Wednesday, May 29, 2013

ENGLISH – 3rd trimester – Day 53

1.      A MAJOR theme of The Odyssey is obedience to the laws of the gods. Write down an example from the story of a character either obeying or disobeying “the laws of the gods.” Explain what happened in a sentence or two.

Open your book to page 1082 and answer the following questions:

2.      What is INCREDULITY?

3.      What is dramatically ironic in this section?

4.      What two things are being compared in the EPIC SIMILE on page 1095, lines 1290-1293?

5.      From the story, list an event that has to do with the Greek law of hospitality?

6.      The Greeks believed that without gods, man is nothing. How would you describe the CHAIN OF ORDER from the medieval times of Romeo & Juliet to someone who was unfamiliar with it? 

Finish reading The Odyssey 

Continue watching The Odyssey. 

ENGLISH homework: 

Study for exam – Romeo & Juliet, The Odyssey use review sheet

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PLAYWRITING – Day 53 

·         5 minute freewrite: Read “On Turning Ten” by Billy Collins…then for 5 minutes, write what you think. 

·         Subtext and Juxtaposition: (pg 152 – 153)

o   Many scenes only begin to make dramatic sense in CONTEXT, when their actions are juxtaposed against the other scenes and actions.

o   The meaning of a scenes subtext changes by what is learned in the following scene (juxtaposed against it).

·         Take 3 events…3 parts of a story…and mix up the order and see what it does to the subtext:

1.      Jack practices basketball every day.

2.      Jack turns pro.

3.      Jack gets a lot of attention

§  What does this suggest about Jack?

o   Vs.

1.      Jack turns pro.

2.      Jack gets a lot of attention.

3.      Jack practices basketball every day.

§  What is the connection between 3 and 2? What does this suggest about Jack?

o   Vs.

1.      Jack gets a lot of attention.

2.      Jack practices basketball every day.

3.      Jack turns pro.

§  What is the connection between 2 and 1?

Explained roles:

1. SUBTEXT specialist
1. Create a list of lines or actions from your play that say one thing, but mean another.
2. Summarizer: writes up an outline of the events of the play – lists how one event causes the next event to happen
1. Ex. Because Jack practiced basketball every day, he turned pro.
3. Choreographer: designs the series of drawings that depict the sequences of movements for the actors throughout the play – a map of who moves where and when

·         THINK through idea of script – will be in lab tomorrow

PLAYWRITING homework:

THINK through idea of script