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=Welcome to Your New Class Wiki for Honors English 10 Sherando High School!=

==This wiki site will be a virtual forum where class members will gather, analyze, discuss, share, and publish ideas & information. The information will/must be attributed to reliable, verifiable sources. The ideas need to be supported by rational, logical thought and evidence. All contributions will need to be cited. Welcome to our 21st Century learning community.==

Excellent site to view and review: Study Guide Greek Theater

Wikis will be a tool to help foster class collaboration. Make sure you have viewed the two short videos on wikis. Explore the world of wikis by googling the topic and then collaborating with your peers to develop a wiki explanation page. The first unit we will be doing is Unit I:Classical Greek Drama. We will be reading //Antigone// by Sophocles and then we will read //Medea//.by Euripides.



**These are your Wiki Classical Drama Topic Groups**

 * **Literary Structure of Classical Greek Tragedy Defined: Terms and Concepts - Tragic Hero, Aristotle's //Poetics, etc// (8th Amanda & Karen)**
 * **Greek Tragedy; Structure and Form of the plays - ex. Prologue, Parados, etc. (2nd Esmeralda, Laura)(8th Olivia & Cherise)**
 * **Greek Theater (Stagecraft) The Design of the physical structure, Costumes, masks, elevated shoes, etc. (2nd Tyler & Hannah) (8th Rosa & Meron)**
 * **Theater Conventions and Elements (8th Tabitha & Chelsea)**
 * **Greek Tragedians**
 * 1) Aeschylus (2nd Nick & Troy) (8th Nick & Troy)
 * 2) Euripides (2nd Eric & Toni) (8th Rebecca & Erin)
 * 3) Sophocles (2nd Donovan & Danny),(Ashlynn & Megan) (8th Yoojin & James)
 * **Greek Plays**


 * 1) Oedipus Rex (2nd Cierra & Marrissa), (8th Michael & Cheyenne)
 * 2) Oedipus at Colonus
 * 3) Antigone (8th Blair & Brian)
 * 4) Medea (2nd Catherine & Kaitlin) (8th Brendan & Andrew)


 * Origins, Development, & History of Classical Greek Drama**(2nd Madison & Austin B) (8th Karen & Grace)
 * History & Development of Classical Roman Drama** (2nd Mark & Austin W)


 * 9/15 - Assignment 1: Best Practices in Creating a Wiki **- Pick a subject or topic of your choosing. Go to Wikipedia and read on your subject. Make note (yes, I mean actually take notes on how the topic/subject is presented) of the orginizational structure of the page(s). Next go to our wiki explanation page and contribute to the development of a best practices in the development of a wiki. Save a copy of your contribution to e-mail to me so you can get credit for this assignment.

I will post questions and topics to get you started in thinking about the content of this unit, but it will be the class's responsibility to fully annotate each work and to keep notes. We will use Wikis to help organize the content of the unit.

=**Students, Please put no new content on this page!**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=

Click on the discussion tab and add to our discussion after viewing the two YouTube videos on Wikis. Only 14 students have done this assignment so far.
 * 9/7 Assgnment 0:** Understanding Wikis - see above

Getting Started

 * **Please do not put any new content on this HOME page - You are to put content only on the other pages.**
 * The first Wiki pages that you will need to post to are:
 * Classical Greek Drama
 * Sophocles
 * Oedipus Rex
 * Oedipus at Coloneus
 * Antigone
 * Euripides
 * Medea

Need Help?

 * Click on the help link above to learn more about how to use your wiki.