Day 3

Hippolytus Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Powtoon!

    Kind of Activity:

    Artistic Response

    Objective:

    To allow students to appreciate the fine language and poetry of the text and to convey it in a creative and personal way.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4

    Structure:

    Hippolytus has long been acclaimed for its fine poetry, visual imagery, and powerful metaphors. In this activity, students will create a brief video using Powtoon (https://www.powtoon.com), which is a free, easy-to-use animation software. There is nothing to download.

    Students will animate the Chorus’ beautiful “escape ode” (Lines 732 – 775). This is not about animating plot, but rather about animating the richness of the...

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