Making Inferences from the Character Chart
With your acting group…
Drawing it all together…
The Initial Read-Through
Who are these guys? How do you know?
What is going on here?
Do these guys know each other well?
Who is the boss of this group?
Who would like to be the boss? How do you know? Is there more than one boss?
Helpful Footnotes
Between Reads
The Second Reading
Make notes on new information you discover the second time around.
What does the performance emphasize in terms of character interpretation, conflicts, situation, etc?
What new understanding of this scene and the play as a whole does the performance help you achieve?
Agenda 9/26 (2012 lessons)
Agenda 9/27 (2012 lesson plans)
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With your partners…
Agenda 9/28
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Connotations (all the associations we have with certain words)
What’s the difference between these two sentences?
I returned home.
I returned to my house.
What’s the difference between these two sentences?
The past always claws its way out.
The past always creeps back in.
Syntax (Sentence Structure)
Conceit
In response to my husband’s question, “Babe, what happened to all the oreos?”
“They are all gone. Sorry!”
“I ate them. Sorry!”
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What’s the difference between these two statements?
B.P. is responsible for the oil spill in the Gulf.
B.P. has taken responsibility for the oil spill in the Gulf.
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Henry IV’s Syntax in Scene 1
Henry IV’s Syntax in Scene 3
Agenda 9/29 (Shortened Class)
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Tableau Topics
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From “Stubborn Love” – The Lumineers
“It's better to feel pain, than nothing at all.
�The opposite of love's indifference.
�Pay attention now, I'm standing on your porch screaming out,
�And I won’t leave until you come downstairs.”
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Symbols To Work in
The moon
The sun
An uprooted plant
A cross
Agenda 9/30
Agenda 10/1 Happy October!
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Essay Reminders
If you choose to revise…
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Reminders…
1. Out loud, dramatic reading
2. Identify dramatic situation
3. Move through stylistic elements (syntax, imagery, diction, motif, symbol)
4. Connect stylistic elements to meaning
5. Best question yet to be answered, philosophical or otherwise
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Your college needs…
Working within strict word limits
Meeting the demands of detailed prompts
Projecting into the future (how you’re going to enrich their campus, etc.)
Getting feedback from multiple people, especially people who don’t know you
Figuring out the structure of your essay
Avoiding the cliché
Strong opening sentences
Unique voice to describe qualities
Agenda 10/11
What is the literary 3 x 3?
A Few Thoughts…
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Agenda 10/13 (Very shortened class)
Scattegories: Round 1
Scattegories: Round 2
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Deep Thoughts for Small Groups
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Whiteboard Thoughts
Types of Poetry Questions
Collaborative SOAPStone
First, take out your poetry terms packet; using as many approaches/terms as you find useful, explicate the poem. Try out some of the UNFAMILIAR ones.
S = Speaker
O = Occasion
A = Audience
P = Purpose
S = Subject
Tone = Tone
Questioning the Poem
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Act V Performances
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Mental Jousting
Agenda 10/28
A little pre-reading…