Day 4

Electra by Sophocles Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read the third stasimon and the exodus (lines 1385-1510).

Common Core Objectives

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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

Third stasimon and exodus (lines 1385-1510)

The Chorus begins an ode heralding the arrival of the vengeful "War God." Electra reappears and instructs the Chorus to remain silent, revealing that the men are completing their task. Clytemnestra, she explains, is preparing the urn for burial while Electra keeps...

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