Wednesday - Acting Projects

Today we are going to present your Acting Projects and begin Act 5.

Good Luck! Study Questions below:

Act V

1. Why is Romeo feeling cheerful at the beginning of scene i?
   
2. What news does Balthasar bring Romeo?
   
3. After hearing the news, where does Romeo plan to go?
   
4. What does the speed with which Romeo makes his decision tell you about his character?
   
5. How is Friar John prevented from going to Mantua to deliver Friar Laurence’s letter?
   
6. Why does Paris go to the Capulet tomb?
   
7. How do you think Paris feels about Juliet?
   
8. What is Romeo’s real reason for sending Balthasar away from the tomb?
   
9. Why does Paris think Romeo has come to the tomb?
   
10. What does Friar Laurence find when he enters the tomb?
    
11. How does Juliet kill herself?
    
12. What causes Lady Montague’s death?
    
13. Who tells the story of the events to the Prince?
    
14. What does the Prince mean when he says, “All are punished.”
    
15. At the conclusion of the play, what happens between the Capulets and the Montagues?
    
16. In this final act, how are Romeo’s actions guided more by emotion than reason?
    
17. By family, list the people who have died in the play.
    

Monday - Act 4 Projects

DUE on WEDNESDAY

Each group will be given a scene.  The group will have to translate the entire scene into contemporary English.  The group will have to summarize what happens in the scene for the class and then act out the scene for the class with emotion, blocking, subtext.

Grade:

20 for a full and accurate translation of scene
            --things you could get docked for include: cutting lines or speeches, or characters
               mistranslations (make sure you look closely at the text and look up words you
               do not understand), bad writing: misspelled words, inappropriate words, etc.

10 points for summarization
            --make sure the summarization is loud, clear, and completely discusses everything
               that happens in the scene

20 points for acting
            --make sure all characters in the scene are represented.  make sure the characters
               have blocking (movement) and that their lines have emotion (do not just read
               the lines in a monotone voice whose subtext says “I AM BORED I AM A BORING PERSON I AM VERY BORED BECAUSE I HAVE NO IMAGINATION I AM BORED I SHOULD HAVE NEVER COME TO SCHOOL I SHOULD DROP OUT MR FIELDING IS MEAN I AM BORED”

You will be graded in this category on: 1) character roles  2) blocking/movement  3) subtext/ emotion  4) How accurately the acting depicts the scene

Each group divide responsibilities:

1)    Leader/Director
2)    Recorder
3)    Presenter of summary
4)    Lead Actor(s)

Responsibilities:

The leader/director is responsible for making sure the group stays on task and should help plan/map out scene.

Recorder should record translations and summary
Presenter will have to present findings to class (this person should be a good speaker and loud)
The lead actor should take on the major role in the scene.


GROUP ACTING

5= excellent   4= good 3 = adequate  2= needs some work  1 = needs a lot of work

Summary:  How well do the group summarize the scene?  Did the summary help you understand what was going on?

5                      4                                  3                                  2                      1

Lines (groups had to translate the lines into modern English):  Did understand the contemporary lines?  Did it sound like how someone would talk today?


5                      4                                  3                                  2                      1


Vocal:  Was everyone in the group loud enough.  Could you hear them without straining?

5                      4                                  3                                  2                      1


ACTING:

Emotion in voice:  Did the actors vary their pitch?  Could you hear different emotions?  Could you understand what feeling the actor was trying to present?

5                      4                                  3                                  2                      1


Blocking/Movement:  Did the blocking/movement add to the scene or did it take away from the scene?  Did the movement make sense?  Could you visualize what the characters were doing?

5                      4                                  3                                  2                      1


Things you can give extra points for:  dressing-up (do you actors look like they dressed up for their scene?  Props (did the actors use props to help you visualize the scene)?

5                      4                                  3                                  2                      1

Romeo and Juliet

Please do the following for Monday:


1) Watch the following video and write a short recap of it on your blog:

2) Look up your new vocabulary and put them in quizlet

1. Absolved:

2. Loathsome

3. Forsworn:

4. Gallant:

5. Exile:

6. Devise:

7. Pensive

8. Consort:

9. Wayward:

10. Dismal:

11. Fickle:

12. Conduit:

3) Work on Poetry Out Loud Performance

Romeo and Juliet

Today we will finish Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet and then move onto writing 1-sentence summaries of every scene in Act 2.  Note - I will be grading these today so get them done.  Finally, you will have time to study your vocabulary or begin to memorize your poems.

You will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday, and a poetry memorization quiz on 1/29.

Good luck!

Tuesday

Today, we are going to study vocabulary words, review Act 2 Scene 2, and read Act 2 Scenes 3 and 4.

Romeo and Juliet Act 2

Today we will begin Act 2.

Please write a headline summary for secens 1 and 2.

Today, I need to give you time to write headlines for Act 1 Scenes 1-3.  You need a short 1 to 2 sentence summary for each scene.

Then we need to watch Scenes 2 and 3, and finish reading Act 1