February 24 - Oedipus the King

This week we will finish reading Oedipus the King in class.  The end test worth 60 POINTS will be on Monday, March 3.  Below is a list of the information needed in order for you to prepare for the test.  The previous blog entry does have study guides and other links for your review. 

The test consists of true/false questions, multiple choice questions, character identification section (matching), quote analysis section, the Greek Theater background section (fill-in the blank), and a short essay question on Greek drama and Greek masks.  STUDY!

Know the following characters:

The Priest

Oedipus

Polybus

Merope

Creon                         

Jocasta            

Teiresias

King Laius                             

Antigone                    

First Messenger

Second Messenger                 

Oedipus                                  

Herdsman/Shepherd              

Understand the setting, plot and themes: 

What happens?  Why?  Where does it all happen?  What do we learn? How do the characters behave?  How does the play fit into a tragedy?  What themes are found in the play? 

Understand Greek Drama and Theater Masks:

Review the PowerPoints – Know EVERYTHING listed on the Greek Theater PowerPoint and know EVERYTHING listed on the Greek Masks PowerPoint.

Oedipus the King

UPDATE FOR 9 CP-A:   Due to the recent snow days, your vocabulary Unit 4 Test will be on Friday, February 21!




We will begin doing a dramatic reading of Oedipus the King in class during the week of February 3.  If you are absent from class, you will be responsible to do the reading on your own.  The websites below may be very helpful to you as we discuss Greek Theater and Oedipus.  I have also included a link for an audiobook of Oedipus.  You will have in-class writings, quizzes, and a final test on Oedipus and the Greek Theater background information.  Those test dates will be announced in class.  Bring in a notebook to class each day during this unit.  Taking notes as we are reading will be very helpful.

Unit 4 Vocabulary Test will be on Friday, February 14.  Prepare by working on the Unit 4 exercises over the next two weeks.   *Advance notice:  Unit 5 Vocabulary test will be on Friday, February 28. 

Oedipus 

Greek Theater Glossary

http://www.whitman.edu/theatre/theatretour/glossary/glossary.htm

Study Guides – Oedipus

http://www.temple.edu/classics/oedipus/index.html

http://northandoverpublicschools.com/faculty/DowneyM/OedipusRexSG.pdf 

Oedipus - Background Animated Movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX34LKPOMxs

Oedipus Audiobook:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9WOQT7qD7w

Review Game(s):
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/oedipus/oedipusindex.htm