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DAY 52

MYSTERY

Shauna was killed one Sunday morning. The police know who they are going to arrest from this bit of information:April was getting the mailAlyssa was doing laundryReggie was cookingMark was planting in the garden

Who killed Shauna and how did the police know who to arrest?

OBJECTIVES

• Analyze a literary text to examine changes in a dynamic character.• Write a compare/contrast response to a literary

text

REVIEW: CHARACTERIZATIONWHICH IS WHICH?

• The cat is mischievous. • The cat likes to have fun.

The cat engages in “UP-UP-UP with a fish” an activity that involves the cat standing on a ball while balancing seven objects. Later in the story, the cat releases two “things” that fly kites inside the house.

What do the cat’s actions reveal about his personality?

REVIEW:WHAT’S A DYNAMIC CHARACTER? STATIC?

ANTIGONE: SCENE I (PG. 262)

• Characters in Scene 1:• Choragus (Chorus

Leader)• Creon• Crowd• Sentry (Guard)• Chorus

Notice Creon’s changing emotions throughout the scene. Highlight

these.

INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

Emotions, Actions What Creon Says

What Creon Does What Others Say About Creon

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Emotions, Actions What Creon Says

Confident, stern, powerful “And a man who thinks more highly of his friend than his country, well, he means nothing to me.”

What Creon Does What Others Say About Creon

Sets a decree that prohibits Polyneices’ burial as a punishment for his attack on Thebes

“It seems to me you now control all laws concerning those who’ve died and us as well- the ones who are still living.”

FILL IN THE CHART ON 261 OVER CREON’S EMOTIONS

SCENE I

• What do you think of Creon’s speech?• What kind of person is he? Why do you think he

talks against his dead nephew Polyneices? • Why was the guard worried about telling the

truth?• What does the chorus leader say about the

“dusting”?• Why does Creon think someone buried the body?

For what gain?

2ND ODE

• Summarize the main idea for each part of the 2nd ode.

WRITING PROMPT

• Write a paragraph that compares and contrasts Creon’s character at the beginning and end of this scene. Is Creon a dynamic or static character? Who is the static character? Be sure to:

-Write a topic sentence that defines the main idea of your paragraph. -Include text evidence.-Use compare/contrast transitions.

C O M P L E T E P R O L O G U E A N D S C E N E I Q U E S T I O N S

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