Friday, May 11, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 43

WARMUP: On a separate paper, complete the Post-Play Poll (below) – TO BE COLLECTED when you finish.

 Romeo and Juliet: Post-Play Poll

Choose 5 of 10 statements below and defend your position for each with at least 3 sentences of explanation.

1. Gregory and Sampson of the Capulet household were right to fight Abram and Balthasar to uphold their house’s dignity.

AGREE                DISAGREE               

2. Romeo and Juliet experienced true romantic love the first night they met.

AGREE                DISAGREE               

3. Romeo and Juliet were right not to tell their parents about their forbidden love because it would have ended in more fighting.

AGREE                DISAGREE               

4. Lord Capulet should not have told Paris that Juliet would marry him without first consulting his daughter.

AGREE                DISAGREE               

5. Friar Laurence was right to marry Romeo and Juliet for the sake of ending the feud.

AGREE                DISAGREE               

6. The Nurse should not have told Juliet about her change of heart with regard to Juliet’s marriage to Romeo.

AGREE                DISAGREE               

 

7. Because of the family feud and other obstacles standing in their way, Romeo and Juliet should not have gotten married.

AGREE                      DISAGREE

 

8. The Nurse and Friar Laurence should be held responsible for Romeo’s and Juliet’s deaths.

AGREE                DISAGREE               

 

9. Romeo and Juliet had alternatives to suicide by the play’s end.

AGREE                DISAGREE               

10. Mercutio made the right choice to stand up for Romeo when Romeo would not face Tybalt in a duel.

AGREE                DISAGREE               

ALSO TO BE COLLECTED – By yourself (or with one partner) complete “Who’s To Blame” activity.

What you’ll need:

1.      Piece of lined paper cut up into 10 slips

2.      Another piece of paper (to record your answers)

a.       Write each of the 10 characters on their own slip

b.      On the back of each slip, write 2 different reasons that some people would say this character was responsible for the tragedy of the play

c.       Next arrange your slips in the following pyramid-like order:  1,2,4,2,1 (record this order on your paper)

d.      Arrange them again in a single file order of 1 to 10 (record this order on your paper)

e.       Next, find another group’s top 2 slips that are different than yours.

                                                                                                  i.      Write a NEW SCENE (10 exchanges in script form)  for the play where their 2 top characters PREVENT THE TRAGEDY from occurring in the play.

Ex.

Romeo: blah blah blah

Lady Capulet: blah blah blah

Romeo: blah?

Lady Capulet:  no, blah!

f.       TURN IN TO CENTER TABLE - COLLECTED

Practice rehearsing your 10 lines of Romeo and Juliet for your recital on the 22^nd

ENGLISH homework:

Work on Romeo & Juliet projects (including 10-line memorization piece) – DUE Tuesday, May 22 – focus on the following rubric:

·         The story = 20 points (thorough, appropriate interpretation of important story elements, proper length)

·         Creativity = 10 points (ideas are unique and enjoyable)

·         Effort = 10 points (project is thoughtful and well-prepared; shows considerable effort; looks complete)

·         Recital = 10 points (TYPED COPY and considerable effort shown in memorization of 10 lines of Romeo & Juliet)

You may NOT memorize from these 2 speeches: “Two households…” or “But soft, what light…”