Thursday, January 13

ENGLISH - 2nd trimester – Day 23

Finish work from Tuesday and Wednesday:

1. With a partner or alone, scripted Act 2 scenes 3 and 5 (skipping 4) – for each character, write out a Modern English simple sentence for each of their responses – please note that each scene has 19 exchanges. Each of your 2 scripts should have 19 exchanges too.

Last, for each of the 4 characters on your newly written scripts, find 3 places for each character to DO SOMETHING and write out what that “something” is. For example, Romeo enters and waves to the Friar…or Juliet falls to her knees and begs the Nurse.

2. Finish packet “Romeo and Juliet, Act II Packet Open-Book Format”

Watched Act 2 of Romeo & Juliet (2002 version)

Watched spoof of Romeo & Juliet

Homework:

Finish handout “Romeo and Juliet, Act II Packet Open-Book Format”

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PLAYWRITING – Day 23

Continued with our work: 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 – 4 PAGES MINIMUM

PLAYWRITING homework:

None.