Monday/Tuesday:
In small groups, students will look for important quotes. Write them down, then decide what is important about them. Students should know the names of major characters, plots, and themes.
Groups:
Old Testament/Koran
Arabian Nights
Agamemnon
Medea
Brave New World
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest
Sonnets and other Poems
Identify important themes like:
- Free Will
- Hubris / the Over-Reacher
- Anti-Hero
- Scapegoat
- Vengeance v. Reconciliation
- Justice
- Guest-Host relationship
- Respecting and paying homage to God or the gods
- Burial rituals / Libations
- Double-standards (based upon sexism or racism--found in Greeks, Shakespeare, and in "October Island.")
- Role of imperialism
- Fatal flaw
- Tribal v. State law
- Order v. Chaos
- Parent/Child relationships
- War
- Exile
- Death
- Rebirth symbols--fire & water especially
- Unreliable narrator
- Courtly Love
- Romantic Love
- Sibling relationships
- Married relationships
- Reason v. Emotions
- Rational v. Irrational
- Friends
- Loyalty
- Honor
- Hierarchies These are just a few things that come to mind. I will put more on this page as I think of more.
Wednesday:
Summarize what we have done. Is anyone up for a vocabulary review? Remember, your "classical roots" words at the ends of the units are off the table.
