Week 5 (September 30 - October 3)

We are starting our unit on the play, Oedipus the King by Sophocles this week.


Assignments for this week:


Monday/Tuesday (Sept. 29 and 30):
1. College Essay Rough Draft due
2. Activity: Peer Review
3. Notebook pages 30/31 = Big Ideas/Unit 2: Oedipus the King by Sophocles
4. Start work on definitions on Greek Terms handout (pages 32 and 33 in notebook)

HW:
1. Read "Critical Casebook: Sophocles" (put on page 35 in notebook)...Quiz over this material next class period.
2. On page 34 of notebook, make a list of important terms from "Critical Casebook: Sophocles"
3. College Essay Revision...due next Mon/Tue (10/6 and 10/7).

Wednesday/Thursday (Oct. 1 and 2):
1. Quiz on Greek Drama (information on "Critical Casebook: Sophocles")
2. Warm-up (page 36 in notebook): Is it important to always know the truth? Explain...
3. Start reading Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave"(page 37 in notebook)...identify what you understand and don't understand.
3. Process (page 36): Using details from the text, illustrate the "allegory of the cave."

HW:
1. Reread "The Allegory of the Cave"...due next class period.
2. Work on the Process for "The Allegory of the Cave"...due next class period.
3. Work on any Literary Device papers...due Friday.

Friday (Oct. 3):
1. Discuss Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave"...questions, misunderstandings, meaning/significance?
2. Continue work on Greek Terms handout.

HW:
1. REMEMBER: College Essay Revision due Mon/Tue.
2. Keep working on Greek Terms, p. 36 Process, Lit. Devices