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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Thursday, May 16, 2013

ENGLISH – 3rd trimester – Day 46 

1.      Check homework: 10+ “Cyclops” questions…

2.      WARMUP: On a separate paper, summarize “The Cyclops” story in 5 bullet points.

3.      Complete drawing assignment: 

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.

A.         Homer (pg. 1036)

B.         Muse (pg. 1037)

C.         “man skilled in all ways of contending” (Odysseus) (lines 2-5)

D.         Lord Helios lines 12-15

E.          Calypso (lines 47-53)

F.          Poseidon (lines 29-32)

G.         Telemachus (pg. 1038)

H.         Athena

I.          Penelope

J.          Hermes (lines 33 – 47)

K.         Draw a picture that shows, specifically, how Calypso tries to convince Odysseus to stay? What does she offer him? (pg. 1042)

L.          Draw a picture of why Odysseus cries? (pg. 1043)

M.        Using the description on page 1043 (lines 130-137), draw a picture of where Odysseus lives and the surrounding areas.

N.         ** Draw a picture of what happened on Ismaros and the Cicones (pg. 1045 lines 149-175)

O.         Lotus Eaters – pg. 1046 lines 197-201

4.      Listen to 60 second recaps x 3 (overview plot, overview, meet the cast)

5.      Review “important” sections/ideas on these sections

6.      Listened to Lotus Eaters and The Cyclops

7.      REMINDER:
a.       Your speech must be TYPED. You can cut and paste it from http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/SceneTextIndex.html

8.      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 Monday, May 20 – focus on the following rubric: 

(Due Monday, May 20):
R & J FINAL PROJECT RUBRIC (worth 50 points):
·          The theme/story = 20 points (thorough interpretation of your stand on a specific theme, important story elements from R&J, 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 (worth 3 pts.) and considerable effort shown in memorization of piece
o    IMPORTANT:
§   You may NOT give your recital without a typed copy of your speech.
§   You may NOT memorize from these 2 speeches: “Two households…” (pg. 807) or “But soft, what light…” (pg. 845-846)

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PLAYWRITING – Day 46 

WARMUP: With our brainstorms on mothers and helping others from yesterday’s class, write a solution to the play we saw yesterday. In other words, how could the play be fixed to make it compelling and riveting to you, personally? - COLLECTED 

Continued presenting scripts from the other day…discussed one of the plays that was presented and asked how to make it “riveting” to the audience. 

Continued reading Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial M For Murder film…pg. 22 – 32 (56 pages total) 

Playwriting homework: 

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