Thursday, December 13, 2012

ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 13 

Collect homework: drawing of Queen Mab and her carriage 

Using your textbooks Act 1.4 lines 71 – 88 (pg. 830-831), name the dreams that Queen Mab delivers for each of the following characters?

1. Lovers dream of:
2. Courtiers (first mention) dream of:
3. Lawyers dream of:
4. Ladies dream of:
5. Courtiers (second mention) dream of:
6. A parson dreams of:
7. A soldier dreams of:
8. Why do you suppose Mercutio tells such a fantastic story to Romeo?

Re-read Romeo’s mention of his two “dreams” in Act 1.4…

• DREAM 1 - Lines 48 – 49
• DREAM 2 - Lines 106 – 111

9. Summarize what is Romeo saying in Dream 2?

10. What do these both of these dreams tell us about Romeo? 

Read NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE Act 1.4 (modern text version) – concentrating on Mercutio’s HUGE speech 

Read Act 1.5, pgs. 833 - 839. 

Watched scenes 4 and 5 of new video. 

ENGLISH homework:

 

Bring your Literature book, tomorrow

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PLAYWRITING – Day 14 

Answer each of the following about your current script idea:

1. Why this moment? (in other words, why now and not later?)
2. What’s going to make the audience care about the outcome of this scene?
3. Name the non-violent conflict in your scene.
4. List each character in your scene. Next to their names, list which of the following characteristics apply to each:

·         Personality – interesting (not boring)

·         Dynamic

·         Unpredictable

·         Imperfect/flawed

·         Complicated (layered)

·         Relatable

·         Spontaneous

·         Conflicted

Script your scene…using the information you heard yesterday (or the day before)… 

PLAYWRITING homework: 

Finish your script - have a rough draft ready for tomorrow.