Monday, January 17

ENGLISH - 2nd trimester – Day 25

Took test on Romeo & Juliet Act 2

More comma practice – create tests for each other? For each of the 10 comma rules we took notes on, we created a sample sentence.

Read “Dear John” letters and noted the importance of commas.

Discussed why we believed Shakespeare wrote Act 2, scene 4 in prose (and not verse).

Reviewed our notes on Shakespeare’s VERSE vs. PROSE.

Wrote about a time when we (or someone we knew) were so angry that we acted without thinking including what happened before, during, and after. COLLECTED

Began reading Act III, Scene 1 (pgs. 872-883).

ENGLISH homework:

Study for tomorrow’s comma test.

************************************

PLAYWRITING – Day 25

Collected homework: scripted scenes.

Read stage script Act I, Scene 1 of Dial M for Murder (by Frederick Knott, 1953).

Using Knott’s introduction, we drew a picture of the stage for Dial M for Murder.

PLAYWRITING homework:

None.