E9+-+March+5+-+9

=Monday, March 5=
 * Greek Drama vocab
 * definition of a tragedy - 5 parts
 * start reading Oedipus allowed in class

=Tuesday, March 6=


 * look model of Greek theater
 * look at answers to Delphic Oracle questions
 * quiz on yesterday's reading
 * keep reading the play.

=Wednesday, March 7=
 * =====warm-up: Oedipus was raised by Polybus, the king of Corinth.=====
 * =====A drunken man at a party told Oedipus he was not the king's son.=====
 * =====Oedipus went to the Oracle at Delphi to demand an answer.=====
 * =====He asked the Oracle if Polybus was his father.=====
 * =====The Oracle's answer was that Oedipus would kill his father.=====
 * =====Oedipus was horrified, so he left Corinth to keep this from happening.=====
 * =====On the road, of course, he ended up killing the man who actually was his father. (Oops.)=====
 * =====SO -- If you could ask any question of the great Oracle at Delphi, what would you ask?=====
 * C-notes while reading
 * read the play - continue the fight between Oedipus and Teiresias
 * on to the fight between Oedipus and Creon

=Thursday, March 8=
 * warm-up:
 * ======Vicarious means a type of experience you haven't had yourself,======
 * ======but have experienced by living through it with another person.======
 * =====You can experience a sports event vicariously=====
 * =====when someone describes it to you in detail.=====
 * You can experience a bungee jump vicariously
 * when you watch a narrated video with footage
 * taken from someone's helmet as they fell.
 * =====Has anyone had a vicarious experience=====
 * =====through a description from you?=====
 * ======Describe someone having a vicarious experience======
 * ======because of an action you have taken.======
 * Worksheet on heroes
 * work with a partner for ideas
 * Read the play

=Friday, March 9= >> >> Oedipus hears that Polybus isn’t his father. >> Oedipus asks the Oracle at Delphi if Polybus is his father, but he gets an answer that isn’t direct. >> Oedipus kills some old guy (!) on the road. >> Oedipus answers the Sphinx’s question. >> Oedipus becomes the king. >> Oedipus worries because all his people, crops, and animals are suffering.
 * draw a picture of a significant scene from Oedipus
 * Exciting scenes from Oedipus, so far:
 * read the play