Thursday, April 23, 2015

 

ENGLISH – HOURS 1, 3, 4 – Day 26 

USING THE CHART BELOW… decide which PITADS each of the following group of words represents. 

1.        today, except

2.        dreadful, helpless, running, asking

3.        Drop dead! Bite this!

4.        To the lake, understand

5.        withering, heavily, talk to me 

 

Trochee, Iamb, Anapest, Dactyl, or Spondee? (that is the question)… 

·         Using the chart above, figure out the category of your first and last name

o   Mr. (trochee) Van Bragt (iamb)

·         Watch 2 excerpts of Romeo & Juliet of same opening scene (old and new) 

·         Watched short videos on Shakespeare:

1. Prologue of Romeo and Juliet
2. Guinea Pig Romeo and Juliet 

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1, 3, 4:  

Study for next week’s test on the “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout – be able to identify both the definitions and examples of each term

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PLAYWRITING – Day 26

Take out your 4-step dramatization from yesterday. Grade it on a scale of 1 – 10…10 best a perfect 10…your best work to date. 1 = horrible.

SHARE: Review yesterday’s 4 steps of dramatization

Took notes on echoing and sidestepping:

SIDESTEP THE OBVIOUS
One of the most common mistakes aspiring writers make with dialogue is creating a simple back-and-forth exchange. Each line responds directly to the previous line, often repeating a word or phrase (an “echo”).

“Hello, Mary.”
“Hi, Sylvia.”
“My, that’s a wonderful outfit you’re wearing.”
“Outfit? You mean this old thing?”
“Old thing! It looks practically new.”
“It’s not new, but thank you for saying so.”

There are no surprises, and the reader drifts along with little interest. While some direct response is fine, your dialogue will be stronger if you sidestep the obvious:

“Hello, Mary.”
“Sylvia. I didn’t see you.”
“My, that’s a wonderful outfit you’re wearing.”
“I need a drink.”

You can also sidestep with a question:

“Hello, Mary.”
“Sylvia. I didn’t see you.”
“My, that’s a wonderful outfit you’re wearing.”
“Where is he, Sylvia?”

After choosing a new “nugget/situation”: eating a pancake…

            We chose a partner we have not yet worked with…

Together, we created a 4-step dramatization…

Next, we scripted a moment or two (but we echoed)

Finally, we re-wrote the script with sidesteps.

PLAYWRITING homework:

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