Friday, January 20, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 27

Quiet study time for today’s vocabulary test (during attendance)

Vocabulary test (Lesson 3 – edifice, ambidextrous, etc.)

Grade today’s vocabulary tests

Post grades including yesterday’s open-notes Poe Introduction scores

Sentence structure unit – DWL: Lesson 5, 6

Begin classwork, TO BE COLLECTED AT THE END OF THE HOUR:
DIRECTIONS: Write a 3-word sentence (doer-doing-done to) like “Bayle collects shells” or “Jon hit the ball.” Next, expand it into a sentence of 15 words without losing the doer-doing-done to structure; Then again into a sentence of 35 words without losing the doer-doing-done to structure. And finally into a 100-word expansion…

As an example, here is a 15-word expansion for “Jon hit the ball.”

            In the middle of the sixth inning, Jon, the league leader, hit the curve ball.

Here’s a 35-word expansion example:

            In the middle of the sixth inning of a crucial game in last year’s pennant race, Jon, the league leader batting third, weakly but precisely hit on the nose the ball pitched with great velocity.

Here’s a 100-word expansion:

 In the middle of the sixth inning of a crucial game in last year’s pennant race, Jon, the league leader batting third, weakly but precisely hit on the nose the ball pitched with great velocity by the sure-to-be Hall of Fame hurler who had won his last five starts in an overwhelming fashion while going the whole nine innings and who therefore presented an intimidating image to anyone facing him, especially as the shadows lengthened over the mound, obscuring the mechanics of his delivery and rendering it difficult even to see the spheroid as it curved its sinuous way toward the plate.

ENGLISH homework:

None

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PLAYWRITING – Day 27

In the computer lab we FINISHED scripting our 5-minute scene (approx. 5 pages) considering situation, conflict (real or imagined), journey, and theatricality – 5 PAGES MINIMUM – due Monday

If finished with 5 pages, read about PROPER script format and make appropriate changes (time-permitting) RE: website: http://www.playwriting101.com/ - focus on items #5 - 11.

REMINDER: the script’s deadline has been changed to Monday, January 23.

PLAYWRITING homework:

5-minute script due Monday, January 23.