When rising action reaches a high point, or climax, the reader is at the highest. Whether youre studying hamlet or hunger games, well make sure you get the big idea. There you will find a comprehensive list of integrated reading, writing, and other communication arts activities. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of antigone and what it means. Best known for her unforgettable characters as kate obrien, allyjackie and jordan sullivan in the television series the drew carey show, undateable and scrubs, respectively, the american actress christa miller has gone a long way in terms of achieving career success for herself. Antigone wants to bury polyneices body, in defiance of creons edict. How is this similar or different from how they are perceived by others. Themes from antigone that other books and movies have in com. As with other great texts and much of classical literature, there is a wealth of information readily available on the antigone, which can be tempting material to. Power notes, collection 10elements of elizabethan drama, ppt.
Teaching theatre, teaching reading, teaching ideas, 10th grade english, high school english, teaching literature, world literature, best teacher, teacher. A literal age old argument that has sparked intelligent conversation since the bc era is still as potent as ever in sophocles greek tragedy, antigone. Overview in the battle for the throne of thebes, antigone s brother eteocles has died defending the city, while her brother polyneices has died attacking it. Antigone picks up in the same uberdismal place that oedipus at colonus leaves off. Even before i started to read this slim little book, i noticed what a piece of art it was. Antigone enotes lesson plan for grade 10, tenth grade, 10th grade, elementary, grade 11, eleventh grade, 11th grade, grade 12, twelfth grade, 12th grade, grade 9, ninth. I think this begins with creon discovering that antigone has buried polyneices. Resources for using literature circles in your classroom. Find links to help you with your research projects, explore the literature and history of different cultures, use interactive study aids, or get your own writing publishedall within.
Antigone study guide from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. Warned by the seer teiresias creon repents him and hurries to release antigone from her rocky prison. Choose from 500 different sets of grade 10 english literature story flashcards on quizlet. Please understand that response times may not be up to our usual standard. Oedipus the king and antigone ubd by heather patillo and amy thomson stage 1 desired results established goals e.
Antigone refuses and bids ismene to go back to bed. In this lesson, well analyze the climax of the play antigone and see how. At grade 10, in addition to regular classroom reading, read a wide variety of classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information. A popular misconception is that the character antigone must be. In literature, we call this the climax, also known as the turning point. Examining the different elements of a piece of literature is not. Antigone, which comes last chronologically, was the play sophocles wrote first, around 440 b.
Biography, education and career of christa miller american television comedy actress. How to write a literary analysis essay the purpose of a literary analysis essay is to carefully examine and sometimes evaluate a work of literature or an aspect of a work of literature. The language of literature classzone is your gateway to the literature and authors featured in your textbook. What function does offstage action have in antigone. The student will apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret. Popular 10th grade books shelf goodreads share book. To make this quintessential greek drama more accessible to the modern reader, this prestwick house literary touchstone edition includes a glossary of difficult terms.
Language and writers craft semicolons and colons 4. As with any analysis, this requires you to break the subject down into its component parts. Breaking bad is a tv show about a high school chemistry teacher that needed money and started his own crystal. Study flashcards on abeka grade 10 world literature semester exam test 9 at. The suggested titles section contains some of the titles i use, but let your students and your curriculum be the guide to selecting books for literature circles. Antigone considers the suffering she has endured as the result of the centuriesold curse on her family, and then tells ismene of its latest manifestation. Struggling to understand a literature assignment in school. Every book on your english syllabus summed up in a quote from the office. Over 104,800 literature trivia questions to answer. Cyup, this play actually came before oedipus the king and oedipus at colonus. Why, for example, does sophocles sometimes have messengers describe actions that have occurred rather than portraying events directly. Study flashcards on abeka grade 10 world literature test 9 at. Holt mcdougal, a division of houghton mifflin harcourt, 2010.
Unit design based on 8 unitsyear, 4semester in a 2 semester course unit title how tragic. Ask and answer questions about the novel or view study guides, literature essays and more. His long life spanned the rise and decline of the athenian empire. Selections will include the core works as well as other recommended fulllength works and selections from the anthology. The characters whose names appear on almost every page and the characters whose actions the story revolves around. Barraug books and curriculumhigh school teaching ideas. Antigone, the moral heroine a literature guide for homeschool. Antigone and creon are both championing what is right, but they define rightness through different sets of values. I had to read this book for my literature class an it was one of my favorite texts all year. Buy literature, grade 10 by janet allen, arthur n applebee, jim burke online at alibris. Learn about sophocles antigone and how it explored the topics of civil disobedience, fidelity, and citizenship. Popular 9th grade english books goodreads share book. Antigone essay in any story or piece of literature, there will always be the main characters to fill the pages with incessant adventure. Antigone sneaks in and the nurse appears and asks where she has been.
