Monday, March 16, 2015

 

ENGLISH – 3rd trimester – Day 4

Using “Identifying Sentence Errors – Daily Warm-ups – 2010” solve #106?

Finish HERO’S JOURNEY by hand (and/or for homework).

In your PURPLE Literature book, read pgs. 1012 – 1013 – 2 questions

Quietly read 12 pages (pgs. 1025 – 1036) and pretend they are a teacher and create one test question and ANSWER KEY for each of the 12 pages (plus the 2 above). Starting with page 1025 and ending on page 1036.

• For example, using the information on page 1025, write up a test question (and a separate answer key)
• Do the same for page 1026
• Again for 1027…until you have 14 questions (and answers) total.
• They must use a variety of question styles… multiple choice, short answer, and NO fill-in-the-blank style questions.
• TO BE COLLECTED TOMORROW

ENGLISH homework:

Students should FINISH 14 questions (and answer key) explained above.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 4

Choose one of the 2 following dominoes and write down the 9 dominoes that come before it…

• #10 The ghost was walking on the mountain top.
• #10 The beekeeper was dancing in the school.
• Re: http://www.thestorystarter.com/jr.htm

·         As you read the interview with David Mamet from the Paris Review, write down the things you learn that pertain to writing.

·         Discussed ACTors vs. TALKers…we will learn to write actions (not great speeches)

ACTor vs. TALKer follow-up: Interview with David Mamet from the Paris Review.

INTERVIEWER So to you a character is . . .

MAMET It’s action, as Aristotle said. That’s all that it is—exactly what the person does. It’s not what they “think,” because we don’t know what they think. It’s not what they say. It’s what they do, what they’re physically trying to accomplish on the stage. Which is exactly the same way we understand a person’s character in life—not by what they say, but by what they do. Say someone came up to you and said, I’m glad to be your neighbor because I’m a very honest man. That’s my character. I’m honest, I like to do things, I’m forthright, I like to be clear about everything, I like to be concise. Well, you really don’t know anything about that guy’s character. Or the person is onstage, and the playwright has him or her make those same claims in several subtle or not-so-subtle ways, the audience will say, Oh yes, I understand their character now; now I understand that they are a character. But in fact you don’t understand anything. You just understand that they’re jabbering to try to convince you of something.

PLAYWRITING homework:

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