Wednesday, April 24, 2013

ENGLISH – 3rd trimester – Day 30 

P/T conferences: 3:30 – 5:30 PM 

WARMUP (to be collected with homework):

1.      Review Mercutio’s Act 3, Scene 1, lines 88 – 100 (pg. 876 – 877)…beginning with “I am hurt…” and ending with “I was hurt under your arm.”

2.      What does it remind you of?

4.      In Act 3, Scene 2, lines 1 – 31 (pg. 883) – List when and where Juliet breaks the chain of order (says something taboo).

5.      Read the next 3 scenes of Act 3(scenes 3, 4, 5 – pgs. 888 – 905) - for EACH scene, STOP, and answer the 4 following questions. Answer the 4 questions for each of the 3 scenes separately. 

1. Choose a character. What lesson(s) have I learned from that specific character in this scene?
2. This scene does not have a title. Give it a title and explain why.
3. What is the single most important word in this scene? Explain why?
4. What techniques did the author use in this scene to hold the readers’ interest?

ENGLISH homework: 

Finish reading Romeo & Juliet Act 3 (pgs. 888 – 905) and answer the 4 questions listed above for EACH of the 3 scene (12 total).

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PLAYWRITING – Day 30 

Collect homework: 4-sided, “bell-ringing” script 

·         Re-write opening/setup to yesterday’s content less scene. COLLECTED

·         Performed content-less scenes with our added “theatricality” to them… 

PLAYWRITING homework: 

None