Development of these skills is outlined in the lesson plans book, located in the literacy resourcebinder. Key elements include the moments of reversal and recognition. However, we are still able to take orders for books placed over the phone from 114, 7 days a week, and via our online store. Antigone, daughter of oedipus, the late king of thebes, in defiance of creon who rules in his stead, resolves to bury her brother polyneices, slain in his attack on thebes. Ms grade 6 language arts 1 through esol the school district of. Prentice hall literature, the penguin edition, grade 10. Literature, grade 10 by janet allen, arthur n applebee, jim.
Literary devices enrich our reading experiences by creating depth and meaning in a story. Wylie isd approved novel list for whole group instruction. To kill a mockingbird by harper lee, animal farm by george orwell, the odyssey by homer, romeo and juliet by william. Creon, the king of thebes, has sworn that although eteocles has been given a soldiers funeral, polyneices body will remain unburied. Antigone was performed sometime around the year 441 b. Shown above his how your works cited page should look for your antigone essay. And it has all the hallmarks of an ambitious young authors work. Ninth grade students in cp and ep read two required books. The worlds largest collection of literature trivia quizzes. Suddenly ismene enters, also asking where antigone has been. Antigone is a strange case because the movementofspirit arguably comes from two directions. English ii literature the study of literature in the 10th grade continues to focus on significant works of world literature traditional, contemporary, and multicultural. And that is why i wanted you to come out here with me.
Holt mcdougal literature texas discussion and chapter questions and find literature, grade 10. Literature study guides and chapter summaries archives. Festival avignontragic heroliterary genreliterary charactersgreek tragedygreek and. She is caught in the act by creons watchmen and brought before the king. Study of the play antigone, a classical dramatic work written by sophocles. The play begins with a conversation between antigone and her sister ismene, daughters of the former ruler of the greek city of thebes and nieces to its current ruler. Miami 201220 1 division of language arts reading grade 10 ela exemplar lesson teacher copy quarter 1, week 7. Overview in the battle for the throne of thebes, antigones brother eteocles has died defending the city, while her brother polyneices has died attacking it. Check out the professional resources for more background information and research on the effectiveness of using literature circles in your classroom. Grade 10 ela exemplar lesson teacher copy quarter 1, week 7.
Coursegrade level 10th grade englishlanguage arts or 10th grade world literature subjecttopic areas dramatic literature, classical tragedy, content vocabulary related to classical tragedy, tragic hero, theme, diction, imagery, structure. Find links to help you with your research projects, explore the literature and history of different cultures, use interactive study aids, or get your own writing publishedall within classzone. Complete the chart with information in the reading. Remember that a works cited page is the last page of your essay. In the opening of the play, antigone brings ismene outside the city gates late at night for a secret meeting. Welcome to the litcharts study guide on sophocless antigone.
Learn grade 10 english literature story with free interactive flashcards. In this lesson, well analyze the climax of the play antigone and see how this literary device creates tension and drama. She is a sister of polynices, eteocles, and ismene. The courses bitesized lessons and interactive quizzes can help students quickly get ready for upcoming english. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Antigone and ismene are the sisters of the dead brothers, and they are now the last children of the illfated oedipus. How do the plays main characters creon, antigone, ismene see themselves. The action in antigone is preserve rightness and order in thebes. How to pronounce the characters names high school classroom, english classroom, 10th grade. Welcome to the language of literature, grade 10 the language of literature classzone is your gateway to the literature and authors featured in your textbook. However, students who read five or more years below their expected grade level take one period every day of direct instruction in reading and decoding which is a noncredit course and one period every day of english for which they earn one credit for the year. This tv show showed loyalty, brave and caringloving. The most comprehensive, accurate, and useful guides to classic and contemporary lit on the internet.
Sophocles wrote his plays within an understood set of literary conventions and constraints, but also. Holt mcdougal literature texas study guide questions and answers. Ismene declares that they cannot bury polynices and that she must understand creons intentions. Created by the original team behind sparknotes, litcharts are the worlds best literature guides. Antigone enotes lesson plan our enotes comprehensive. John paul ii chs english ii standards, which are mostly based on ncte standards and the english ii teks. Students read antigone, their first exposure to the genre of greek tragedy, and explore the conflict between loyalty to family and to country. Grade 10 ela exemplar lesson teacher copy quarter 1, week 8. Finished the required reading, but still not sure what you read, what it meant, or how it relates to other readings and concepts. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. The daughter of oedipus and jocasta, antigone is an unconventional heroine. Since the plays origin, there has always been a tossup as to who the true tragic hero, or protagonist, is. Grade 10 ela exemplar lesson teacher copy quarter 1.
Dillon harms rafael martinez marino guzman rebellious to do something you know is not right and against the law. Students read extensively and intensively for different purposes from various genres. Student questions reference the edition quoted in the front cover dover thrift edition, republished from a 1906 translation by sir george young. Unit design based on 8 unitsyear, 4semester in a 2. The meaning of the name is, as in the case of the masculine equivalent antigonus, worthy of ones parents or in place of ones parents. Abeka grade 10 world literature semester exam test 9.
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