ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 6
WARMUP: Using your textbook, complete the following:
- Find Act 3, Scene 3, line 165…
- Write down the words of that line and the page number
- How many lines are there in Act 1 scene 3?
- Write down an example of unusual word order from page 812
- Using page 805, name which family each of the following characters belong: Tybalt, Romeo, Friar Lawrence, Lady Montague, Nurse
· A contemporary sonnet…
Sonnet (by Billy Collins)
All we need is fourteen lines, well, thirteen now,
and after this one just a dozen
to launch a little ship on love's storm-tossed seas,
then only ten more left like rows of beans.
How easily it goes unless you get Elizabethan
and insist the iambic bongos must be played
and rhymes positioned at the ends of lines,
one for every station of the cross.
But hang on here while we make the turn
into the final six where all will be resolved,
where longing and heartache will find an end,
where Laura will tell Petrarch to put down his pen,
take off those crazy medieval tights,
blow out the lights, and come at last to bed.
· NOTES:
o Pun = a form of wordplay that occurs when two words pronounced and spelled somewhat the same contain different meanings
· Discussed PUNS
· Began reading and discussing Romeo & Juliet Act 1.1.1 - 60 (Act 1, Scene 1, lines 1 – 60 - pgs. 807 – 810 in Literature book - also see No Fear Shakespeare edition)
· Using your textbook, complete the following:
5. Write out Act 1, Scene 1, line 79…then, above it, mark the iambs with 5 sets of (U /)
6. Go to Act 1, Scene 1, line 92…write down the definition of “cankered”
7. How many Acts are there total, in the whole play?
8. In Act 1, Scene 1, lines 1 – 62 are not written in iambic pentameter. Starting with line 63, nearly every line is. Make a guess as to why this is.
9. Write out Romeo’s first line of the play.
10. Write out Juliet’s first line of the play.
11. In your own words, explain what Benvolio means in Act 1, Scene 1, line 160.
12. Write 2 lines of iambic pentameter that described how you are feeling today.
13. Now shuffle the word order of your each of your two lines (without adding any words)
ENGLISH homework:
Bring your Literature book (the purple one) every day.
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PLAYWRITING – Day 5
· WARMUP: Imagine you were a writer who had just finished writing a new story and then gave it to an editor for some feedback. List 5 specific things you would want the editor to comment on for you.
o If it has good and correct amount of grammar/dialogue
o Structure?
o Too much plot?
o Enough action?
o Are the characters good?
o Does the story make sense?
o Good plot/story
o Is the story relevant?
§ Off topic?
o What kind of changes would you make?
o Does it involve the audience?
o Does is flow?
o Is the word choice good?
o Is it interesting?
o Do you like my story?
· Read each other’s scripts from yesterday. Writing constructive criticism for each.
PLAYWRITING homework:
None
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