Friday, March 20, 2015

 

Homework – Friday, March 20, 2015

ENGLISH – 3rd trimester – Day 8

Name 6 pretty big problems that some teenagers face that some parents (adults) don’t always realize.

2.      You and a partner will work together to “fracture” the story of the Cyclops into a new story. While your story must change the original version, the overall "flavor" of your story must be similar: it must be clear to the reader from what story it derived.

3.      There are lots of ways to change the original story:

·         Change or swap the roles of the main characters.

·         Have the story take place somewhere else.

·         Have the story take place in another time period.

·         Tell the story from a different character’s point of view.

·         Make the problem of the story different.

·         Change an important item in the story.

·         You can even change the end of the story.

4.      To begin, sign in to one of your GOOGLE DOCS accounts, make a timeline that labels 15 main events from the Cyclops’ story – from beginning to end.

5.      Next, choose one of the 6 big problems from today’s warm-up as your CYCLOPS.

6.      Search google for “google template gallery” – choose PUBLIC TEMPLATES tab then search for a “VENN” to complete the next section:

·         Using a template, create a VENN DIAGRAM (two intersecting circles) with Cyclops in one circle and your choice for #5 (above) in the other circle.

·         Then list 4 things they have in common and 2 things that are unique to each.

7.      Next, decide on a theme…In other words, what deep message do you think the author hoped we would learn about life after reading his story? ON A NEW GOOGLE DOC, type your theme at the top…like a heading…

§  Nothing obvious…do not write that we should stay away from one-eyed monsters. This is NOT theme. Themes are deeper than that.

8.      Using your timeline (see #4), decide which events to keep and which to change.

9.      Begin writing your Fractured Cyclops story…based on your choices in #8. Start at the beginning of the story...

·         Will continue Monday

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1, 3, 4:

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PLAYWRITING – Day 8

·         Discussed yesterday’s collaborative writing

·         MANTRA: Get into the scene LATE, get out of the scene EARLY

·         Continued on our projects…adding another domino or two.

o   We pretended there was a $1000 winner-take-all contest for the most entertaining play written.

PLAYWRITING homework:

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