Warm Up
On your ¼ sheet of paper, please put your MLA heading and
answer the following questions. You do NOT need to write the
question itself:
1. How do you think you did (rubric score wise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
on the AIMS Writing yesterday? Why would you give
yourself that score?
2. Did you do any extra persuasive practice from my website
this weekend?
3. Any other thoughts/comments for AIMS Writing?
4. How are you feeling about AIMS Reading today??
Warm Up (26 Feb. 2014)
On your ¼ sheet of paper, please put your MLA heading and
answer the following questions. You do NOT need to write the
question itself:
1. How do you think you did on the AIMS Reading examination
yesterday?
2. If you had to give yourself a percentage with the number
you think you got correct- what percentage would you give
yourself AND why? (Example: I think I got 80% of the
answers right because….)
3. Did you do any extra practice/review for AIMS Reading this
week/past weekend?
4. Any other thoughts/comments for AIMS Reading?
Intro to Greek
Tragedies and Antigone
Qualities of a Tragic Hero
• Usually fails or dies (with dignity)
because of character flaw
• High rank or status
• Shows strength while facing fate
• Hubris: arrogance
• Catharsis: a move from ignorance to
knowledge
Catastrophe
• A disastrous conclusion usually involving multiple deaths. If the
tragic hero survives, he suffers complete ruin.
Chorus
• A masked group of
actors who
intermittently
appear on stage to
comment on the
plot—usually
through song.
Fate
• Meaning 1: Preordained destiny
• Meaning 2: The Fates, or Moirai, are the three
goddesses of fate (particularly death and pain).
Forms of Greek Tragedy
• Human suffering
• Religious celebrations; solemn, poetic,
philosophic
• Based on myth
• Imperfect hero confronted by a difficult
moral choice or conflict
• Struggle usually ends in defeat and death
Parts of a Greek Tragedy
Simple Structure: After a prologue spoken by one or
more characters, the chorus enters, singing and
dancing with additional scenes that alternate
between spoken sections (episodes) and sung
sections (choral odes).
• Prologue: Spoken by one or two characters before
chorus appears, usually giving mythological
background ( Shakespearean plays).
• Parodos: This is the song sung by the chorus as it first
enters the orchestra and dances.
Parts of a Greek Tragedy
• Episodes: This is the first of many "episodes” (literally
“between odes”), when the characters and chorus talk
and main action occurs.
• Ode: At the end of each episode, the actors leave the
stage and the chorus dances and sings a choral ode
which usually reflects on the things said and done in the
episodes. The rest of the play is an alternation between
episodes and odes, until the final scene.
• Exodos: At the end of play, the chorus exits singing a
processional song which usually offers words of wisdom
related to the actions and outcome of the play.
Antigone
• Chronologically, it is the third of the three
Theban plays but was written first
• First performed in 442 B.C.
• It is a story that pits the law of the gods“unwritten law”-against the laws of humankind,
family ties against civic duty, and man against
woman.
• Antigone
• Oedipus Rex
• Oedipus the King
Antigone: Cast of Characters
• Antigone, daughter of Oedipus
• Ismene
• Creon
• Haemon
• Euydice
• Teiresias
• Chorus
• Choragus, leader
• Sentry
• Messenger
Background for “Antigone”
• Antigone, as we’ve stated, is the 3rd play in a series of 3. The
other two books, deal with Antigone’s father- Oedipus.
• Oedipus was cast out by the King and Queen of Thebes as a
baby, because it was once prophesized that the King would be
killed by his own son, and that very same son would then
marry the queen (his mother). The King / Queen send
Oedipus away to try and prevent the prophesy from coming
true.
• Fast forward several years: Oedipus is a man now and is on
the road to Thebes and runs into a group of travelers, who
harass him- so he kills the men in self-defense. He eventually
makes it to Thebes and UNKNOWINGLY does marry the
widowed Queen (he believes the parents he was raised with in
distant Corinth are his biological parents).
Background for “Antigone,” Cont.
• Oedipus (who’s now King of Thebes) is married to his
mother/wife Queen Jocasta. They have SEVERAL children
together (which, keep in mind, would also be Oedipus’
brothers and sisters), including Ismene, Eteocles and
Polyneices, and ANTIGONE.
