Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King Lesson Plan

Oedipus Rex: The Play

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

Understanding how the text functions as a piece of theater/performance.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.

Structure:

Facilitate a staged reading of a scene or two by the students. If possible, you may want to rearrange classroom furniture so that part of the room serves as a “stage” and part of it is “audience” seating. Performing the play for peers (or watching the play performed, for the audience members) enables students to see the text as a dynamic piece of theater, rather than as a static collection of scenes. Have a dialogue with the students about the...