English 1 Honors - First Semester - Freshman Year
pool stdying time - 2 hours 30 mins
30 mins - brainstorming
30 mins - beginning of intro slide
30 mins - beginning 1st point
30 mins - beginning of 2nd point
30 mins - beginning of 3rd point
All Summer in a Day:
In this text, it has a lot of figurative language to show how the children think the sun looks like
for context, the children dont know what the sun looks like, with the story taking place on the planet venus
The children are excited to see the sun for the first time and experience it, but Margot was a girl who stood out from the rest
Margot used to live on earth, but moved to venus. She had experienced the sun before, but none of the other children believed her, or they were jealous of her.
When the sun was about to come through the rain, the children locked Margot into a supply closet.
When the sun came through, the chidren went out and experienced the joy of sunshine, but when they returned to the ground because it started raining again, they remembered that margot was still in the closet.
This story is a great representation that when youre jealous of somebody, taking action on them can make you feel guilty and have them miss out on things that they were really hoping to experience.
Characterization practice: “On the Rainy River”:
Elroy berdohl-
“he was just simply there, like the river and the late-summer sun. And yet by his presence, his mute watchfullness, he made it real.”
This shows that elroy has sort of a father;y vibe, while aling being comforting to tim in a way that doesnt require words. Even without saying a word to Tim, it feels as if he already knows that hes going through and is showing sympathy or empathy.
tim O’brien-
“I would go to the war- i would kill and maybe die- because i was embarrased not to. That was the sad thing. And so i sat in the bow of the boat and cried.”
First it is clear Tim is resistant and anxious with his decision. He struggles with what to do. He seems insecure because of his ultimate choice to give into societal pressure. he also seems honest and self-aware because he knows and admits to making the response.
Tims insecurity about making the choice he actually wants vs what people expect helps ilustrate to readers the common experience of caving tp the worlds pressure. He is an example of realizing that to not live with regret, we should at least try to live according to our own values.
Explaining the Parados: The Role of the Chorus
set the tone:
was calm in the first part
turned mean
conflict →judgy → honoring/patriotic
give background info:
tell us about war in thebes
informs what Antigone and Ismene were arguing about
recall events from the past:
They bring up Polynieces attack on thebes because brother conflict
tell about euridices and polynieces death
interpret and summarize events:
described polynieces as evil
noted vengefullness of war
mourning war
offer opinions:
dont like polynieces because he attacked thebes
polynieces has an ego
hubris
safety of community vs one dude
provide an objective viewpoint:
the praradoes describes how the brothers fought and died
the town now wants peace
act like a jury of elders or wise men who listened to the evidence in the plya:
Polynieces = guilty/traitor
defense?
fight corruption?
Antigone context: the story of oedipus
Oedipus was the son of the king and queen of thebes, but there was an oracle predicted that the son would kill his father, so they abandoned him as an infant.
a sheperd discovered the boy and took the child to corinth. the baby was then adopted by Polybus
Once Oedipus was an adult, he heard a phrophecy rhat he would kill his father and marry his mother.
With polybus being his adoptive father for so long, he thought that polybus was his real father.
Oedipus left the city to avoid killing what he believed was his father, but as he was traveling, he came across king Laius, his real father without realizing.
The two men fought one another, not recgonizing one another, and king laius died to oedipus
Then he arrived in thebes, and the city was under a curse of a sphinx. Creon said that he would give up being king to anyone who would save the city. Oedipus solved the riddle, and became king.
At the end, he realized he had fu mnifilled the prophecy that he most feared, and because he did it he blinded himself and turned over t=his power to creon.
Antigone - The main protaginist, trying to bury her brother when creon wont allow it, engaed to haemon
Ismene - sister of antigone, less of a leader, less confident, cares about polynieces but doesnt want to disobey the law.
Tiresias - blind wise man, prophet,
Creon - king of thebes, brother of jocasta, father of haemon
Jocasta - former queen of thebes, widow, was married to laius and oedipus
eteocles - son of jocasta and oedipus, died in the war against polynieces
Hamartia - the main piece of guilt in greek plays
Hubris -
oedipus - married his mother and killed his father, father to antigone, ismene, polynieces, eteocles, etc.
catharsis -
haemon - fiance to anitgone, son of creon, tries to have antigone not die
Polyneices - died, “disgrace” to thebes, went against his own kingdom
Letter from Birmingham jail:
In this letter, MLK Jr talks about how he was trying to fight for justice and equality, even if it was in another place.
The letter shows that sometimes civil disobiedence is okay, as long as its for a good cause.
it shows him explaining the process of organizing the protest
It is mostly him being calm while explaining how people need to learn to accept black people as equal