• A plague then hits Thebes, so as King, Oedipus goes to speak
to the oracles (fortune tellers) and ask what can be done to
stop the plague. They CRYPTICALLY start to reveal the truth to
Oedipus about who he is…and state that the plague can only
be lifted when the man who murdered the original king is
found, punished, and exiled from Thebes.
• Oedipus and his wife/mother, Queen Jocasta, realize what has
ACTUALLY happened. In killing the band of unruly men during
his trip, Oedipus actually DID kill his father and DID go on to
marry his mother and father children with her.
Background for “Antigone,” Cont.
• Next, in horror, the Queen kills herself (hanging). Oedipus
finds his wife/mother dead, pulls some clothing pins from her
dress as she continues to hang, and stabs his own eyes
completely out. He then flees the city in absolute shame and
disgust.
• After he leaves, his sons fight ferociously over who’s supposed
to take over the kingdom of Thebes- and BOTH of his sons
actually end up dying. Antigone’s uncle, Creon, takes control
of the kingdom and becomes the new King.
• That’s where “Antigone” picks up… 
Antigone:
Summary of the Prologue
• Creon has decided that only one of Antigone’s
two brothers will get a proper burial. Polyneices,
he declared, was a traitor who attacked the city
and shall remain unburied. Antigone believes it
is her sacred duty to bury her brother and asks
Ismene to help. Ismene refuses, fearing
repercussions from disobeying the king’s
command.
WELCOME IN!
• WE’RE DONE WITH AIMS! LET’S CELEBRATE!!
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M)
• PLEASE GRAB:
• A QUARTER SHEET OF PAPER FROM ME AT THE DOOR.
• THE BLUE LITERATURE BOOK THAT CORRESPONDS TO YOUR SEAT
NUMBER (MEANING- IF YOU SIT IN SPOT 17, GRAB TEXTBOOK
17).
• PLEASE TAKE OUT:
• YOUR JOURNAL.
• SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH.
Warm Up (26 Feb. 2014)
On your ¼ sheet of paper, please put your MLA heading and
answer the following questions. You do NOT need to write the
question itself:
1. How do you think you did on the AIMS Reading examination
yesterday?
2. If you had to give yourself a percentage with the number
you think you got correct- what percentage would you give
yourself AND why? (Example: I think I got 80% of the
answers right because….)
3. Did you do any extra practice/review for AIMS Reading this
week/past weekend?
4. Any other thoughts/comments for AIMS Reading?
Accessing the Electronic
Textbook
In your journal, please copy down
the notes for how to access the
online textbook!
(As I demonstrate the steps!) 
Okay, Let’s Read Antigone!
• Today’s reading assignment: Prologue, Pages 968-973 in our blue
textbook.
• You’ve all been assigned a specific role- A/B/C/D…and though those
people will read those particular parts aloud, everyone should be
silently reading along (as in: not staring off into space, not doodling,
not looking at the reader, etc.. Remember: if this is not workable,
we’ll go to reading independently.)
• As you guys read, feel free to pause periodically as a team to clarify
your understandings/ask questions/summarize the text.
• When you’re all totally done with that portion of reading, jump into
completing your study guide questions so that you don’t have
homework!
• Anything NOT FINISHED today by the end of class (either reading
and/or study guide questions) is due at the START OF CLASS
TOMORROW. 
Warm Up (27 Feb. 2014)
In your journal, you are to work for our ENTIRE 5 minutes
of Warm Up time answering / completing the following
prompt:
Create a visual display (read: picture,
cartoon, panorama, etc.) display of the
entire prologue of Antigone! (Try to
make your picture as ACCURATE to the
text as possible.)
Okay, Let’s Read Antigone!
• Today’s reading assignment: Scene 1, Pages 974-979 in our blue
textbook.
• You’ve all been assigned a specific role- A/B/C/D…and though those
people will read those particular parts aloud, everyone should be
silently reading along (as in: not staring off into space, not doodling,
not looking at the reader, etc.. Remember: if this is not workable,
we’ll go to reading independently.)
• As you guys read, feel free to pause periodically as a team to clarify
your understandings/ask questions/summarize the text.
• When you’re all totally done with that portion of reading, jump into
completing your study guide questions so that you don’t have
homework!
• Anything NOT FINISHED today by the end of class (either reading
and/or study guide questions) is due at the START OF CLASS
TOMORROW. 
