ENGLISH – HOURS 1, 3, 4 – Day 11
Read the next several books of The Odyssey (pgs. 1059 – 1074 – “The Enchantress Circe” and “The Land of the Dead” and “The Sirens and Scylla and Charybdis” and “The Cattle of the Sun God”
Add these 5 KEY THEMES from The Odyssey to your notes:
a. Loyalty, devotion, and fortitude (courage; strength of mind)
b. The Greek ideal of strong mind and body
c. Wandering hero who weeps for home and family
d. Triumph of good over evil
e. Obedience to the laws of the gods
COMPLETE questions 29 – 52.
NO VIDEO TODAY L - test bumped to MONDAY
ENGLISH homework:
Finish questions #1 - 52 from the Odyssey packet of questions (TO BE COLLECTED)
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PLAYWRITING – Day 11
· On a clean sheet of paper, explain (or list) what characteristics you think are necessary to make up a “good” character.
o Personality – interesting (not boring)
o Dynamic
o Unpredictable
o Imperfect/flawed
o Complicated (layered)
o Relatable
o Spontaneous
o Conflicted
· ADD these to your NOTES (by Kurt Vonnegut):
- Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
- Every sentence must do one of two things
- reveal character or
- advance the action.
- Start as close to the end as possible.
- No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them - in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
- Drama thrives only when characters are in crisis, in extremes, in trouble.
Edit your script until videos begin at 2:05.
· Watched 2 TED talks (26 minutes)
- David Kelley – How To Build Your Creative Confidence
- Natasha Tsakos – A Multimedia Theatrical Adventure
PLAYWRITING homework:
None
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