Foundations+-+March+3+-+7

=Monday, March 3= = = =Tuesday, March 4= = = =Wednesday, March 5= = = =Thursday, March 6= = = =Friday, March 7=
 * =warm-up:=
 * =on a small piece of paper=
 * =write what you know about Ancient Greece=
 * =(they had Zeus, Apollo, Athena, etc. for gods)=
 * =Ancient Greece=
 * =notes!=
 * ===What are the requirements of tragedy?===
 * 1) ===The hero is an important person who could be good.===
 * 2) ===He has a tragic flaw (often hubris).===
 * 3) ===Because of his flaw he does something that causes him to suffer a catastrophe.===
 * 4) ===The hero realizes that his fortune has reversed (bad, not good). He realizes it's all his fault. This is the reversal of fortune.===
 * 5) ===The audience feels pity for the hero and awe and terror at the power of the gods.===
 * Examples of stories that are tragic - or not
 * Answer questions.
 * Decide if the stories are tragic or not
 * Look at Oedipus story
 * Work on questions
 * Family tree questions?
 * ===Finish yellow Oedipus sheet===
 * ===Answer question sheet about Oedipus===
 * ===vocab warm-up===
 * ===start a list!===
 * ===1. fate, n. - the Greeks believed everyone had a destiny determined before birth. No one could escape the fate set for them.===
 * ===2. hubris, n. - more than pride, it implies that a person has overstepped the role set for them by gods. (The gods don't like that!)===
 * ===3. chorus, n. - a group of from 8 to 40 men who comment on the action of the tragedy. They usually say what the author wants the audience to feel.===
 * ===4. ode, n. - a piece of the story the chorus speaks in unison that comments on the unison.===
 * check out Oedipus
 * return other books!
 * ===have you finished the questions?===
 * ===start reading the play===
 * =vocab warm-up:=
 * =5. episode, n. - a piece of a bigger story. In a Greek tragedy episodes happen between the odes, the parts the chorus speaks. (//epi// means //around// in Greek. These pieces happen //around// the odes.)=
 * =6. dramatic irony - when the audience knows something the characters don't know. (Like ALL of Oedipus.)=
 * =7. vicarious, adj. - second hand, as an experience that someone else has and we see it and feel it even though we're not having that experience.=
 * =8. polytheism, n. - believing in multiple gods. Greeks were polytheists.=
 * =Look at translation of the play - your homework.=
 * =What did you come up with?=
 * =How did you decide?=
 * =Did it make a sensible story for you?=
 * =Look at next part of story.=
 * =Hand out //Oedipus// packet.=


 * =Start Episode I?=