From the chorus’ first entrance to Phaedra’s “Silence, women. We are destroyed” (lines 122 – 565).
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.7
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3
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
From the chorus’ first entrance to Phaedra’s “Silence, women. We are destroyed” (lines 122 – 565).
The chorus enters and tells how they first heard of Phaedra’s sickness. They describe how Phaedra wastes away...
