Monday, December 16, 2013

 

ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 13

 

Collect homework: 7 characters from Act 1 – love and marriage

 

WARMUP: Using your Literary Terms handout, answer the following:

1. What is the difference between a soliloquy and a monologue?
2. Write a sentence that contains an allusion to Santa Claus.
3. Create an epithet for the celebrity of your choice.
4. Name the oxymoron for each of the following words: apart, blame, rare, vertical, loose, plural
5. What literary term means emotional relief?
6. What’s the definition of a couplet?
7. How do you suppose “blank verse” got its definition?

 

 

Answer the following 4 questions:

 

…about why some people think each of the following kinds of dreams are important…

1.      the ones we dream at night,

2.      the ones we have while awake, and

3.      the ones we have for our futures

4.      where do you think dreams come from?

 

Watched video on dreaming… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GGzc3x9WJU&feature=player_embedded#!

 

Listened to Act 1, Scene 4…introducing us to a new character: Mercutio

 

Using your textbooks Act 1.4 lines 71 – 88 (pg. 830-831), name the dreams that Queen Mab delivers for each of the following characters?

1.      Lovers dream of:

2.      Courtiers (first mention) dream of:

3.      Lawyers dream of:

4.      Ladies dream of:

5.      Courtiers (second mention) dream of:

6.      A parson dreams of:

7.      A soldier dreams of:

8.      Why do you suppose Mercutio tells such a fantastic story to Romeo?

 

Re-read Romeo’s mention of his two “dreams” in Act 1.4…

·         DREAM 1 - Lines 48 – 49

·         DREAM 2 - Lines 106 – 111

9. Summarize what Romeo is saying in Dream 2?

10. What do both of these dreams tell us about Romeo?

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

·         Study for Tuesday’s test on the “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout

o   TO STUDY, create test questions for each of the terms.

§  Remember, you will be given definitions and examples of each…you will be asked to identify which term applies.

·         Use the link below to practice for the test with the Jeopardy game:

o   http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Mar201212/game1332198539.php

 

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PLAYWRITING – Day 13

 

1.      Make a list of 5 concrete goals. These should be wants or needs or desires. They may NOT be abstract.

 

2.      Assign each of your 5 goals to a fictitious character.

 

3.      Next, create an action for each of your 5 goals above that tells us what kind of person the character is.

SAMPLE:

a.       Money

b.      A young boy

c.       A young boy steals a purse from an old lady.)

 

REMEMBER: “Character is action; action is character.”

 

4.      Imagine your 5 actions from step 3 above are criticized as “too weak.” Upgrade all 5 of your actions.

5.      For each of your 5 scenarios, create an obstacle.

6.      Choose your favorite scenario of the 5 and for the rest of this hour, write a script that starts as close to the end as possible.

 

PLAYWRITING homework:

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