September 19, 2016 - September 23, 2016 Weekly Agenda for A.P. English












Monday, September 19th:
Discussion of Sophocles' OEDIPUS REX
Divide into groups of three in a competition to see who can most quickly and correctly produce the following information:
Six lines from OEDIPUS REX which illustrate the following:
1. Foreshadowing
2. Conflict
3. Characterization
4. Behavior
5. Exposition
6. Sage advice
7. Irony
Discussion:
Irony, Reversals, Recognition, Signs and symbols

Class Notes from Monday, September 19th:


Jorge answered the question "what is Deus ex Machina?":
Deus ex Machina: Latin for “machines of the gods”
Brief discussion of the end of Oedipus Rex
Pages 55 – 78
Reversal
Irony
Character
Behavior
Plot

Break into teams of three to find lines, which exemplify the following:
Foreshadowing
Conflict
Character’s personality
Character’s behavior
Events from the past
Sage Advice
Irony

Oedipus:
Again,
The pain of the spikes where I had sight,
The flooding pain
Of memory, never to be gouged out.

Choragos:
This is not strange.
You suffer it all twice over, remorse in pain,
Pain in remorse.

Sage advice: wise advice
Sage can be a noun. A very wise person is a sage.
Sage can also an adjective, which  means it is describing something as being wise.

Foreshadowing:
Luis, Salma, Samantha
Page 60
Shepherd: “He does not know…he is only trouble.”

Conflict:
Alexandria, Laszlo, and Christopher:
The conflict between the messenger and the shepherd and Oedipus. The shepherd does not want to tell the truth for fear of the magnitude of the truth – he might die as a result of saying the truth.

Personality:
Courtney, Dylan, and Andres:
Page 76, Oedipus’ personality is revealed when he is speaking words of wisdom to his daughters.

Conflict:
Jonathan, Lela, Nuria:
Page 59:
“Damn you, hold your tongue!”

Brice, Briana, Adamaris:
Character:
In the previous pages, Oedipus was acting like a bully until he realized the truth – that he is indeed the cursed one who brought famine and pestilence to Thebes.

Irony:
Christian, Eme, Karina

Collect the class work tomorrow.

Tuesday, September 20th: 

 Break into teams of three and find five examples of the following from Oedipus Rex:
Metaphor, Personification, Simile, Imagery, Irony.
Identify who is saying it
To whom is it being said
The quotation
To what purpose or effect is the figurative language being used?
In metaphor, personification, and simile, what is being compared to what?
In irony, why is it ironic, and what type of irony is it – situational, verbal, or dramatic?

Homework:
How does OEDIPUS REX satisfy Aristotle's standards for great tragedy as outlined in his Poetics?
Write an essay which demonstrates how OEDIPUS REX satisfies the criteria set forth by Aristotle in The Poetics?  This would include reversals, recognitions, signs and symbols, etc.
Remember that diction or speech is an important component of great tragedy. Aristotle believed that the language must be elevated.  You might want to use the graph you worked on today to include as evidence that Sophocles used elevated language in his tragedy, OEDIPUS REX. 
This will be due on Wednesday, September 21st.


Wednesday, September 21st: 

Please turn in your essay, “Oedipus Rex and Aristotle’s Poetics”.
Today you will be working on your first in class free response essay.

The prompt is:



According  to Northrop Frye, “Tragic heroes are so much the lightest points in their human landscape that they seem the inevitable conductors of the power about them, great trees more likely to be struck by lightning than a clump of grass. Conductors may of course be instruments as well as victims of the divisive lightning.” Select a novel or a play in which a tragic figure functions as an instrument of the suffering of others. Then write an essay in which you can explain how the suffering brought upon others by that figure contributes to the tragic vision of the work as a whole.


This will be due at the end of the period.

For tonight: Please read PERRINE'S LITERATURE, chapter seven: "Humor and Irony"; pages 337 - 342 will be  assigned. Please outline the pages. It will be due on Thursday.

For Thursday, please bring your Perrine’s Literature to class. Frank O'Connor's "The Drunkard" will be assigned. Please answer questions 1- 8 at the end of the short story. This will be due on Monday, September 26th.


Thursday, September 22nd: 
Please bring PERRINE'S LITERATURE today. Frank O'Connor's "The Drunkard" will be assigned. Please answer questions 1- 8 at the end of the short story. This will be due on Monday, September 26th.

For tomorrow, please turn in your Oedipus' Figurative Language Chart (the one you worked on in Tuesday's class in preparation  for the Oedipus and Aristotle's Poetics Essay. 



Irony: Situational, Dramatic, Verbal

Break into groups of three and create a scene using the three ironies.

Situational: the discrepancy between what is expected and what actually occurs.

Dramatic Irony: when a character does not know an important bit of information but the audience or readers and another character or characters do.
Verbal Irony: closely allied with sarcasm, with the difference is that with sarcasm, the purpose may be to hurt or humiliate the recipient. With verbal irony, the purpose is to mislead the recipient.

Tomorrow, we will have two or three groups demonstrate their scenes. Everyone will turn in their short scenes demonstrating irony.

Tips on How to Write an  Analytical Essay
Try to write in the style that the literary piece is written in.
Please do not use too many pronouns!!!!! Be sure that you include the name of the character and that it is clear to whom the pronoun(s) are referring.
Combine sentences!
Do not use a pronoun immediately after the name. For example, Anne Bradstreet she wrote the poem……
Combine sentences. Use adjective clauses, adverbial clauses, and appositives.
Vary the sentence lengths. Mix it up – complex sentences, compound sentences, compound-complex sentences, and simple sentences. Use the simple sentence for a special punch for  the final point-making conclusion. The shortness of the simple sentence in juxtaposition with the long sentences will make your point stand out in high relief.

Friday, September 23rd:
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Work on the Ironic Scenes today.
Presentations of the Ironic Scenes:

Kaitlyn, Julia, Andres
Ugly Shirt – verbal
Grades on test – situational
Stealing chips – dramatic

Anthony Cruz, Surmier, Dylan
Surmier takes money out of Cruz’s pocket – dramatic
Cruz now doesn’t have money to pay back Dylan
Surmier gives money to Dylan – situational
Dylan bought expensive watch but says he doesn’t have a dollar to give Cruz – verbal

Nuria, Jonathan
Jonathan misleads Grandmother to think that Mom is making a home cooked meal for him – verbal
When he gets home, the house is a mess, there is only pizza for dinner, and Mom has not been looking for a job – situational
*Witty repartee at the end between Mom and Son

On Monday, please bring Perrine’s Literature to class.  We will go over Frank O’Connor’s “The Drunkard” and questions.






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