Thursday, December 17, 2015

December 17 and 18- I.II-III worksheet, Memorize Two Households, EXTRA CREDIT!

We went over I.I. and watched the video for it.

Next we worked on the following worksheet:


Read I.I.76-153 and answer questions 1-4 in 2-3 sentences each

1. What does the prince think about the Capulets and Montagues?



2. What is the warning the prince gives to the Capulets and Montagues?



3. Describe Benvolio.  What kind of a man is he? Give specific examples.



4. The Montagues are worried about Romeo.  Describe how Romeo is acting.



Now read lines 154-233 and answer the rest of the questions

Why is Romeo sad? Give me a line to prove this.


Romeo says “she’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow” What does he mean?


He says some other things right after (204-211). Write down one thing he says and write down what he means.




What is Benvolio’s advice?


How does Romeo respond to Benvolio’s advice?



Do you agree more with Benvolio’s view on love or Romeo’s? Explain.


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I also gave students the following to complete over Winter Break (first block on 12/17 did not get this sheet- they'll receive it after break)

Assignment for memorizing Act one's prologue
(Worth 20 points).


Presenting the prologue by 1/4 or 1/5 gets you 25 points
Presenting by 1/6 or 1/7 gets you 20 points
Presenting by 1/8 or 1/11 gets you 15 points
Presenting after 1/12 or 1/13 gets you 10 points   

¨  Presenting with EMOTION can get you five to ten more points.
¨  Bringing in props to help make the monologue more understandable will get you five to ten more points.
¨  Making an art project using any type of material can get you five to ten more points (check out above the chalk board).
¨  Doing another monologue will get you one point for every two lines memorized.
¨      Doing a dialogue (with another student) will get you each one point for every four lines memorized.

 





Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.


From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;
Whose misadventur’d piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.


The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love,
And the continuance of their parents’ rage,
Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage;


The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.


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In addition, here are some ideas for Extra Credit:

  • Act any scene from R & J
  • Bring in a song that would describe the emotions felt by one of the characters
  • Draw a scene from R & J
  • Do an artistic drawing of a line or two from the play
  • Memorize any lines from R&J

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