Tuesday, April 21, 2015

 

ENGLISH – 3rd trimester – Day 23

Collect your homework: WEBQUEST

Using your textbook, complete the following:

1.      Find Act 3, Scene 3, line 165…

a.       Copy down that line and its page number.

2.      How many lines total are there in Act 1 scene 3?

3.      Write down an example of unusual word order from page 812.

4.      Using page 805, name which family each of the following characters belong: 

a.       Tybalt, Romeo, Friar Lawrence, Lady Montague, Nurse

5.      Write up a line of iambic pentameter that describes a happy moment in your life.

a.       Mark the 5 iambs… u  /

·         Watched short videos as an introduction to Shakespeare:

o   Mini Biography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geev441vbMI (5 minutes)

o   The History of English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bks-5NLshy4 (1.5 minutes)

o   Shakespearean Fairy Tale – John Branyan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyd17aaHCgU (8.5 minutes)

·         ADD to NOTES:

o   Pun = a form of wordplay that occurs when two words, pronounced and spelled somewhat the same, contain different meanings

·         Discussed PUNS

·         Began reading and discussing Romeo & Juliet Act 1.1.1 -  (Act 1, Scene 1, lines 1 – 100 - pgs. 807 – 812 in Literature book - also see No Fear Shakespeare edition)

ENGLISH homework:

COMPLETE: “Becoming Familiar with the Language of Shakespeare” handout

Bring your Literature book (the purple one) every day.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 24

Same as yesterday…thoughtful critiques…

·         TO BE COLLECTED:

o   With some else’s script, read it, then:

o   In full sentences, answer each of the following about THEIR script:

1.      Why this moment? (in other words, why did they start their script now and not later?)

2.      What’s going to make the audience care about the outcome of this scene?

3.      Name the non-violent conflicts in their scene.

4.      What surprised you in their script?

5.      List each character in the script. Next to their names, list which of the following characteristics apply to each:

                                                                          i.      Personality – interesting (not boring)

                                                                        ii.      Dynamic

                                                                      iii.      Unpredictable

                                                                      iv.      Imperfect/flawed

                                                                        v.      Complicated (layered)

                                                                      vi.      Relatable

                                                                    vii.      Spontaneous

                                                                  viii.      Conflicted

6.      Write out the “dominoes” in their scene…number them in order.

7.      What role, if any, did chance, coincidence, accident, fate, the weather, or dumb luck play in the story?

8.      Make 2 columns, then list what parts of their script they wrote in linear fashion (chronological) and what parts were told out of sequence?

9.      Recommend 2 constructive things that the writer should CHANGE in their current script.

PLAYWRITING homework:

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