Monday, January 13, 2013

 

ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 20

 

1.        TO BE COLLECTED: Draw a SMALL PICTURE at the top of a paper of the following Shakespearean (extended) metaphor from Romeo and Juliet Act 2.2:

 

ROMEO
 25                                                                   She speaks!
 26   O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art
 27   As glorious to this night, being o'er my head
 28   As is a winged messenger of heaven
 29   Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes
 30   Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him
 31   When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds
 32   And sails upon the bosom of the air.

 

 

 

2.        Next, on the same paper as your sentence, write your own extended/Shakespearean metaphor:

 

Step 1: (choose one of the items off the following list and brainstorm about it)

Battlefield Rainstorm Dance

Symphony 10 speed bike Circus

·         If you choose "BATTLEFIELD" - then brainstorm everything you associate with a battlefield.

STEP 2: Choose another item off the list and list the similarities of it to the item you chose for step 1:

·         How is a ___(battlefield)________ like a ________dance _______________?
List as many similarities as you can.
Write some of them into a LONG sentence that doesn’t read like a list.

STEP 3: Choose an abstract noun and list the similarities of it to the item you chose for step 1:

·         ABSTRACT/INTANGIBLE NOUNS: What are they? (dreams, love, memories, fear, happiness, confidence, imagination, death, inspiration, trust, hate…)

How is a battlefield like _______(abstract noun)_______________?
List as many similarities as you can.
Write some of them into a LONG sentence that doesn’t read like a list.STEP 4: Your turn…You choose 1 from first list, 1 abstract (love, happiness, justice, respect, truth, life): How is ____(your choice)_______ like _____(abstract)______?

Assembled famous soliloquy from Act 2 with 2 other partners (scatterbrained soliloquy activity) – check pgs. 845 - 846 for answers

 

REVIEW balcony scene…including the many taboo moments as well as the Shakespearean metaphors…“bird” metaphor (pg. 852 - Act 2.2.176 - 184)…

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

None

 

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PLAYWRITING – Day 20

 

WARMUP: Write out the details of what we decided made for a better response to the highlighted moments in each other’s scripts.

 

With a partner, read ANOTHER 3 or 4 scripts and highlighted the best moment of each. Also wrote a paragraph explaining why this moment was the best.

 

REMEMBER: Explain to the author why this moment was so compelling in reference to the lives of their character/s.

 

PLAYWRITING homework:

 

None