Day 94: OMM Ch. 4

1. Chapter 4 Oral Quiz.

2. Tragedy notes. Students took the following notes on the back of L25:

3. Perepeteia: a complete reversal of circumstances from happiness to misery

4. Formula for Tragedy:

Pity: what we feel when evil happens to someone who doesn’t deserve it

+ Fear: What we feel when we know something bad is about to happen

= Catharsis: a feeling of emotional cleansing

Pity + Fear = Catharsis

3. Key event. If time, students wrote about or drew the key event/line/word/image/object in the chapter and briefly explained their choice using quotes.

HW: Read Ch. 5 for tomorrow. Be prepared for a quiz.

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