Monday, December 3, 2012

ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 5

Collect homework: 14-line paraphrase of Prologue

Complete the Romeo & Juliet WEBQUEST: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14512809/Romeo%20and%20Juliet%20WEBQUEST%202012.pdf

Collect Webquests.

ENGLISH homework:

None

 

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  PLAYWRITING – Day 6 

• Collected homework: (2-3 page script about a character)
• Wrote about the kinds of people fascinate you in real life?
• Watch videos on character
• BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:

1.      Today you will learn how to create a character - a protagonist. Perhaps it’s a character based on a real-life person, perhaps it’s one you’ve imagined.

                                                              i.      In approx. two pages, write a brief biographical sketch of this person. You are creating a fictional character, but don’t be afraid to base this character on a person or persons from real life. Maybe the character is you. Maybe it’s someone you hardly know. Choose the character’s birthdate, birthplace, and where the character grew up. Choose the character’s family, social and economic background…EVERYTHING.

                                                            ii.      Next describe 3 key events in that character’s life – deaths, winning the lottery, childhood scars. Now look at your biography. Is it interesting enough? Could the events and actions you’ve imagined be altered to create a more interesting person? Is there any hint of a rebellious spirit?

                                                          iii.      Revise the biography. Play with different possibilities, different actions and events. Has your biography brought your character to a point in his or her life where a potential high-pressure crisis is suggested? The kind of crisis that could start a play?

 

PLAYWRITING homework:

Finish i, ii, ii from above