11-2 & 11-3: Due Friday, October 13

Read the remainder of Watley's translation of "Antigone"Post a comment on the discussion forum (I'll leave a question there for you)

11-1: Due Thursday, October 12

Read the remainder of Watley's translation of "Antigone"
Write an imitation of Larkin's "This Be the Verse"

11-2 & 11-3, Due Wednesday, October 11

1.  How does Larkin's poem resonate with  “Antigone”?  Post your comments on the forum—start a thread if there is none yet OR join one.

2.  Re-read/re-annotate the Watling (fhe first version you received) translation of the Chorus' first stasimon (p. 135-136).  The original Greek word used to describe man's "wondrous"[ness] is deinos, from which the word “dinosaur” derives, the root meaning terror or fear.  Things to think about:

 What does the first stasimon’s (also known as “The Ode to Man”) assertion that man is deinos imply?

Why is the chorus singing an "ode to man" at this moment in the action of the play?  What are they describing?

Why do we not have a word for deinos as it applies to modern man?  What differences might be drawn between Ancient Greek conceptions of man and that of modernity?

4 .  Finally, do a close comparative reading of the Chorus' first stasimon from the Watling translation (pg. 135-136) (scan attached) to the Fagles translation of the same stasimon (text attached--Note: you must first make an attempt to assemble the appropriate number of lines in order to better understand how writers can make use of enjambment)
The chart at the end of the handout is supposed to help you work your way through the long passage.  However, if you find that you have an easier way to organize your notes, use that.

11-1, Due Tuesday, October 10

Choose a passage from Fagles' translation and fill out the chart for comparing it to the Watling translation

• Read Philip Larkin's biography at:

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/176

• Then read out loud three times his poem, "This Be The Verse." I have given you this poem by Larkin in response to the frequent assertions on the forum that we should, of course, always be loyal to our families.  
• What is your gut response to this poem?  (1 paragraph)
• What is being said? (strong thinker’s version based on binary oppositions, one sentence)
• What is being said?  (weak thinker’s version based on multiple perspectives, one sentence)
• How does this poem resonate with  “Antigone”? (try this graphic organizer if you are having trouble making sense of what the relationships between the two texts might be)
  

http://writedesignonline.com/organizers/visualize.html

• Go to the forum and post a comment to the question that addresses “This Be The Verse” and “Antigone.”d
• Be certain to edit your work for the cross-discipline writing guidelines.
  

11-2 & 11-3, Due Friday, September 28

•Finish any work assigned to be completed during class time that you were not able to complete
• Read and annotate pages 133-149 of “Antigone.”
• Expect on quiz that focuses on the website “Introduction to Greek Tragedy” and the new “Antigone” excerpt

11-1, Due Thursday, September 28

•Write a 1-2 sentence response WITH YOUR PARTNER in which you determine, “what is being said” for the following passages from the introduction to “Antigone” as well as the text itself. Be certain to be as clear and logical as possible.  Take a look at slide #4 of today's PowerPoint for tips on how to get at the argument.

• Read and annotate pages 133-149 of “Antigone” according to the directions provided by "12 Ways to Annotate a Text."
• Review your Cornell notes from Tavian and Miecha’s presentation. In the margin, identify keywords and make connections to your understanding of the “Antigone” as a result of this new perspective.
• Expect on quiz that focuses exclusive on the website “Introduction to Greek Tragedy” and Section IV of the Introduction (pp.16-20)

11-3, Due Wednesday, September 27

• Read and ANNOTATE the new excerpt from “Antigone.” BE CERTAIN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERY LINE MEANS. Look up EVERY word whose meaning you cannot guess from context.
• Write a response to the question on slide 4 from today's PowerPoint. It should be approximately half a page.
• REVIEW the summary and the study guide
• Be prepared for an extensive test on the material, including voculary words.

  Christopher and Alycia: prepare a brief presentation on the differences in the concept of kingship in Ancient Greece and Modern Europe.

11-2, Due Wednesday, September 27

• Read and ANNOTATE the new excerpt from “Antigone.” BE CERTAIN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERY LINE MEANS. Look up EVERY word whose meaning you cannot guess from context.
• Write a response to the question on slide 4 from 11-3's PowerPoint. It should be approximately half a page.
• REVIEW the summary and the study guide
• Be prepared for an extensive test on the material, including voculary words.

