English students use posters to understand “Antigone”

by Emily Hines

Mrs. Davenport’s 10th grade class took a different approach in studying and identifying the root of the play “Antigone,” by completing an assignment which helped the students dig a bit deeper in understanding.
The assignment was to design your own poster illustrating one of the 13 concepts given by the teacher. The concepts were major concepts in the story that had deep meaning. “The poster project was a way to identify a universal theme from ‘Antigone’,” shared Mrs. Davenport. Although, there were a few stipulations, such as the poster needing to include 1-2 sentences about how the concept was related to the character or events in the play, at least four direct quotes from the play that illustrated the concept, and a minimum of eight pictures were required.

The students were asked to include quotes from the play and pictures to back up their theme and to directly apply it to the story. “The students used both creativity and knowledge of the play when they selected pictures or drew images to symbolize this theme,” stated Mrs. Davenport.

The assignment was also popular among the students. “We got to be creative. We could do what we wanted. It wasn’t like a worksheet telling us what to do, but finding the quotes was challenging,” said sophomore Dustin Butler. Being able to use creativity and taking on the challenges along with benefits of “being on your own” in an assignment is something students enjoyed, even if it has a setback or two.

“The assignment gave us a better view of what the play was about,” stated sophomore Heather Mason. “The quotes were challenging, though,” agreed Heather.

Mrs. Davenport’s assignment had a positive effect in helping the students get to know the play better.