Thursday, December 8, 2011

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 8

Check homework: 4 made up sentences; 4 different points of view (re: “The Most Dangerous Game”)

Create fill-in-the-blank sentences that requires the blank to be filled in with 1 of this week’s vocabulary words – do NOT INCLUDE THE ANSWER. Write the answers on a separate paper.

Using page 4 of your Literary Terms handout, read about the 3 types of IRONY – and how and where it is used in “The Most Dangerous Game” - we considered the irony of the gargoyle on Zaroff's front door

Explain this week's video lecture: Watch and take notes on THE RULES of OUTLINING for Monday.

Continued unscrambling sentences

Homework:

1.      Study for vocabulary test on Friday (20 fill-in-the-blank sentences – you provide the correct vocabulary word for each sentence)

2.      Test on “The Most Dangerous Game” Friday

3.    Watch and take notes on THE RULES of OUTLINING for Monday.

To download and watch the video, please click the link below:

Outlining video

If all else fails, click on the following links and take notes from the 2 websites listed below:

Outlining website 1 of 2 and Outlining website 2 of 2

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PLAYWRITING – Day 9

Summarize what we read about character yesterday – feel free to use your notes

Finish reading – beginning with “Characters in Conflict” (pg. 29-33)

NOTES:

• Antagonist – the opposer of the action; anyone or anything that tries to get in the protagonist’s way or stop him in any way

A good antagonist is: A strong villain, A loved one, Fate – “a god”, Society, Weather, Chance, luck, circumstance – a random act, Oneself

In class assignment: create an antagonist for your protagonist – for today, the antagonist has to be a person – write that person’s biography.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH (like you did for your protagonist):

a.       Today you will learn how to create a character - an antagonist. Perhaps it’s a character based on a real-life person, perhaps it’s one you’ve imagined.

                          i.      Write a brief biographical sketch of this person. You are creating a fictional character, but don’t be afraid to base this character on a person or persons from real life. Maybe the character is you. Maybe it’s someone you hardly know. Choose the character’s birthdate, birthplace, and where the character grew up. Choose the character’s family, social and economic background…EVERYTHING.

                        ii.      Next describe 3 key events in that character’s life – deaths, winning the lottery, childhood scars. Now look at your biography. Is it interesting enough? Could the events and actions you’ve imagined be altered to create a more interesting person? Is there any hint of a rebellious spirit?

                      iii.      Revise the biography. Play with different possibilities, different actions and events. Has your biography brought your character to a point in his or her life where a potential high-pressure crisis is suggested? The kind of crisis that could start a play?

PLAYWRITING homework:

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