Warm Up (28 Feb. 2014)
In your journal, you are to work for our ENTIRE 5 minutes of
Warm Up time answering / completing the following prompt:
Free-Write Friday
_OR_
What is the worst fight you and your
siblings (or friends, if you’re an only child)
have ever gotten into? What happened?
How did it (or did it) get resolved?
Okay, Let’s Read Antigone!
• Today’s reading assignment: Scene 2, Pages 980-987 in our blue
textbook.
• You’ve all been assigned a specific role- A/B/C/D…and though those
people will read those particular parts aloud, everyone should be
silently reading along (as in: not staring off into space, not doodling,
not looking at the reader, etc.. Remember: if this is not workable,
we’ll go to reading independently.)
• As you guys read, feel free to pause periodically as a team to clarify
your understandings/ask questions/summarize the text.
• When you’re all totally done with that portion of reading, jump into
completing your study guide questions so that you don’t have
homework!
• Anything NOT FINISHED today by the end of class (either reading
and/or study guide questions) is due at the START OF CLASS
TOMORROW. 
Warm Up (3 March 2014)
In your journal, you are to work for our ENTIRE 5 minutes
of Warm Up time answering / completing the following
prompt:
When is it acceptable to break the
rules/laws? Which rules/laws must
NEVER be broken? Can you give an
example of a time you broke a rule or
law based on your values/principals?
Okay, Let’s Read Antigone!
• Today’s reading assignment: Scene 3, Pages 988-993 in our blue
textbook.
• You’ve all been assigned a specific role- A/B/C/D…and though those
people will read those particular parts aloud, everyone should be
silently reading along (as in: not staring off into space, not doodling,
not looking at the reader, etc.. Remember: if this is not workable,
we’ll go to reading independently.)
• As you guys read, feel free to pause periodically as a team to clarify
your understandings/ask questions/summarize the text.
• When you’re all totally done with that portion of reading, jump into
completing your study guide questions so that you don’t have
homework!
• Anything NOT FINISHED today by the end of class (either reading
and/or study guide questions) is due at the START OF CLASS
TOMORROW. 
Warm Up (5 March 2014)
In your journal, you are to work for our ENTIRE 5 minutes
of Warm Up time answering / completing the following
prompt:
Do you think there is anything Haemon
could say or do to change Creon’s mind
about Antigone? Why or why not?
And if so, what could he say?
Warm Up (5 March 2014)
In your journal, you are to work for our ENTIRE 5 minutes
of Warm Up time answering / completing the following
prompt:
Make a prediction: how do you think
Antigone will end? Why do you think
so? (Try to use prior
knowledge/textual support to back up
your prediction!)
Okay, Let’s Read Antigone!
• Today’s reading assignment: Scene 4, Pages 994-997 in our blue
textbook. (Heads up- Scene 5, which is tomorrow’s scene, is 8 pages
long. I’d get a head start on that reading TODAY if I were you!!)
• You’ve all been assigned a specific role- A/B/C/D…and though those
people will read those particular parts aloud, everyone should be
silently reading along (as in: not staring off into space, not doodling,
not looking at the reader, etc.. Remember: if this is not workable,
we’ll go to reading independently.)
• As you guys read, feel free to pause periodically as a team to clarify
your understandings/ask questions/summarize the text.
• When you’re all totally done with that portion of reading, jump into
completing your study guide questions so that you don’t have
homework!
• Anything NOT FINISHED today by the end of class (either reading
and/or study guide questions) is due at the START OF CLASS
TOMORROW. 
Okay, Let’s Read Antigone!
• Today’s reading assignment: Scene 5, Pages 998-1006 in our blue
textbook.
• You’ve all been assigned a specific role- A/B/C/D…and though those
people will read those particular parts aloud, everyone should be
silently reading along (as in: not staring off into space, not doodling,
not looking at the reader, etc.. Remember: if this is not workable,
we’ll go to reading independently.)
• As you guys read, feel free to pause periodically as a team to clarify
your understandings/ask questions/summarize the text.
• When you’re all totally done with that portion of reading, jump into
completing your study guide questions so that you don’t have
homework!
• Anything NOT FINISHED today by the end of class (either reading
and/or study guide questions) is due at the START OF CLASS
TOMORROW. 