Week of April 13-17

NC Curriculum Standards for the Week

• 7.A.1.1- Analyze plays in terms of theme, characters, conflict, and dialogue

• 7.CU.1-Analyze theatre in terms of the social, historicall, and cultural contexts in which it was created.

• 8.A.1.1- Analyze plays in terms of theme, characters, conflict, dialogue, mood, and atmosphere.

• 8.CU.1-Analyze theatre in terms of the social, historicall, and cultural contexts in which it was created.

What We Are Learning

• Monday(A)- Greek Playwrights

• Tuesday(B)- Oedipus Rex

• Wednesday(A)- Aristotle

• Thursday(B)-Oedipus Rex

• Friday(A)- Asian Theatre

Academic Vocabulary

• Pestilence

• Oracle

• Regicide

• Prophecy

• Accursed

• Plot

• Character

• Theme

• Language

• Rhythm 

• Spectacle

Assignments

• Monday- Satire vs Satyr

• Tuesday- Oedipus Rex Context

• Wednesday- Aristotle Elements of a Play

• Thursday- Oedipus Rex Reading Questions

• Friday- Asian Hierarchy Diagram