ENGLISH – 2nd
trimester – Day 46
- Before I collect your
homework, at your table, exchange homework questions with each
other and take their 15-question tests.
- Before returning the
test to the owner, place a STAR next to the BEST QUESTIONS.
- Collect homework: 15
questions and answer key (about the information on pages 1012-1013;
1025-1036 in textbook)
- Complete drawing
assignment
- COLLECTED FOR A GRADE:
Pretend you are drawing cheat notes for a friend. Your
picture must have enough detail on it so that simply by looking at it someone
else could identify who and what it represents.
1.
Homer (pg. 1036)
2.
Muse (pg. 1037)
3.
“man skilled in all ways of contending”
(Odysseus) (lines 2-5)
4.
Lord Helios lines 12-15
5.
Calypso (lines 47-53)
6.
Poseidon (lines 29-32)
7.
Telemachus (pg. 1038)
8.
Athena
9.
Penelope
10.
Hermes (lines 33 – 47)
11.
Draw a picture that shows, specifically, how Calypso
tries to convince Odysseus to stay? What does she offer him? (pg. 1042)
12.
Draw a picture of why Odysseus cries? (pg. 1043)
13.
Using the description on page 1043 (lines
130-137), draw a picture of where Odysseus lives and the surrounding areas.
14.
** Draw a picture of what happened on Ismaros
and the Cicones (pg. 1045 lines 149-175)
15.
Lotus Eaters – pg. 1046 lines 197-201
- Practice your 10-line
speech from Romeo & Juliet for Friday’s recital
ENGLISH homework:
Work on Romeo & Juliet projects (including 10-line
memorization piece) – DUE Friday, February 15 – 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…”
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PLAYWRITING – Day 46
WARMUP: TO BE COLLECTED: Write 1 paragraph for each of the
following (3 paragraphs total):
Describe the kind of people that have:
A.
the greatest needs in life
B.
the greatest potential for action
C.
the biggest problems
i.
tell why…
Playwright Marsha Norman says that the most interesting
characters are those who “take control” of their own lives.” In most plays,
that control is hard-won. It is the result of a struggle.
According to Jeffery Hatcher’s book The Art & Craft of
Playwriting,
- Interest in engendered by what a
character does.
- The most interesting character
in a play is the person with
- the greatest needs
- the biggest problems
- the greatest potential for
action
- Your aim is to create characters
an audience wants to spend time with: heroes, villains, and every
complicated variation of human nature in between – people your audience
will want to join on a journey, root for, gasp at, pity and boo.
- Passive, whiny characters are never
interesting.
1.
Imagine the most interesting, believable scene
you can where a teenager must get the car keys from a parent when he/she
knows the answer is no.
2.
Start at the end and work backwards.
o
What would be a captivating visual on
stage right before the curtain falls?
3.
Now work backwards. 10 steps. NO DIALOGUE.
o
Ask yourself (10 times), “What happened right
before this moment that made this moment happen?”
4.
Write the most interesting, believable scene you
can where a teenager must get the car keys from a parent when we know
the answer is no. No whining. They may not literally ask for the key in the
first 10 lines.
PLAYWRITING homework:
DUE FRIDAY (not tomorrow):
Type #4 (above)…
and staple to your 3 handwritten paragraphs and your
10 handwritten steps.
