Activity 16 Choosing Key Scenes for Adaptation and Performance

Activity 16 Choosing Key Scenes for Adaptation and Performance

More on this later..

Activity 15-Podcasting the Shakespeare

Activity 15-Podcasting the Shakespeare

Choose 1 speech 5-10lines and record as a podcast using garageband.
This is due Tomorrow, Wednesday the 22nd at 2pm.
Use today's study hall to complete.

Save on your computer and/or email to Mr. Rossi
or have him place it on his thumbdrive to post to your blog
Extrapoints for a video podcast, Youtubed and posted  

Activity 14 Storyboard the Heck out of it!

Activity 14 Storyboard the Heck out of it!

Now storyboard the whole play in 20 pictures. Stick Figures would be your best bet. You have 1 hour to do this.
This must be posted by 210pm today. Good Luck

This weekend's homework! Activity 12

This weekend's homework! Activity 12

Choose a play, any Shakespeare play. Research and find one you would mind working with for the next week. This MUST be done by Monday. Extra Credit to those who email their play and post the following to their blog before Monday:

"Coming Soon: __(Romeo and Juliet)_"DON'T MISS IT!!


Cheerio,
ME
CHARACTERS:
Sampson
Gregory
Abraham
Balthasar
Benvolio
Tybalt
Citizens
Capulet
Lady Capulet
Montague
Lady Montague.
Prince Escalus
Romeo
Rosaline
Paris
Clown
Juliet
Juliet's Nurse.
Servingman
Mercutio
Servants of Capulet
Musicians.
Second Capulet
Page to Tybalt.
Friar Laurence.
Peter
Page to Mercutio.
Petruchio
Apothecary.
Friar John.
Page to Paris.
The Watch.
QUOTES:

Is love a tender thing? it is too rough,
Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.Romeo, Act I, scene iv

O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.Juliet, Act II, scene ii

"No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as
a church door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve.  Ask for
me to-morrow and you shall find me a grave man.  I am
peppered, I warrant, for this world.  A plague o'both
your houses!" (III.1.94-98)

"My only love, sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious birth of love it is to me
That I must love a loathed enemy." (I.5.139-142

"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet."Juliet, Act II, scene ii

Play Final Project Activity 12, 13

Play Final Project Activity 12, 13

"Coming Soon: Aladdin"

Plot: Jafar wants the throne/ to be sultan. Princess Jasmine is the sultan's daughter fall in love with a peasant, named Aladdin. And Become bla hblahbblah...


Keywords: Be yourself, Change of Perception, Greed, Jealousy, True Love, Heartless Betrayal

Characters:


Aladdin
Jasmine
Jafar
Genie
Abu, monkey
Iago (Othello)
Razoul

This weekend's homework! Activity 12

This weekend's homework! Activity 12

Choose a play, any Shakespeare play. Research and find one you wouldn't mind working with for the next week. This MUST be done by Monday. Extra Credit to those who email their play and post the following to their blog before Monday:

"Coming Soon: __(insert play title here)_"

Cheerio,
Mr. R

Activity 11 Othello Act 5 sc. 2

Activity 11 Othello Act 5 sc. 2

OTHELLO.
It is the reason, it is the reason, my soul,--

I'm not going to tell you, you chaste stars!--

It is the reason.--

Yet, i wont kill her;

No scar will be seen

And smooth as monumental alabaster.

[Takes off his sword.]

She must die,or she will break more men's hearts

Turn off the light, and then kill her:

If I quench thee, thou flaming minister,
I can again thy former light restore,
should i feel sorry when i kill her--

Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature,
I know not where is that Promethean heat
That can thy light relume. When I have pluck'd thy rose,
I cannot give it vital growth again,
It must needs wither:--I'll smell it on the tree--

Othello Stick Figure Theatre! Activity 10

Othello Stick Figure Theatre! Activity 10

Get into groups of two. We shall Each Draw a stick figure story board using Windows Paint! Each group is assigned an ACT. Each act gets its own story board. I'll show you how!

Iago...say what? Activity 9 Due Tomorrow at the begining of class.

