Monday, January 10

ENGLISH - 2nd trimester – Day 20

Collected homework: the three stages of the Balcony scene (Act 2.2) – see Friday’s homework assignment for details.

Completed handout “The Comma Count Is Thirty-Two” and reviewed answers

Took notes and wrote Homeric/Shakespearean/epic similes/metaphors

            Next we looked at an epic similie from Romeo & Juliet Act 2.2

ROMEO
 25                                                                   She speaks!
 26   O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art
 27   As glorious to this night, being o'er my head
 28   As is a winged messenger of heaven
 29   Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes
 30   Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him
 31   When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds
 32   And sails upon the bosom of the air.

Finished reading Act 2 - scenes 3,4 (on CD), 5 (read with a partner), (not 6)

ENGLISH homework:

None.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 20

Read 2 Christopher Durang shorts (as inspiration for our own scripting activity): “Funeral Parlor” and “DMV Tyrant”

Continued with our work from Friday: With a partner and choosing ONE of our headlines from our index cards, we outlined (and if time, began scripting) a scene considering Aristotle’s 6 elements - situation, conflict (real or imagined), journey, and theatricality

PLAYWRITING homework:

None.