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Prophecy and blindness often go hand in hand, as in Sophocles' Oedipus the King. Explore Oedipus' thoughts about prophecy, fate, and responsibility with an activity focused on the discussion between Creon and Oedipus regarding the murder of Laius. Ninth graders connect textual details to the central idea of the play.
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Instructional Ideas
- Project the text onto a whiteboard to model proper annotation
- Assign vocabulary words to pairs or groups and have them create collages of magazine pictures that reflect their words' presence in the play
Classroom Considerations
- The eighth of 20 lessons in a literary analysis unit
Pros
- Promotes study skills and annotation as a strategy for close reading
- Focuses on Oedipus' questions as a way to move the plot along and reveal character development
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- None