Wednesday, November 30, 2011

ENGLISH -
1^st trimester – Day 3

Worked on Capitalization – 16 sentences

Look at today’s capitalization sentences (p. 163)…pretend that you need to teach capitalization to a visitor from another country. Write down 3 capitalization rules for them that help them understand these 16 sentences.

Checked comma class work (p. 163) for accuracy - In order to learn by trial and error, not trial and success, hopefully everyone got at least one wrong so that they will have learned something today.

Review answers to yesterday’s capitalization; also complete 1-10 of next sentences

Read “The Cursed Prince” story and "Parable of the Pebble."

Shared good bystander shutdown phrases and techniques

Took notes on plotlines and the 7 kinds of conflict (get these from a classmate)

As a table, write up a believable example of each of the 7 types of conflict

Think of one of your favorite books or films. Next, number your paper 1 – 6. Then, using your plotline notes, write a short sentence for each of the 6 plotline points as they relate to your film. TO BE COLLECTED FOR HOMEWORK

For example:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone:

1. exposition

2. conflict: “Harry attempts to stop Voldemort, who killed Harry’s parents, from stealing the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

3. rising action:

4. climax:  “Professor Snape’s apparent hex on Harry during the Quidditch game brings the simmering tension between good and evil out into the open, shifting Harry’s concern from winning the game to surviving.”

5. falling action:

6. resolution:

Homework:

Think of one of your favorite books or films. Next, number your paper 1 – 6. Then, using your plotline notes, write a short sentence for each of the 6 plotline points as they relate to your film.

Remind parents to send me a brief email from their preferred email address with student name in the Subject line (if they haven’t already done so).

Signed Contact Information Sheet due Friday.

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PLAYWRITING  – Day 3

Wrote a 10-line play about our mornings

Handed out 6 index cards to students creating 6 groups. Each group then performed a script.

Discussed trust again and its importance in both writing and performing.

Discussed drama and how it thrives only when characters are in crisis, in extremes, in trouble.

We must remember to keep all our writing content appropriate for school.

PLAYWRITING homework:

Using last night’s homework, write the story of this incident in “Once upon a time” fashion, like a fairy tale. Write it down in a few paragraphs.