11-1, Due Tuesday, September 26

• Review pages 10-12 of the “Antigone” study guide, annotating as you read.
• Get an introduction to Greek Tragedy by clicking here. Print up the pages and annotate it as directed by "12 ways to mark up a text." Expect a QUIZ on Monday on the contents of this page.
• Compare and contrast the Ammons “The City Limits” with the Chorus’ parodos in "Antigone," found on pages 129-130. (compare= similarities, contrast=differences). It is up to you what you choose to focus on but try to select something specific, e.g. use word choice, language use, metaphor, etc. 1 1/2 page minimum. No handwritten work and please pay careful attention to preposition choice.
• Download today's PowerPoint Slide and review. Answer the questions on the last slide for review at the beginning of class on Tuesday.
• Finally, Miecha and Tavian volunteered to present a brief presentation comparing and contrasting the concept of what it means to be a king in Ancient Greece and Modern Europe ("Modern," in the context of historical study, refers to and includes the French Revolution).

11-3, Due Monday, September 25:

A majority of students did not complete the assignment for today. Therefore, we will be behind. Let’s work on managing significant amounts of homework so that we never again have a day that is a “wash.”

• Please review the questions posed by your classmates (found in today's PowerPoint) and answer those you can now answer, having read and annotated the introduction and the synopses of “Oedipus” & “Oedipus at Colonus”
• Get an introduction to Greek Tragedy by clicking here. Expect a QUIZ on Monday on the contents of this page as well as on the introduction to the Theban Plays as well as the excerpt from “Antigone.”
  
• Compare and contrast the Ammons’ “The City Limits” with the Chorus’ parodos pages 129-130. (compare= similarities, contrast=differences). It is up to you what you choose to focus on but try to select something specific, e.g. use word choice, language use, metaphor, etc. 1 1/2 page minimum. No handwritten work.
  
• Review pages 10-12 of the “Antigone” Study guide. Print up the pages and annotate it as directed by "12 ways to mark up a text." Expect a QUIZ on Monday on the contents of this page.
  

11-2: Due Monday, September 25

• Please review the questions posed by your classmates (found in today's PowerPoint) and answer those you can now answer, having read and annotated the introduction and the synopses of “Oedipus” & “Oedipus at Colonus”
• Get an introduction to Greek Tragedy by clicking here. Expect a QUIZ on Monday on the contents of this page as well as on the introduction to the Theban Plays as well as the excerpt from “Antigone.”
  
• Compare and contrast the Ammons’ “The City Limits” with the Chorus’ parodos pages 129-130. (compare= similarities, contrast=differences). It is up to you what you choose to focus on but try to select something specific, e.g. use word choice, language use, metaphor, etc. 1 1/2 page minimum. No handwritten work.
  
• Review pages 10-12 of the “Antigone” Study guide. Print up the pages and annotate it as directed by "12 ways to mark up a text." Expect a QUIZ on Monday on the contents of this page.
  

11-1: Due Friday, Septtenber 22

• Having discussed your 3 bullets with a partner, reconsider your choices
• Map out the relations among your final 3 bullet choices as we did in class. Download 11-3's PowerPoint to see an example of mapping out ideas in a way that will help you discover the hidden relations between seemingly unrelated ideas.
• Combine your 3 bullets into ONE SENTENCE. Do not use “and” to connect separate ideas.
• Read and annotate (using the guidelines outlined in "12 Ways to Mark Up a Text")the “Antigone” excerpt , INCLUDING THE INTRODUCTION TO THE THEBAN TRILOGY

11-2 & 11-3, Due Thursday, September 21

• Click on this link to get more insight into the context in which Ammons wrote. The extra credit assignment is not obligatory.
• Carefully review the notes from our shared discussion about Ammons' argument in "The City Limits" and look for patterns, contradictions, and in particular, questions.
• Using our pooled observations of the poem from class notes, choose three different bullet points (one of which can be your own) and graphically organize the ideas so that you can discover the "hidden relations between seemingly unrelated things." Click here for 11-3's Sept 19 notes for an example of how to chart out the ideas in away that allows you to discover the relationships between ideas.
• Having better understood how your 3 bullets relate to one another (and likely discovering that some bullet points are identical or subsets of one of the other three, discarding the one that is the subset and choosing another), combine them into ONE coherent thesis, expressed in ONE sentence. The goal is to be a thinker comfortable with multiple perspectivs on one work. You can download today's Power Point in the archive.
• Also, read the excerpt from "Antigone" and annotate the text as directed in "Twelve Ways to Mark Up a Text."

