Respond in a well-organized paragraph – include a clear statement of your position on the statement, and give reasons, examples and anecdotes to support your view. Make sure all sentences stick to your position.

READ UP ON DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY – WE WILL BE READING THE INFERNO

http://www.shmoop.com/inferno/

http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/eng251/dante.html

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/DivineCom.html

DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321)

THE DIVINE COMEDY

Read carefully Canto 1, 3, 5 and 34. Read and summarize.

In your group, divide the remaining Cantos and read summaries or combine reading the text and summaries,  put your name on the summaries that you did and hand in with the rest of your group. These are due Monday,

Then your group will create their own version of the Inferno as a powerpoint, drawing, enactment, make your version with modern sins and indiscretions

Check this out:

http://www.dantesinferno.com/us/poem

Add a post to your blog called “My Life So Far”.

Write a poem , in  any style that describes either your life or a teen’s life so far.

Make Sure you make a category for your post called Poetry or Poems

See the full PicLit at PicLits.com

No due date – this is part of your blog portfolio and end of year grade.

Siddhartha guide

SIDDHARTHA
The Research

1.    Read Siddhartha and understand the sequence of the story.
Having trouble while you read? Try this:
http://www.shmoop.com/siddhartha/
2. Investigate the origins of Hinduism and of Buddhist philosophy and how it applies to   Siddhartha’s life.
3. Reflect on your own life and your developmental stages and then project yourself into the future extrapolating what might ensue.
Resources

Hermann Hesse and Siddhartha

http://www.aasianst.org/EAA/Siddhartha.htm
:  A good collection of essays concerning Siddhartha

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GLOSSARY/ATMAN.HTM
:A glossary that will give you a good definition of Atman

http://www.modernbuddhism.com/a-whoisbuddha.htm :  Background on Buddha

http://www.easternreligions.com/hframe.html :  Background on Hinduism

Life and times of Siddhartha Gautama http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/tshinseki/sidd.html

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/BUDDHISM/SIDD.HTM

Siddhartha’s Journey:  http://www.imsa.edu/~trasched/siddhartha/

Links for underestanding Siddhartha: http://www.gss.ucsb.edu/projects/hesse/works/sidd.html

Online searchable text of Siddhartha:  http://www.online-literature.com/hesse/siddhartha/

Background on Hesse and his life:  http://www.hermann-hesse.com/

http://museum.oglethorpe.edu/Hesse.htm

Information on the culture of India:  http://www.geographia.com/india/

http://www.indianchild.com/culture%20_1.htm

YOU CAN GET A COPY OF YOUR ASSIGNMENT UNDER PROJECTS

1. Who is Hermann Hesse?
2. What were the social conditions that existed in India which lead Siddhartha on his journey?
3. What were the chronological steps that Siddhartha took to reach Nirvana?
4. What were the philosophical steps that allowed Siddhartha to reach Nirvana?
5. How is your life like/unlike Siddhartha’s
6. What are the chronological steps that you have taken to develop to where you are today?
7. What are the philosophical steps that have helped shape your life?
8. What are the social conditions in your life that have influenced your development?

Please read info at these links and write a three paragraph response to the play in the comment section of this post.

Be able to discuss dramatic irony, role of the chorus, and is Oedipus a victim of fate?

Due Tuesday, Oct. 5.

Summary

Interesting Info

Role of the chorus.

The Greek tragedies Agamemnon and Oedipus Rex both make use of a group of characters called the “chorus” to forward the action of the plays, to garner sympathy for the heroes of the plays, and to draw the audience in, even if the audience is already aware of the outcomes of the stories. There are some differences between the specific uses of the chorus in these two plays, but the overall purpose of the groups in the two plays is the same.

In Oedipus, the chorus functions almost entirely as a normal character in the drama of the play, responding to others in the story, reacting to the action, and behaving in a fairly standard manner. The chorus also recounts what is happening in the plot by means of the “strophe/ antistrophe” verses, which could have been sung or spoken by the chorus. Further, the chorus is the “soul prophetic” of the play, foreshadowing the doom that is to befall Oedipus with doubts and desperately hoping that the prophecies are untrue. The chorus in Oedipus Rex has a more important role, however: to generate sympathy in the audience for Oedipus’s situation. When the truth is uncovered about Oedipus’s true identity, the chorus cries out in woe for him, and pities him greatly as he is banished by his own decree.

The chorus plays a similar but much larger role in Agamemnon than in Oedipus. The chorus has over half of the lines in the play, most of which deal with the voyage to, and the fall of Troy. The chorus recounts the fantastic and dangerous journey, telling the audience what has already come to pass. between lengthy narratives, the chorus also interacts with Clytemnestra, who they regard with a terrified loathing. As in Oedipus, the chorus garners sympathy for Agamemnon and for Cassandra, but the chorus in Agamemnon is responsible for almost the entire action of the play- the past.

In both plays, the chorus keeps the audience or reader intrigued with their ironic hope. In Oedipus, the chorus hopes that the terrible truth of Oedipus’s life is erroneous, and in Agamemnon, when the chorus waits outside the palace while Clytemnestra is killing Cassandra and Oedipus, they hope that the screams they hear from inside are not screams of death. They add an almost humorous element to this tragic moment by being totally unable to take any action on their own, doomed only to tell the tales of others.

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN DATE FOR REVIEWS IS FRIDAY

MONDAY – we begin with Oedipus

TUESDAY – we continue Oedipus

WEDNESDAY – we read

THURSDAY – we blog, write, catch up

FRIDAY – debate topics, activism blogs, Craig Keilburger

WRITE A REPORT ON SOPHOCLES AND GREEK THEATER.
Due Fri.Sept. 25.

1. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
2. HIS IMPORTANCE
3. LIST HIS IMPORTANT PLAYS WITH A BRIEF PLOT SUMMARY

Use three sources, minimum of 4 paragraphs – don’t forget to use quotations for words that are not your own.

A PLAGIARIZED PAPER WILL RECEIVE AN F

http://www.online-literature.com/sophocles/

http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc1.htm

Watch these videos:

FIRST JOURNAL RESPONSE DONE TODAY SEPT 14.
SEE YOUR GRADES FOR MISSING WORK

Make a list of debate topics – keep it in your binder.

Make your classroom blog – wait to make your second blog.

Do you have a book you’ve been reading??? A MOVIE TO REPORT ON?

Check your project page for the details of your world myth research.

Your signed syllabus was due Tuesday  it is now late.

Your credo, a list of your beliefs, is due Sept. 14.

Your first book and movie reviews are due at the end of September.