1. Antigone
By: Sophocles

2. DO NOW…
BRAINSTORM EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT GREEK TRAGEDY AND MYTHOLOGY.
TURN TO PAGE 246 AND READ UNPACKING EMBEDDED ASSESSMENT
WRITE A BULLETED LIST OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EA

3. Introduction to Greek drama
Introduction to Greek drama! Complete the Greek Drama web quest with another classmate.

4. Do now… Turn to page 247 and read & highlight important information
Antigone is a part of a TRIOLOGY.
Watch these two videos and write down 20 Fun Facts!
The other two plays were Oedipus the King:
And Oedipus at Colonus:

5. A tragic family. Learning target:
A tragic family! Learning target: make inferences about how characters, conflicting motivations, and character relationships advance the plot
DO NOW!
Select ONE character from page 248 and write create a character card such as this one:
Do Now…Read and highlight the handout I provide you!
Read the brief character sketches on page 248 and complete the chart on page 249, making inferences based on the little bit of knowledge you have on the characters.
Task:
You will be divided up into 5 groups Group 1 Greek Theater
Each group will be assigned a topic Group 2 Sophocles
Each group will present a lecture on the topic Group 3 Tragedy and the Tragic Hero
You must incorporate a visual! Group 4 Antigone & Her Family Background
Group 5 Pronunciation Guide

6. Find your notes from the presentations!
Trivia Game on page 252!
As you compete, fill in the proper answers!

7. Do Now… read and highlight the handout
Do Now… read and highlight the handout! I can run but never walk I have a mouth but never talk I have a bed but never sleep I have a head but never weep. What am I? What is the creature that walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three in the evening?"
Now…we will start reading the play!
In your groups, you are going to rewrite a part of the ODE:
Group 1 Chorus Strope 1(through line 139)
Group 2 Chorus – Antistrophe 1
Group 3 Strope 2
Group 4 – Antistrophe 2
Group 5 Chorus Strope 1

8. Do now! Find the definition for dynamic and static character on page 261 and copy it into your notebook! Complete the chart on page 253! Analysis of the opening scene.
Enter the King pages
Narrator
King Creon
Chorus Leader
Chorus
Guard
Strophe 1
Antistrophe 1
Strophe 2

9. Timed write! Is King Creon STATIC or DYNAMIC? Outline your response
Compare and Contrast how King Creon is at the beginning of the scene and at the end of the scene.
Is King Creon STATIC or DYNAMIC?
Outline your response
Include a Hook, TAG, and CLAIM
Include Textual Evidence and Commentary
Use transitions.

10. Do Now… What is your definition of Justice
Do Now… What is your definition of Justice? Provide an example from your life, or from something you have read or watched.
Conflicting Motivations pages
Target: Analyze what motivates a character to act
As we read, mark the text for evidence for a characters beliefs and motivations.
(the Guard, Creon, Antigone, and Ismene)
Today’s Parts:
Chorus Leader
Guard
Creon
Antigone
Ismene
Strophe I, Antistrophe I, Strophe 2, and Antistrophe 2

11. Complete the graph on page 269!
Timed Write 2
Identify 2 characters in the scene you read that have conflicting motivations and explain how their interactions advance the plot or develop a theme.
Table One – You are writing the introduction HOOK, TAG, CLAIM (8 sentences!)
Table Two – Body Paragraph One (character one and his/her motivations/beliefs, two embedded quotes, analysis, transition – 8 sentences!)
Table Three – Body Paragraph Two (character two and his/her motivations/beliefs, two embedded quotes, analysis, transition – 8 sentences!)
Table Four - Explain how these characters interactions advance the plot and develop the theme. 8 sentences!
Table Five – Conclusion – restate CLAIM, make and analysis/judgement/prediction. 8 sentences

12. Do Now…
Copy the definition of FOIL into your notebook. It is on page 278.
Now, brainstorm a list of FAMOUS FOILS.
Think, Pair, Share.
As you read AN EPIC FOIC on pages –
Use TWO different colors to highlight
Color one – highlight evidence of Haemon’s character as it is revealed by his words, actions and thoughts
Color two – highlight Creon’s character traits that are revealed or emphasized through his interactions with Haemon.
We need the following characters
Narrator
Chorus Leader
Creon
Haemon

13. Odes to Love and Death
Target: To understand what the purpose of an ode is.
Answer question #1 on page 285
We are going to read Odes to Love and Death on pages
Parts!
Strophe
Antistrophe
Choral Leader
Antigone
Chorus
Creon
Strophe I
Antistrophe I
Strophe 2
Antistrophe 2

14. Embedded Assessment
A literary analysis essay on characterization and theme.
With your group, read ALL of the components for the EA on page 305.
Write a bulleted list of what you need to do to achieve an “A” on your EA!
PRESENT!
Create an outline for your essay, include textual evidence!

15. On page 291, there is a chart for the purpose of EACH ode that we have read. Each taple is going to be responsible for one ode
Table #1 Ode 2 (page 266)
Table #2 Ode 3 (page 275)
Table #3 Ode 4 (page 285)
Table #4 Ode 5 (page 289)
Table #5 Ode 6 (page 297)
Present to the class your findings – Connections to previous scene and Functional Purpose of the ode.
As each group presents, fill in the chart for a grade!

16. Do now…
Write a paragraph or two of why Creon is a tragic hero OR
Why Antigone is a tragic hero

17. With your group, complete the graphic organizer on page 293…Creon as a Tragic Hero.
This will be turned in for a grade.

18. As we read Tragic Hero, ANNOTATE evidence the following:
Creon as a tragic hero!
Teiresias as a FOIL for Creon!
Purpose of the 6th Ode
We need the following characters:
Narrator
Teiresias
Creon
Chorus Leader
Strophe 1
Antistophe 1
Strophe 2
Antistrophe 2
Messenger
Eurydice
Chorus