Tuesday, February 5, 2013

ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 41 

WARMUP:

Having read the end of the play:

Number and list all the fight scenes in the whole play of Romeo & Juliet

As a review of the play, we began answering the following:
1.       What is the difference between a Soliloquy and an Aside?

a.       What is an example of each from the play?

2.       On the bottom-right-hand side of page 807, the book defines a prologue as “a taste.” What does that mean?

3.       How many prologues/sonnets were there in R&J? Did each Act begin with one?

4.       2/3 of R&J is written in rhyme (iambic pentameter). Why are some parts of Romeo & Juliet written in paragraph form (prose) instead of rhyme?

5.       What are we supposed to learn from this play? (theme)

6.       Using the definition of “character” on page 1242,

a.       What is the difference between static and dynamic?

b.      What is the difference between flat and round?

c.       Which 2 pairs of characteristics usually go together?

                                                                           i.      Static/round, static/flat, dynamic/round, dynamic/flat

7.       Look at the graph on page 4 of your textbook. What do you suppose is another name for “turning point” in a story?

8.       What happens after a turning point/climax in a play?

9.       The definition of “Personification” is on pgs. 1248 – 1249. Create an original sentence that contains personification.

10.   Using your definition of “Tragedy” from your handout (or on page 1252), what causes a tragedy?

11.   Tragedies do not have to end in death. What does have to happen to qualify a story as a tragedy?

12.   What is peculiar about the words in a pun?

13.   Which example below uses personification?

a.        “O, much I fear some ill unthrifty thing.”

b.      “O comfortable friar! Where is my lord?”

c.       “Here, here will I remain / With worms that are thy chambermaids”

d.      “Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew”

14. In Romeo and Juliet, whenever a character spoke in rhyme, he/she was:

a.       drinking heavily

b.      stating an important piece of information

c.       about to die

d.      falling in love

15.   Choose a character. What lesson(s) do we learn from that specific character?

16.   The scenes of this play do not have titles. Choose a scene (not an ACT) and give it a title and explain why.

17.   Which character is the most like you? In detail, explain how.

18.   We spent a lot of this trimester reading this story. What value does it hold for freshmen?

19.   Which character has changed the most so far? Is the change good or bad? What caused the change? 

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 41

Performed, critiqued, brainstormed 2 of 4 winning scripts…including dialogue. 

PLAYWRITING homework: 

None