:30 dismissal Personal Essay Draft #1 (10 point) due/Peer Reviews/HW: Make revisions DC	12/7 Work on Hamlet Personal Essay Draft 2 due at end of class Library Floor - basement	12/8 Peer Review HW: Work on Revisions Final Draft due Monday, December 11. DC
12/11 Hamlet Personal Response Final Due Lib B	12/12 Ind Reading Lib Floor	12/13 Late Start Day Ind Reading # 5 due	12/14 TBD	12/15 TBD
12/18 Exam Prep	12/19 Exam Prep	12/20 Final Exams	12/21 Final Exams	12/22 Final Exams End of 2nd quarter and 1st semester