Thursday, February 23, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 51

1. Grab a rubric from center table, then staple rubric on top of paper, outline on the back
1. Rubric, paper, outline (in that order)
2. To be collected
2. Checked homework: a chart for the 2 characters in “Thank You, Ma’am” that lists 10 direct and 10 indirect characterizations for each - 40 ITEMS TOTAL
3. Discuss “Exam Review Guide”
4. Watched 2 short videos of “Thank You, M’am”
1. Discuss what you think Roger (from “Thank You, M’am”) wanted to say (but didn’t) at the end of the story besides, “Thank you, M’am.”
5. Reviewed short story “Thank You, M’am” in Literature book pgs. 134 – 140
6. WORKING WITH A PARTNER and ON A SEPARATE PAPER:

1. Explain how the following quote relates to “Thank You, M’am”:
1. “There is within me (and it is with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty”
2. With partner: 2 PICTURES AND 2 PARAGRAPHS:
1. Draw and explain: What might have happened to Roger that created his knot? (in his past)

                                                               i.      What did he do with his knot?

                                                              ii.      What was the outcome of this?

2. Draw and explain: What’s another choice Roger could have made given the same past/background, same situation, but a different choice?

                                                               i.      What might the outcome of that have been?

3. From what point-of-view is this story told? (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rdomniscient, 3^rd limited, 3^rd objective)
4. What was Mrs. Jones’s motive in leaving the door open when she dragged Roger to her room?
5. Why does Mrs. Jones not watch Roger or watch her purse?
6. Roger decides something in the story that marks the story’s turning point.  What did he decide to do?
7. Using the text, list the details that are mentioned about the setting of Mrs. Jones’s home.
8. What does the setting of Mrs. Jones’s home tell us about the kind of person she probably is?
9. Using the text, list the details that are mentioned about Roger’s home life?
10. From what Roger tells Mrs. Jones, what can you infer about his home life?
11. Using the text, directly quote Mrs. Jones when she says something that surprises Roger.
12. What characters don’t say can be as important as what they do say.  List two points in the story when Mrs. Jones and Roger are silent
13. Using the information in question #12, explain why you think each character chose not to speak.
14. Give a specific example of an action done by Mrs. Jones that reveals one of her character traits.
15. What do you think Roger learned from the way Mrs. Jones treated him?
16. What overall impression do you have of Roger by the end of the story?
17. What is the theme of this story?
1. List three important events or details that suggest the story’s theme.

ENGLISH homework:

Use study guide to review for exam.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 51

Please get a Netbook and sign in ASAP

Watch each other’s comics on Netbooks

Read actual ending of Chekhov’s “A Marriage Proposal”

Read first page of Lucille Fletcher’s one act: “Sorry, Wrong Number” – this excerpt will serve as our impetus for our final exam/animation – more details to follow

On Netbooks, began creating 12-panel comic of our ending to “Sorry, Wrong Number” using http://www.pixton.com/

PLAYWRITING homework:

Typed comic paper and final exam/comic using http://www.pixton.com/ -  must have conflict - for our ending to Lucille Fletcher’s one act: “Sorry, Wrong Number” due next Wednesday

MID WINTER BREAK 2012

Friday, February 24