Wednesday, April 16, 2014

 

ENGLISH – 3rd trimester – Day 20

 

COLLECT homework: 14-line paraphrase of the Prologue

 

WARMUP: Using your textbook, complete the following:

1. Find Act 3, Scene 3, line 165…
1. Copy down that line and its page number.
2. How many lines total are there in Act 1 scene 3?
3. Write down an example of unusual word order from page 812.
4. Using page 805, name which family each of the following characters belong:  Tybalt, Romeo, Friar Lawrence, Lady Montague, Nurse

·         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:

1. Write out Act 1, Scene 1, line 79…then, above it, mark the iambs with 5 sets of   (U      /)
2. Go to Act 1, Scene 1, line 92…write down the definition  of “cankered”
3. How many Acts are there total, in the whole play?
4. 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.
5. Write out Romeo’s first line of the play.
6. Write out Juliet’s first line of the play.
7. In your own words, explain what Benvolio means in Act 1, Scene 1, line 160.
8. Write 2 lines of iambic pentameter that described how you are feeling today.
9. 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.