Week 1
To prepare for class:
 Take out your skits from yesterday.
To understand the basic story of Oedipus the
King, so you can more easily comprehend
Antigone when we begin reading next week.
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I can express my ideas clearly.
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I can use dialogue to develop character and
propel the plot as appropriate to task,
audience, and purpose.
I can identify the main characters and plot of
Oedipus the King.
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Scoring criteria for speaking
A plague has stricken Thebes. The citizens gather outside the palace
of their king, Oedipus.
Citizens:
We demand action.
The plague is destroying our city.
Action now, action now, action now
Oedipus: Peace citizens! I have already sent my brother-in-law,
Creon, to the Oracle at Delphi to learn how to help the city.
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Make sure you know who is reading which
part.
Practice your part.
Line up others in the class to be actors for
your scene if you need extras.
Antigone
Creon
Jocasta
Ismene and Antigone
Oedipus
Polynices and Eteocles
Oracle of Delphi
A plague has stricken Thebes. The citizens gather outside the palace
of their king, Oedipus.
Citizens:
We demand action.
The plague is destroying our city.
Action now, action now, action now
Oedipus: Peace citizens! I have already sent my brother-in-law,
Creon, to the Oracle at Delphi to learn how to help the city.
Creon: I have just returned from the Oracle of Delphi with a
message. The plague will end when the murderer of Laius,
former king of Thebes, is caught and expelled. The murderer
is in the city.
Oedipus: Tell me more about the murder of Laius.
Creon: He was killed by thieves on his way to consult the
Oracle of Delphi. Only one of his fellow travelers escaped
alive.
Oedipus: I promise I will solve the mystery of Laius’s death. I
will curse and drive his murderer out of the city. Then we will
be free of this plague.
Scene 2
Scene 8
Scene 13
Scene 3
Scene 9
Scene 14
Scene 4
Scene 10
Scene 5
Scene 11
Scene 6
Scene 12
Scene 7
Stop weeping,
Stop weeping
All rests in the hands of the gods
All rests in the hands of the gods
Stop weeping
1.
Oedipus
2.
Creon
3.
Jocasta
4.
Antigone
5.
Polynices
6.
Tiresias
7.
Ismene
8.
Eteocles
Auspicious – of promising success
Compulsive – having the ability to compel or force
resulting from an irresistible, irrational impulse
Defile – to make foul, dirty, unclean, or impure
Dirge – mournful piece of music; a funeral hymn
edict – an order put out by a person of authority
Lamentation – an expression of grief
lithe - limber; physically flexible
Perverse – willfully determined to go against what is expected or
desired
Sated – satisfied fully
Transgress – to violate or break a law, command, or moral code
To prepare for class:
 Pick up a syllabus from the front table.
 Take out the Oedipus reading from yesterday.
Desk
Blue
Orange
Green
•You must have a different person in each box.
•Your partner must sign his/her name in the box; you
cannot yell across the room and fill in the boxes. 
Determine who is Partner A and who is Partner B.
Who is Sophocles? What do you remember
about him?
Retell what you remember of the play Oedipus
the King.
Scene 1
Creon returns with a message from the Oracle: the
plague will end when the murderer of Laius,
former king of Thebes, is caught and expelled; the
murderer is within the city. Oedipus questions
Creon about the murder of Laius, who was killed
by thieves on his way to consult an oracle. Only
one of his fellow travelers escaped alive. Oedipus
promises to solve the mystery of Laius’s death,
vowing to curse and drive out the murderer.
Creon: I have just returned from the Oracle of Delphi with a
message. The plague will end when the murderer of Laius,
former king of Thebes, is caught and expelled. The murderer
is in the city.
Oedipus: Tell me more about the murder of Laius.
Creon: He was killed by thieves on his way to consult the
Oracle of Delphi. Only one of his fellow travelers escaped
alive.
Oedipus: I promise I will solve the mystery of Laius’s death. I
will curse and drive his murderer out of the city. Then we will
be free of this plague.
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Group members are sitting together, facing
each other.
All group members are writing.
All are participating in coming up with lines
for the skits.
Group members are not talking to people in
other groups.
Everyone will come prepared tomorrow.
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Introduce yourself to each other.
Everyone take out a piece of paper.
Read through your section.
Decide who will be which character.
Write the skit and dialogue.
Everyone must write so you all have your
own copy of the skit tomorrow.
Practice the skit and movements.
Monday, December 2
To prepare for class:
 Pick up a handout and a piece of loose leaf
paper on the front table.
 Are you willing to read a short paragraph
aloud today? If so, sign up on the board.
Required Classroom Supplies
 blue or black pens
 2 highlighters
 pencils
 3 subject notebook
 folder with loose leaf paper
 portfolio (2 pocket folder)
 A book to read at all times
 Post-it flags
 1+ full pack of Post-it notes
 One pack 4x6 index cards (keep at home)
Mrs. Endres
Name
December 2, 2013
Hour
Consider the principles listed
on the right, and on your
paper, rank them (write them)
in the order of their
importance to you.
Then for the FIVE minute
quick-write, write about the
top one or two principles.
 Explain what they mean to
you and why they are
important.
 Give an example of the
principles in daily life.
PRINCIPLES
 Loyalty
 Freedom
 Faith in God
 Safety
 Obedience of the law
(religious or civil)
 Personal Dignity
 Justice
Born near Athens, in the village of Colonus, Sophocles
was the son of a wealthy manufacturer of armor.
In his youth, he received a fine education and was said to
be skilled in wrestling, dancing, and playing the lyre.
These skills and a handsome appearance apparently
resulted in his being chosen, as a youth, to lead a chorus in
celebration of the Greek victory over the Persians at the
Battle of Salamis.
In 468 B.C., Sophocles defeated his teacher, the great
playwright Aeschylus in the Dionysian dramatic festival,
an annual competition. The first-place award was followed
by as many as 23 other victories, more than any other
Greek playwright.
Sophocles also was active in the political life of Athens. He
was elected several times to the body of high executives
commanding the military and was one of the ten
commissioners in charge of helping Athens recover after a
severe military defeat in Sicily.
In 406 B.C., the year of his death, he led a chorus of public
mourners in honor of Euripides, a younger playwright who
had often been his rival at the annual drama festivals.
Sophocles wrote more than 100 plays, although only 7 of the
survive today. The include Ajax, Oedipus the King (sometimes
called Oedipus Rex), Electra, and Oedipus at Colonus.
Antigone, which rivals Oedipus the King as his best-know
play, was probably first performed in 442 or 441 B.C.
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Read the handout Oedipus the King.
The purpose of reading it is to gain a basic
understanding of the story and characters.
We will do a group activity tomorrow.
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Find something in common
Remember his/her name
Pets, places you’ve traveled, activities, family,
favorites: foods, restaurants, movies, books
Catcher in the Rye
Ender’s Game
The Great Gatsby
Peace Like a River
In the Time of the Butterflies
When the Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down