9-2+Class+Notes

=9-2 Class Notes (students take turns summarizing class activities)=

GUESS WHAT WE DID TODAY?!!

Jan 6 09
Weeee... Read quotes and discussed them. review our exams looked at the WIKwiki and discussed our new chapter WOOOHOOO : D

Jan 7 09
Antigone history Graham Will Sophocles Daniel Tyler Aristotle- Simone liz Matt Anne Definitions Ryan Mike Erika Greek tragidies Jeo Kari

**Jan 8 09**
watched video on Poetry Out Loud Tyler, Mike, Daniel, Erika and Simone acted out //Trifles//

**Jan 12 09'**
Work on projects with group and go over SAT vocab. Practice poems with a partner. Went over comparison/contrast paper Learning vocab words

intended for performance...highly emotional Tragedy: event resulting in great loss or fortune, drama in which a protagonist is overcome by force serious, always has main character...hero usually given gifted abilities... Comedy: light and humorous, happy ending comic incident or series of incidents...made popular by the Greeks...usually used to make fun of politics/Athens democratic society farce: wildly humorous play that over emphasizes situation or plot more than characters... melodrama: a serious drama with a trivial theme...conflict is usally between good and iviil, excitement comes through physical action
 * drama**: erika, mike ryan

ideas:offers entertainment....based on human suffering...famous Greek Writers/ aeschylus was founder of tragedy-- Famous tragedy: Oedipus, Agamemnon, Ajax,
 * Greek Tragedy** Karianne Joe

background: 300 BC, wrote many books, rules of logic, the soul, Poetics...taught by plato...taught alex the great...find truth by observation...invented rules of logic, influenced much philosophy and science, 6 elements of drama: plot, theme, character, diction, language& dialogue,music and rhythm, spectacle quotes by aristotle...
 * Aristotle** Anne Liz Simone Matt

born 496 in small rural village, actor and writer wrote tragedy and Satyr famous, laty play took place in Colonus--123 plays
 * Sophocles Dan and Tyler**

oedipus is father of antigone, oracle prophesies that he will kill father... does kill his father...make him king of Thebes....but he marries his mother....and have four children mother kills herself..., gouges out his eyes...and antigone, his daughter, leads him away, he dies antigone written in time of war and national fervor, has to do with war Sophocles was appointed a general, doesn't talk about politics in play
 * Antigone** Graham and Will

Jan 22
Recite Poem: Poetry Out Loud! Work on comp/contrast paper

Jan 30
Began work on one-act play, took notes on drama

Feb 2
Talk about writing a play Choose partners for the play - Need a conflict o Man vs. Man o Man vs. Himself o Man vs. Nature - Need a plot - Need a setting - What is the difference between a one act play and a three act play o One act play has one act in one setting § One conflict that gets resolved § Holds in one place § No more than four major characters o Three act play you have three settings § Has three settings o Exposition § Describes what going to happen in the upcoming stories
 * __Aristotle__**

Victorian period overall: - Victorian England was a period of great wealth, power, and culture - It was a time when they wanted people to be respectful and proper - Romantic and Neoclassical arts were created - Queen Victoria was the ruler. - Science and technology § Sewing machine § Invented cameras: Louis Doguir and William henry foxtower. § Public flushing toilet § Typewriter § Telephone § Movies § X-rays - Christian religion very strong A woman’s place 1. Large contrast between rich and poor women 2. Most apparent difference was clothes a. Rich- had elegant clothes b. Poor- whatever they could find 3. Qualities women should have a. Innocent b. Ignorant of intellectual opinion i. Not able to have their own opinions c. Career was just to be a wife and mother i. Made the home have an atmosphere that was good for the man after he comes home from work. ii. Have many kids d. Expected to i. Learn foreign languages ii. Sing iii. Play an instrument Men 1. Kept mistresses a. Women were expected to deal with it b. If women had an affair, it’d be a really big deal and she’d be rejected from society. Free time -Not that different from today 1. Piano, sing 2. Parties and dance 3. Play sports (men) 4. Read and write 5. Watch plays and operas a. Some were in plays 6. Almost every middle-aged man smoked cigars 7. Fairs were very popular Etiquette 1. Basic rules of etiquette for everyone a. Learn to govern yourself and be gentle and patient b. Never speak or act in anger c. Silence is often more valuable d. Speak in a gentle tone of voice e. Say kind things f. Do not neglect little things if they affect the comfort of others g. Deny yourself in preference to others h. Beware of meddlers and talebearers i. Gossipers 2. Should not: a. Remove your gloves when making a formal call b. Stare or walk around the room if you’re waiting for someone c. Look at your watch when making a call d. Change anything in the room you’re visiting e. Turn your chair so that your back faces another guest f. Be aware of anything but the company present while visiting g. Stay when the host says to leave h. Make remarks about another person who left the room 3. Dining a. Married couples are never seated together b. Ladies remove gloves after seated c. Men remove them before d. Senior ladies in room first e. Host seated last with the senior men f. Had to say beef, not meat g. Never take bread, have a server bring it to you h. Don’t cut your bread, tear it with your hands
 * Victorian Period**
 * Feb 8-12** Reading play aloud, made graphic for plot

Please list your user name, name of blog, and first name here: kafa12, Everthing To Me, KariAnn mhfa12, Mike's Blog, Mike ebfa12 What I think about, Erika
 * Feb 11**