ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 28
Open book to Act 3, Scene 1, lines 88-100 and re-read that speech
1. Review Mercutio’s Act 3, Scene 1, lines 88 – 100 (pg. 876 – 877)…beginning with “I am hurt…” and ending with “I was hurt under your arm.”
2. What does it remind you of?
a. Watched spoof of Romeo & Juliet and Monty Python video clip of Black Knight
3. In Act 3, Scene 2, lines 1 – 31 (pg. 883) – List when and where Juliet breaks the chain of order (says something taboo).
4. Listen to Act 3 on CD (scenes 1 and 2 – pgs. 873 - 887)…(30 minutes)
Finish classwork (see below) from yesterday…COLLECT (or turn in tomorrow)
1. There are 6 questions on the handout that your characters must address.
a. How was Mercutio killed
b. Why Mercutio was killed….etc…(see handout)
c.
2. Length = 3 sides of 2 sheets of paper (do not skip lines).
3. No physical violence in your scripts. Characters may argue, but no violence.
ENGLISH homework:
Finish all work noted above.
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PLAYWRITING – Day 28
Pick up copy of notes on center table - review - announce homework.
THEME OF THE DAY: Persuasion
ANNOUNCE: that # 1-5 (below) will be collected this hour…
(Write answers the following prompts):
1. Write down a list of 10 things that some people do to get others to do what they want.
2. On a similar note, write down a list of what makes YOU agree, even reluctantly, to do something that someone else asks of you? (parents, teachers, enemies, friends, salespeople, popular kids, disabled people, celebrities, etc.)
a. add a few of these to your list…
| 1. Minimize the consequences; 2. Threats; 3. Money; 4. Guilt; 5. Pity – relieve my hurt; 6. Verbalize the result; | 7. Promise of something better; 8. Once in a lifetime; 9. Repetition; 10. Compliment – sweet talk; 11. Reason – common sense
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3. Think of a SPECIFIC time when you were persuaded to do something you didn’t want to do but were FINALLY persuaded to do. Write down a short summary of that story.
a. Include what the other person did or said that helped to persuade you?
4. Next, list 10 different things that you, personally, will never buy (for any number of reasons). Anything at all (as long as it’s appropriate for school).
5. Next, exchange your list with a partner. Pick one thing off your partner’s list. Your job now is going to be to write an advertisement that will convince them to buy the very item that they said they would never buy.
a. The key is going to be to think of things that can be done with the item that aren’t obvious. For example, if your partner said that they would never buy tuna fish in a can, you may want to sell them tuna fish in a can by suggesting they use it to pound in tent stakes, or freak out their brother by hiding it in his socks, or perhaps, build a vest out of multiple cans of tuna and start a new fashion trend.
i. So first, list some funny, creative things that could be done with their item (these will become your copy points in your advertisement).
b. Next, write a radio/TV commercial that will persuade your partner to buy one of the items on his/her I’ll-Never-Buy list.
i. Should be a good, long paragraph in length.
6. Collect #1-5
PLAYWRITING homework:
1. Create test and answer key based on the playwriting notes/handout…(5 questions per page of notes, 20 questions total)
2. Imagine a situation where you (or someone you know) was persuaded to do something that you initially didn’t want to do. Now imagine that the persuading was done over the phone.
3. On a separate paper, you will write ½ of a phone conversation where we only hear what the persuadee’s (the person being persuaded) says as he speaks into the phone (as if he was on a phone and we could only hear his side of things).
a. The persuadee is the “buyer” (the persuader would be the “seller”). We’re focusing on the “buyer’s” side of the conversation only. Do not write down what the persuader is saying.
Include at least 20 different responses for the persuadee.
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