Tuesday, February 12, 2013

ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 45 

1. Find your Act 4 take-home test packet (on your table) and we’ll grade our own.
2. Watch 20-minute video on The Odyssey (Discovery Channel)
3. HOMEWORK: Create 15 questions (and a separate answer key) about the information on pages 1012-1013; 1025-1036
1. No fill-in-the-blank style questions.
2. Include one question about the map on page 1034.
3. Create multiple choice, short answer, true/false, or essay.

                                                              i.      Use a variety of question styles.

4. Practice rehearsing your 10 lines of Romeo and Juliet for your recital on Friday the 15^th – may NOT USE opening Prologue (“Two households…” or balcony soliloquy (“But soft…”)

ENGLISH homework: 

Finish 15 questions and key (see above) 

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 45

Rerun your performances…you must add:

• a huge, theatrical risk (something new)

Watched 30 minutes of Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial M For Murder film.

PLAYWRITING homework:

None