P/T conferences: 3:30 – 5:30 PM
1.
PMR (collected for a grade): Preview, Mark, Respond…Quietly read the New York
Times review of Romeo & Juliet (performed in 2011) titled, “Crazy Love –
Raising the bar on Shakespearean tragedy”
2.
RESPOND on a separate paper (also to be collected), write down 2 specific
things that are said in the review…then tell why each one might matter
(in the future).
3.
Watched 2 trailers (and the balcony scene) for the same
Royal Shakespeare Company's Romeo & Juliet noting the fire metaphor and the
mix of contemporary and Elizabethan costume
4.
LAZY SONNET:
a.
Using your book, look at Act 3:1 (pgs. 873-882)
i.
Identify the 14 most important lines (do not
write them out)
ii.
Then choose 1 word from each line and write
them out in order on the front page, right-hand margin of your Act 3 take-home
test
1.
14 words total
5.
Began completion of Act 3 packet questions 1 – 20 for
scenes 1, 2, and 3
ENGLISH homework:
Complete questions 1 – 20 in Act 3 take-home test packet
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PLAYWRITING – Day 33
TODAY’S MANTRA: “Subtext: what we imagine characters are
thinking while they say something else”
Read pgs. 138-144 on SUBTEXT from The Art & Craft of Playwriting
·
Discuss the subtext of lines…
o
Subtext: what we imagine characters are thinking
while they say something else.
·
TO BE COLLECTED TOMORROW: Write out the SUBTEXT
for each line of your script.
In computer lab 140 we continued scripting our 5
minute scene (approx. 5 pages) and looked for ways to put our characters in extremes.
Under pressure. In trouble. Within conflict.
5
PAGES MINIMUM – due Wednesday after class or Thursday in class
PLAYWRITING homework:
Subtext due tomorrow.
Continue working on scripts.
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