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Friday, December 7, 2012

Friday, December 7, 2012

ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 9

1.      Collect homework:

a.       “Becoming Familiar with the Language of Shakespeare” handout

2.      PITADS – challenge

a.       Using your notes, name that PITAD

3.      Finish reading Romeo & Juliet Act 1.1

a.       First, we read the rest of scene 1 from No Fear Shakespeare

                                                  i.      http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/

b.      Next, we read the original text from our textbooks and listened for the thread of the conversation (mixed with moments of poetry)

                                                  i.      pages 812 – 817 in Literature book

4.      Announced test on “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout for TUESDAY

5.      Memorize as much of your Dramatic Literary Terms handout as you can…then we’ll start Jeopardy…


6.      JEOPARDY

ENGLISH homework: 

Bring your Literature book. 

Study for Tuesday’s test on the “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout
 
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PLAYWRITING – Day 10
1.      Create a concrete goal for your protagonist.
a.       A want. A need. A desire. Just one. Concrete, not abstract. Write it down.
2.      “Character is action; action is character.” Create an action that tells us what kind of person your character is. (Example: A young boy steals a purse from an old lady.)
a.       Write the action down.
                                                  i.      Is the action connected to a concrete goal?
b.      What does it show you about your character?
c.       Does he get what he wants? Or does he run into an obstacle? 
3.      Next, bring both your protagonist and antagonist together into the same room (or space). Look back at the action you created for your protagonist. REWRITE the actions putting both characters in the same action.
a.       Write what happens (in paragraph form).
b.      Finally, define the conflict in one sentence.
4.      Script your scene from above. 
PLAYWRITING homework: 
None.

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