Did you remember to forget your textbook today?
Pick up this week’s vocabulary words on the center table.
Vocabulary test NEXT MONDAY.
After attendance, Day 1 of 2 - Library Orientation
Began work on Works Cited/Bibliography assignment (from Library Orientation) – see Mrs. Blunt in library for details
ENGLISH homework:
Study for Monday’s vocabulary test: Lesson Two vocabulary words (amalgamate, demented…)
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PLAYWRITING - Day 16
“War is bad” is a nugget/situation, but a good play and a bad play can have the same nugget of an idea. It’s not the quality of the idea that matters most, but rather the quality of the ideas as depicted by THE ACTIONS of the play. The Art & Craft of Playwriting (1996)
Took notes on 4 steps of the dramatization of idea (pg. 67-68) including situation/nugget, conflict, journey, and theatricality.
Individually practiced writing through the 4 steps of dramatization (using today’s notes) – topic of our choice - discussed
In groups of 2 or 3, practiced writing through the 4 steps of dramatization (using today’s notes) using the situation/nugget, “War is bad.” (Listened to Edwin Starr – “War (What Is It Good For?)”
PLAYWRITING homework/classwork:
(with our partners) list 10 ways of adding theatricality to a story
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