Thursday, May 14, 2015

 

ENGLISH – 3rd trimester – Day 44

Collect homework: Act 2 packet.

Write 2 paragraphs about a time when you (or someone you know) were so angry that you acted without thinking. (what, where, when, why, how)

Read Act 3, Scene 1…(pgs. 873 – 882): and answer the following 7 questions:

1.      Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel, but Romeo refuses to fight. Reread lines 64-70 and fully explain WHY Romeo will not draw his sword.

2.      Read lines 71-80. Explain WHY Mercutio (instead of Romeo) fights Tybalt.

3.      WHY does Mercutio say, “A plague a both our houses,” AND what does he MEAN?

4.      HOW is Mercutio partly responsible for his own death?

5.      WHY did Romeo, who “loves” Tybalt, kill him, AND how does this reveal a character flaw in Romeo?

6.      DESCRIBE the punishment the Prince decrees for Romeo at the end of Act III, Scene i.  Infer (or reason) and explain why the Prince chooses this punishment.

7.      In Act III, Scene I, lines 106-112 – Is this speech a soliloquy, an aside or a monologue.  Explain.

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1, 3, 4:

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PLAYWRITING – Day 41

Watched TED Talk: Tim Brown (2008): Tales of Creativity and Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjwUn-aA0VY

On a clean sheet of paper, trace around your hand, fill it with memories of what you’ve touched, held, loved

http://www.nicertube.com/n58oauk9

http://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/74181629309

PLAYWRITING homework:

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