Assignments for the Week of February 27-29

You only have one assignment this week outside of learning your lines and improving your performance for Tuesday.  Please read everyone's final Shakespeare movie reviews and comment on at least 2 of them.  It is so interesting to read the reviews in which people have clearly incorporated what they learned from their viewing into their own performances.  The assignment is up on Turnitin now and you have until Wednesday night to finish it.  However....I would that you not wait so long.  You may learn something you can use on Tuesday.

Assignments for the Week of February 21 - 24

Tuesday, February 21          Be able to answer to your Shakespeare name. Click on the image to enlarge.

Mail your ideas for our Children Inspiring Hope project to Greg.

Study for the Reading Bowl.  First round is Tuesday during 7^th period.

Wednesday, February 22        MARRY, STUDY THY LINES, THOU.
                                             

Thursday, February 23           MARRY, STUDY THY LINES, THOU.

                                               Read all your classmates write up on Performing
                                               Shakespeare. Comment on two.          

Friday, February 24                MARRY, STUDY THY LINES, Thou.
                                               Read your classmates last movie reviews.  Comment on two.
                                              

Shakespeare movie review.  This is your last movie, so make it a good one.  If you haven’t watched Discovering Hamlet, watch it because a lot of people got a lot out of it.  Shakespeare’s Women and Claire Bloom is another good one. Claire Bloom is a model of diction and annunciation.  Dominique recommends Playing Shakespeare which is a TV series covering different facets of acting and producing Shakespeare’s play.  All three of these can be streamed from Netflix.

Assignments for the Week of February 13 - 17

Monday, February 13          MARRY, KNOW THY LINES!!!!!!
                                             Have your costumes.
                                             Bring in any props you need for your scenes.
                                             Be prepared and focused on rehearsal.

Tuesday, February 14          STUDY THY LINES/PRACTICE DELIVERY/BLOCKING
                                             Peer Review Assignment (Assigned by Turnitin)

Wednesday, February 15      STUDY THY LINES/PRACTICE DELIVERY/BLOCKING
                                             Peer Review Assignment (Your choice)

Thursday, February 16         STUDY THY LINES/PRACTICE DELIVERY/BLOCKING
                                             Peer Review Assignment (My choice)

Friday, February 17              STUDY THY LINES/PRACTICE DELIVERY/BLOCKING
                                             Shakespeare Movie Review

Assignments for the Week of February 6 - 10

Monday, February 6, 2012                Grammar Test
                                                           Have lines memorized for Much Ado about Nothing

Tuesday, February 7, 2012                 History vs. Hollywood: Response to Red Tails (1-2 page paper)
                                                           (Upload it to Turnitin.com.  The RCG class code is 4783178.)

Wednesday, February 8, 2012            Peer Reviews:  Turnitin.com will assign you the review.
                                                            Read a classmates' Shakespeare movie review from Feb. 3. 
                                                            Comment on what they did right and what they could improve. 

Thursday, February 9, 2012                Peer Reviews:  You can choose a review from Turnitin.com.
                                                            Read another classmates' Shakespeare movie review.
                                                            Comment on what they did right and what they could improve.

Friday, February 10, 2012                  Shakespeare movie review due.  Upload it on Turnitin.com.

Assignments for the Week of January 30-February 3

Assignments for January 30 – February 3, 2012

Monday, January 30                Literature:  Character Sketch on your role.

                                                Grammar:   Space Baby’s Bad Romance:  Part I
                                                Bring $8 for movie on Friday

Tuesday, January 31               Literature:  Memorize your lines

                                                Bring in costume garments

                                                Bring in props

                                                Grammar:  Space Baby’s Bad Romance: Part II

                                                Bring $8 for movie on Friday

Wednesday, February 1          Literature:  Memorize your lines

                                                Bring in costume garments

                                                Bring in props.

                                                Grammar:  Appositives

Thursday, February 2            Literature:  Memorize your lines

                                              Bring in costume garments

                                              Bring in props.

                                              Grammar:  Review sentences

Friday, February 3                 Literature:  Shakespeare Movie Review

                                              Grammar:  Review sentences/Study for test on Monday

Much Ado - Hip Hop Animation

Assignments for the Week of January 23-27

Assignments for January 23-27

Monday, January 23                Literature: Cast the play.

Grammar:  Diagram sentences using participial and gerund phrases. (Check your email.)

Tuesday, January 24                Literature:  Choose a character for your audition. Find a scene to use for your audition and learn it well enough to perform it.

Grammar:  Diagram sentences using infinitive phrases. (Check your email.)

RCG: Read “A Touch of Class” by Paul Fussell

http://www.pbs.org/peoplelikeus/resources/essays6.html.

Wednesday, January 25           Grammar:  Diagram sentences with infinitive phrases

RCG:  Re-read “A Touch of Class” and answer the following questions:

1.  Describe the “official myth of classlessness” that

Fussell attributes to America?

2.  In a Harris poll, 76% of the respondents said they wanted ___________ most.

3.  Which class does Fussell say has the most anxiety about their social ranking?

4.  In what area does the author believe “class envy” is most obvious?

5.  In what ways do the different classes refer to death?

6.  Fussell says that we find class rankings virtually everywhere.  Name four examples the author gives of class hierarchies in the United States?

7. Explain how the social class rankings inferred by various musical instruments.

8.  What is it about America in particular that inspires class ambition?

9.  Who is Paul Fussell?  What are his credentials for writing this article?

10.  Do you agree that the idea of a classless society a “utopian illusion?”  Do you believe humans are inherently classist or are we capable of creating a more egalitarian society?

Thursday, January 26              Literature:  Auditions for play.

                                               Grammar:  Diagram sentences with infinitive phrases.

Friday, January 27                   Literature:  Review of Shakespeare movie

Grammar:  Diagram sentences with participial, gerund and infinitive phrases.