Monday, December 9, 2013

ENGLISH – 2^nd trimester – Day 8

 

COMPUTER DAY IN LIBRARY – WORK ON WEBQUEST 2013

If absent, find Webquest on school network at:

 

StudentView

Mr. Van Bragt

Romeo&Juliet

Shakespeare WEBQUEST 2013

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

Bring your Literature book (the purple one) every day.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 8

 

·         Take pre test (20 questions)

·         In your notebook, explain what characteristics you think are necessary to make up a “good” character.

• Listed what we thought made up a “good” character:
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·         TOOK NOTES (by Kurt Vonnegut):

• Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
• Every sentence must do one of two things - reveal character or advance the action.
• Start as close to the end as possible.
• No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them - in order that the reader may see what they are made of.

·         Watched 2 TED talks

• David Kelley – How To Build Your Creative Confidence
• http://www.ted.com/talks/david_kelley_how_to_build_your_creative_confidence.html
• Natasha Tsakos – A Multimedia Theatrical Adventure
• http://www.ted.com/talks/natasha_tsakos_multimedia_theatrical_adventure.html

 

PLAYWRITING homework:

 

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