Agenda for Antigone Unit (9/12/11-9/19/11)

Antigone Overview

Essential questions:
• Is it ever ok to break the law? If so, when?
• What is a stalemate and how does it happen?
• What attitudes can help disagreeing parties achieve compromise?


We will read this play in one week. For each reading assignment, you are required to take Reading Notes. Here is a template for your reading notes:

Title:
Pages read: date:

Main characters Description Defining characteristics





Plot Summary:




Key Quotations: (we will add more to this section in class, so leave space)



Tricky Vocabulary:



Questions that you have:




The length of your Reading Notes should be in the following ballpark:
Curriculum 2: half a page handwritten on college ruled 8.5 x 11” paper
Curriculum 1: one page
Honors: one-and-a-half to two pages.


9/12F--9/13G HW: 1. Watch Antigone video (http://vimeo.com/3919645) 2. Read pp. 1-9 in Dover edition of Antigone 3. Do Reading Notes

9/14G&F HW: 1. Read Antigone pp. 23-29 2. Do Reading Notes

9/15G&F HW: 1. Read pp. 42-52 2. Do Reading Notes


Small group discussion will take place on Friday 9/16. Your small group will discuss one (or more) of the essential questions. You will formulate a consensus answer for the question, give evidence from the play to support your answer and present to class.

The Essay:
Everyone will write an essay for one of the essential questions. Honors students should answer at least two of the essential questions. You must devise an original thesis statement that insightfully answers the question(s). We will meet in the computer lab next week to work on the essay together. We will also set up our accounts for using Turnitin.com.

Monday 9/19 F block to Cutler Computer Lab
Tuesday 9/20 G block to Cutler
Wednesday 9/21 G block to Cutler; F block to Goldrick

The essay will be submitted online to Turnitin.com. The due date is Thursday 9/22 at 11 pm.