ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 44
1. WARMUP: Make your best guess to questions a & b, then use your book for c…
a. What do you think the word “epic” means?
b. What do you think an “epic hero” is?
c. Using your book, explain the difference between an epic hero and a tragic hero?
i. See page 754 and 1012 for answers.
2. Collect Odyssey drawings (from yesterday) A - O
3. OPTIONAL: If you are interested, pickup your GRADED assignments off side counter.
4. Q&A – recital and projects due MONDAY
5. Complete #1-28 – due today
6. REMINDER:
a. Your speech must be TYPED. You can cut and paste it from http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/SceneTextIndex.html
7. Practice your 10-line speech from Romeo & Juliet for Monday’s recital
ENGLISH homework:
Work on Romeo & Juliet projects (including 10-line memorization piece) - focus on the following rubric:
(Due Monday, February 24):
R & J FINAL PROJECT RUBRIC (worth 50 points):
· The theme/story = 20 points (thorough interpretation of your stand on a specific theme, important story elements from R&J, proper length)
· Creativity = 10 points (ideas are unique and enjoyable)
· Effort = 10 points (project is thoughtful and well-prepared; shows considerable effort; looks complete)
· Recital = 10 points - TYPED COPY (worth 3 pts.) and considerable effort shown in memorization of piece
o IMPORTANT:
§ You may NOT give your recital without a typed copy of your speech.
§ You may NOT memorize from these 2 speeches: “Two households…” (pg. 807) or “But soft, what light…” (pg. 845-846)
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PLAYWRITING – Day 44
Continued working with our partners…SCRIPTING A NEW SCENE…
…this time, using the same archetypal characters as yesterday, but with new, random journeys chosen out of a hat…
- Mystery to truth
- Fear to courage
- Doubt to decision (Hamlet)
- Revenge to justice
- Sin to redemption
- Isolation to alliance
- Denial of fate to acceptance of fate (Oedipus)
- Ambition to destruction (Macbeth)
- Exile to home (Odyssey)
- Delusion to realization
- Disillusion to suicide
- Self-delusion to self-knowledge
- Deception to truth
- Innocence to corruption
- Naiveté to disillusion
- Smugness to humility (King Lear)
- Alienation to reconciliation
- Greed to corruption
- Guilt to amends
- Shame to self-acceptance
- Self-deception to self-awareness
- Self-deception to misjudgment
- Obsession to balance
- Obsession to destruction
- Power to tyranny
NOT COLLECTED TODAY
PLAYWRITING homework:
None
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