Tuesday, May 13, 2014

 

ENGLISH – 3rd trimester – Day 40

 

·         Write 2 paragraphs about a time when you (or someone you know) were so angry that you acted without thinking. (what, where, when, why, how)

·         Discuss Chain of Order (MEDIEVAL WORLD VIEW also early Renaissance) and re-examined the balcony scene through this lens

·         Discussed content of question 23 from Act 2 packet by discussing the macrocosm and microcosm levels of the Renaissance Worldview chart

·         Read Act 3, Scene 1…(pgs. 873 – 882):

 

ROLES:

BENVOLIO	Tybalt	Citizen
MERCUTIO	Romeo Montague	Prince Lady Capulet

 

·         The goal of this assignment is to retell this single scene using THE MOST IMPORTANT LINES of the characters.

o   Below you will find the scene broken down into sections – following each section is the number of characters in each section. Using your book, you are to write down 1 word-for-word quote (the most important one) for each character (within the lines given).

§  THESE ARE DIRECT QUOTATIONS from the play. When finished, you will have 18 word-for-word quotes that retell the main points of this scene.

o   lines 1-35; 2 characters (Benvolio/Mercutio)

o   lines 36-86; 4 characters (Tybalt/Merc/Benv/Romeo)

o   lines 87-126; 3 characters (Merc/Benv/Romeo)

o   lines 127-142; 5 characters

o   lines 143-195; 4 characters

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

1. Finish Act 2 take-home test packet – due tomorrow, Wednesday
2. Also, if you didn’t finish in class, complete your 18 character quotations from above