ENGLISH 1st trimester – Day 24
· After attendance, clear desk and take Prefix test #2
· Next, write down 5 characteristics that you like and 5 that you dislike in other people – how about yourself?
o Rank your 5 dislikes in order from 1 – 5.
o Write your #1 dislike on half and index card and keep it in your pocket until tomorrow.
§ Keep track of how many times you encounter it between now and then.
· What is the “eye” in your life…that when you see it, you have strong, negative feelings? (popularity, bullying, ugliness, money, tale)?
· Follow up on Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” – discuss “eyes” in “The Most Dangerous Game”, “The Interlopers”
· Read page 286-287 (“…wringing his hand.”) and discussed our understanding
· Completed “cloze” reading (handout 1- 30) of annotated version of first page of “The Cask of Amontillado” - see handout and pg. 286 in Literature book – TO BE COLLECTED
· Hand back graded work
ENGLISH homework:
Keep track (on half an index card) of how many times you see your characteristic in others between now and tomorrow.
Finish classwork for today: Completed “cloze” reading (handout 1- 30) of annotated version of first page of “The Cask of Amontillado” - see handout and pg. 286 in Literature book – TO BE COLLECTED
Plurals and possessives test will be Tuesday, January 17, 2012
FINISH: Read opening introductory pages on Edgar Allan Poe (pgs. 276 – 285) – including “Letter to John Allan” and “Alone” and TOOK NOTES ON THESE PAGES for an open-notes test on Thursday
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PLAYWRITING – Day 23
Continued with our work from Thursday: 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 – 5 MINUTE SCENE
Read 2 Christopher Durang shorts (as inspiration for our own scripting activity): “Funeral Parlor” and “DMV Tyrant”
PLAYWRITING homework:
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