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Happy Friday!. February 7, 2014. Learning Target: I can read scene 3 of Antigone and evaluate the argument of Creon and Haemon . Warm Up: Write a compound sentence about the weather using a FANBOY. Sentence Combining. Join the sentences by omitting a repeated subject.
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February 7, 2014 Learning Target: I can read scene 3 of Antigone and evaluate the argument of Creon and Haemon. Warm Up: Write a compound sentence about the weather using a FANBOY.
Sentence Combining • Join the sentences by omitting a repeated subject. • Jill’s friends ate her food. • They sprawled on her sofa. • They pretended to listen to what she said. • The fire raced through the abandoned warehouse. • The fire leveled it in an hour.
Sentence Combining • Try your skill at combining sentences, put each of the following groups of sentences into one. • The vote was close. • We waited anxiously for the results. • The archeologist searched for fossils. • They found none.
Antigone Scene 3 page 839 Read Scene 3 and look for the 2 sides of the argument. What is Haemon’s side of the argument? Find two specific points he makes to change Creon’s mind. What is Creon’s side? Find two specific points he makes to explain his position on killing Antigone. Mark the text evidence with a sticky note.
SAQ Who do you think provides the most logical support for his position about Antigone, Creon or Haemon? Support your answer with the 2 examples from the text. Remember to include: • A clear assertion that answers the question. • 2 pieces of text evidence with commentary. • A final sentence that adds insight to the assertion.
February 10, 2014 Learning Target: I can respond to the Scene 3 SAQ using the ACE and TIE strategies Warm Up: Try your skill at combining sentences, put each of the following groups of sentences into one. Traveling to Florida in the winter is expensive. I went there anyway. You can take his advice. The advice isn’t very good. You can figure out your own solution.
SAQ Who do you think provides the most logical support for his position about Antigone, Creon or Haemon? Support your answer with the 2 examples from the text. Remember to include: • A clear assertion that answers the question. • 2 pieces of text evidence with commentary. • A final sentence that adds insight to the assertion.
Commentary and Evidence “T” tag “We die forever. . .” Antigone proclaims to Ismene, as an example of Antigone’s strong moral beliefs. “I” introduce As an example of Creon’s stubborn pride that led to his downfall, he proclaims, “an enemy is an enemy, even dead.” “E” embed Antigone’s attitude toward her death “I have no wrong” shows her acceptance of all that has led to this point in the play.
Model SAQ – Assertion Commentary Evidence Paul is a boy who has grown accustomed to the lonely life he lives, but does not conform to high society’s unreasonable opinions. He feels “embarrassed” by the “sumptuousness” of the “white fur rugs and brocade chairs.” He thinks books that are “too valuable to be taken down” useless. His “sense of isolation” is not muted by the beauty of “gold baskets…crystal decanters…little dishes full of sweets…and branching candelabra.” The only comfort he finds from his “habit of solitude” is his “passion for the printed page.” Paul sadly realizes material things are no substitute for the love and affection every child needs.
February 11, 2014 Warm Up: Try your skill at combining sentences, put each of the following groups of sentences into one. The hunter scrambled onto the rock. He gently raised his rifle. He methodically adjusted the sights. Then he squeezed off a perfect shot. My brother often trails after me. He is younger. He is a pest. Learning Target: I can analyze an SAQ response and identify the assertion, commentary and evidence. I can revise the response to improve it.
Color Block the Scene 3 SAQ Underline the assertion in black. Underline your words in orange. Underline the text evidence in green. Choose the best response from your group and rewrite it to improve it.
Quick Write • If you knew you had only 24 hours before your death, what do you think your attitude would be? What would you do for that last 24 hours?
Sophocles’ Characterization • Chorus – Cautious, indecisive, discreet • Guard – More courage and less wisdom • Ismene – Passive and obedient • Haemon – Importance of Reasoning • Antigone – Uncompromising Realist • Creon – Petty and intolerant
Types of Rhetorical Appeals • Pathos • Eros • Logos
Pathos • Pathos appeals rely on emotions and feelings to persuade the audience • They are often direct, simple, and very powerful
Logos • Logos appeals” rely on the audience’s intelligence to persuade them. • Education causes audiences to be more skeptical of emotional arguments and more receptive to logos
Ethos • Ethos is a person’s credibility with a given audience. It can mean sincerity, authority, expertise, faithful, or any adjective that describes someone you can trust to do the right thing.
What is Rhetoric? • Aristotle defines rhetoric as: The faculty or ability to discover all available means of persuasion in a given situation. • Rhetoric is a type of formal reasoning that leads to truth. Rhetoric is what allows us to communicate these truths.