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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

ENGLISH – 3rd trimester – Day 24 

·       Discuss Chain of Order (MEDIEVAL WORLD VIEW also early Renaissance) and re-examined the balcony scene through this lens
o   Discussed content of question 23 from Act 2 packet by discussing the macrocosm and microcosm levels of the Renaissance Worldview chart

·         Continue working on Act 2 packet – due Wednesday 

ENGLISH homework: 

Finish Act 2 packet – due Wednesday


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PLAYWRITING – Day 23 

Check homework: ½ phone conversation 

Take notes:
  • According to playwright Gram Slaton, there are 11 ingredients found in every great play:
1.       Goals, conflicts, obstacles, actions
2.       Tension and suspense
3.        Secrets
4.        Sex
5.        Love
6.        Money
7.        Power
8.       Crime
9.       Death
10.   Ideas
11.   Theatricality
There are 6 ways to establish (or depict) setting in a play.

1.       Realistically
2.        One or two scenic suggestive elements
3.        One scenic element
4.        A hand prop
5.        Costume only
6.       Dialogue only
The 6 elements of drama according to Aristotle.

1.       Character
2.       Language
3.       Action
4.       Ideas
5.       Music
6.       Spectacle/theatricality
Take notes on the video: The Science of Persuasion: http://youtu.be/cFdCzN7RYbw

PLAYWRITING homework:
 
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