Now that you've blogged and made some changes to your personal space, I hope you feel comfortable enough to tackle this next assignment. Due date: by class time on Wednesday, March 26th.
Romeo and Juliet: "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
Since this week is so short - hooray for Easter break!!! - we will be laying the foundation for reading Romeo and Juliet. Most of you have finished your last assignment to critique a website based either on the play or William Shakespeare so you should have an idea of what we are about to embark upon. Several of you chose a Sparks Notes site to critique, which I have no problem with whatsoever. Use it as a guide ONLY. Trust me, you will have to read the play itself in order to participate in the class discussions and complete the assignments. On to the first assignment:
Read Act 1, scenes 2-5 on pages 739-753. Choose any scene within these scenes from Act 1 to interpret into your own words. To clarify, you should translate each character's lines into your own, present-day language. You may use slang as long as it's understandable. You must interpret an entire scene. Below is an example of part of scene 1, Act 1 such as what I want from you. Post it on your blog:
from Act 1, scene 1, page 732-733, lines 30-45 ~
SAMPSON: I have my sword right here. Start a fight with them! I've got your back.
GREGORY: You'll run off...
SAMPSON: Don't worry, I won't.
GREGORY : Are you sure, I don't trust you.
SAMPSON: The law is on our side if they start the fight.
GREGORY: I'll give them a rude look when we pass to insult them.
SAMPSON: No, I'll bite my thumb at them, which is a serious insult if they back down.
ABRAM: Did you just flip us off!?
SAMPSON (to Gregory): Is the law on our side if I say yes?
GREGORY (to Sampson): No way.
SAMPSON: No, dude. I didn't flip you off, but I did bite my thumb.
GREGORY: Are you trying to start something?
I will be checking these over the break and hope to have any early posts graded before we return from spring break. Have a great break and Happy Easter!!!
2 comments:
Hey Mrs. Knight! This blog idea is really cool! It's a new fun way to learn! Thanks for pulling us into the 21st century! ~Danielle
Hey Teacher Lady,
I like the quote, it's a good one...where do you find them? Oh & I also wanted to say I like your new picture its like golden sunshine but for goodness gracious smile! :-) Its really not that hard! I am just kidding! And your Shakespeare translation was pretty exhausting so I am glad that we didn't do anything and I hope you get a kick out of it. By the way I don't think we got much work done in Pub.:-0..you just got served...jokin' and by the way those muffins were pretty yummy. So I went home & made some!
XD...
Hugs not Drugs,
Merce...
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