11-1: Due Wednesday, September 20

Carefully reviewc the notes from our shared discussion about Ammons' argument in "The City Limits" and look for patterns, contradictions, and in particular, questions. Using your written assignment from Friday, September 15, choose three different perspectives (one of which can be your own) and combine them into ONE coherent argument. The goal is to be a thinker comfortable with multiple perspectivs on one work. You can download today's Power Point in the archive.

11-2: Due Tuesday, 9/19: (I am postponing the "Antigone" reading)

In one sentence: What is the argument of “The City Limits”?

11-3: Due Tuesday, 9/19: (I am postponing the "Antigone" reading)

Carefully review the notes from our shared discussion about Ammons' argument in "The City Limits" and look for patterns, contradictions, and in particular, questions. Using your written assignment from Friday, September 15, choose three different perspectives (one of which can be your own) and combine them into ONE coherent argument. The goal is to be a WEAK thinker. Look for overlaps between arguments and places where they seem to hinge together. The written work should be at least 2 pages.

11-2: Due Tuesday, 9/19: (I am postponing the "Antigone" reading)

In one sentence: What is the argument of “The City Limits”?

1. Pre-writing exercise prior to one sentence argument:

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  Provide an example of a 1 sentence argument that demonstrates “strong” thinking
• 
  Provide an example of a 1 sentence argument that demonstrates “selfish” thinking ( write a dialogue where the argument refuses to take into account ideas that challenge its argument)

2. Finally, provide an example of a 1 sentence argument that demonstrates “weak” thinking.

Some Tips for Weak Thinking:

• Develop 3 different arguments and try to combine at least two
• Should be a complex sentence
  Use words that force you to elaborate, make exceptions or conditions: “However,” “on other hand,” “concurrently,” “but,” etc.

3. Culminating Writing Assignment: What is the relationship between the title of the poem and the poem itself?
Tips:

• What are the different possible meanings of the title?
• Avoid simply arguing that “the radiance is powerful.”
• Ask the following questions: who? What? Where? When? Why? How? You may not be able to answer all of the questions but your answers should help you refine and narrow down your response.

11-1, Due Monday, 9/18: Read the excerpt from "Antigone." Mark it up (or don't) as you would any reading assignment.

Write a 1-page response to the following: what is the relationship between the title of the poem and the poem itself? Be sure to follow the directions on the HW site before you attempt to write a response.
Some leading questions if you are getting stuck:
What are the different ways we can interpret the title itself? How can we read it differently? Which reading do you think makes the most sense?
If the “light” or “radiance” seems similar to “God,” why isn’t Ammons talking about “God”? What are the differences between “the radiance” and most peoples’ notion of “God” or the “Divine”?

11-2, Due Friday, 9/15 : make vocabulary flashcards for the words APOTHEOSIS, PERUSE, EXTRAPOLATE

11-3, Due Friday, 9/15: Download and review class notes

Write a one-page response in which you discuss the relationship between the title of Ammons' poem ("City Limits") and the meaning of the poem itself. However, you should NOT write your response until you:

• review the class notes, particularly the grid "What is being said?"
• refine your one sentence that delivers Ammons' argument
• read the compiled list of "Most Important Lines." It may be a good idea to address those lines the class decided were "Most Important"
• Remind yourself of our discussion of space and Georg Simmel's quotation in mind when writing (you can click the quotation for a link to more information on Simmel):

  " . . . spatial relations are only the condition, on the one hand, and the symbol, on the other, of human relations. "

11-2 & 11-3: Due Wednesday, September 13

11-1: Due Thursday, September 14

DO NOT READ WHAT HAS BEEN EMAILED TO YOU. IT IS TOO LONG. HERE IS SOMETHING SHORTER.

Revised homework directions:

First, download the Study Guide for Sophocles' Antigone HERE.

• Read pages 10-12 (Adobe page count--actual pages in lower left hand corner are 1-3). Choose 10 facts from these pages that you think MAY be helpful to your understanding the of the play "Antigone." Write them down and then rank them in order of importance. This last step is crucial.
• Read through to page 16 (stopping at "Themes).