Fastforward to 3:00 hereread the following soliloquy and translate it into our English.to listen, click here
IAGO: Thus do I ever make my fool my purse;For I mine own gained knowledge should profane,If I would time expend with such a snipeBut for my sport and profit. I hate the Moor,And it is thought abroad that 'twixt my sheetsH'as done my office. I know not if't be true,But I, for mere suspicion in that kind,Will do, as if for surety. He holds me well;The better shall my purpose work on him.Cassio's a proper man. Let me see now:To get his place, and to plume up my willIn double knavery. How? How? Let's see.After some time, to abuse Othello's earsThat he is too familiar with his wife.He hath a person and a smooth disposeTo be suspected--framed to make women false.The Moor is of a free and open natureThat thinks men honest that but seem to be so;And will as tenderly be led by th' noseAs asses are.I have't! It is engendered! Hell and nightMust bring this monstrous birth to the world's light. [Exit.](Iago's soliloquy, "Othello," Act 1, Scene 3, lines 374-395)

Therefore I will forever make Rodrigo my money (because he is an idiot); I will continue to gain from my knowlege and i shouldnt speak against it. If i would spend timme with such moron, I only do it for money and for fun.

I hate Othello, and it is thought-in other countries that between my sheets, Otherllo is with my wife. I dont know if it is true, but i willl take it for certain.

Othello trust me; great now my plan to ruin his life will be all that much easier. Cassio's a good guy. Let me see now:To get his place, and to make something not a big deal huge. How? How? Let's see.After some time, to convince him that he is too familiar with his wife. He has a wife that is a lier.The Moor is of a free and open nature. That thinks that all men are honest by the way they look but that are not honest.And will as tenderly be led by the nose As asses are.I have it! It is engendered! Hell and night Must bring this ugly birth to the world's light. [Exit.](Iago's soliloquy, "Othello," Act 1, Scene 3, lines 374-395)

Ahead of His Time by Streeter Seidell on June 23, 2008
Producer: William, we must speak with each other of this new play you've written.

Shakespeare: Ah, yes. My latest is the tale of a...

Producer: Yes...yes, the story is fine. More than fine, William. It's just that we at The Globe take issue with some of your word choices.

Shakespeare: Alas, my words are not a choice! My quill is the true scribe of this volume, I merely act as interpreter!

Producer: Right...right. Yet, we can't help but notice that numerous words in this play just aren't - how shall I put this tenderly - words. You've invented them, have you not?

Shakespeare: Someday, sir, these words will be as normal as a cloud in the sky or a rat in your stew!

Producer: Someday, perhaps. But not now. Listen, William, it wouldn't be such a problem if these words had a discernible meaning. But "lackluster", "impede", "tranquil"? I couldn't even begin to imagine what sort of intention lies therein.

Shakespeare: Sir, you're acting as a muddlelump! Simply read the words in context!

Producer: Have you lost your miggle, sir? To call me a muddlelump only serves to illustrate what a billyham you're behaving as.

Shakespeare: Billyham?! You sir, can count yourself lucky I am an honorable plebicanian or I would have your nose betwixt my two figglers. So help me God, I shall not be spoken to with such...such qual!

Producer: William, please calm yourself. If these kind of hannyhocks continue I fear this meeting will dissolve into fistifinks, and neither you nor I are the sort for that.

Shakespeare: You are correct, sir. I apologize. When my wenny is up I fear I can become a bit hornish. But I appeal to you on bended knick, please allow the play to be staged with its original words in tact.

Producer: I just don't know, William. "Gloomy"? "Elbow?" "Advertising," for God's sake? You believe the audience will be able to ascertain your intended point?

Shakespeare: Certigishly.

Producer: Well, if you feel so strongly about it, I will let the play go on as written. But I fear for its reception, William. It may be many years before the populace at large understands an utterance such as "bandit."

Shakespeare: We shall see, shall we not? Good day to you, sir. Bestbigsby!Producer: Bestbigsby, William.

http://bardblog001.blogspot.com/2008/07/othell-whats-scenario-activity-8-due.html
1. The main character, Daniela, has decided to marry someone from a race and/or religion that her father won’t approve. She knows there is going to be a big scene. Describe the scene and write the dialogue that could occur between Daniela, her father, and her husband-to-be.



2. There is a party. The main character, Riccardo (a generally good guy!), knows that he shouldn’t drink because he has to go to work in an hour. The Group he’s with tries to convince him that “a drink or two won’t hurt.” Riccardo goes to work and because he’s been drinking he starts a fight with a fellow employee. The boss enters. Describe the scene and write the dialogue that could occur between Riccardo, his boss, and his co-workers.



3. The main character, Giuseppe, has given his girlfriend a special ring (one that means a lot to him. He sees his best friend wearing it. Describe the scene and write the dialogue that could occur between Joe and his girlfriend or between Giuseppe and his best friend (You can change this around to make the main character a girl).



4. The main character, Nicola, has had a bad fight with his best friend, Antonio. Antonio won’t return any of Nicola's phone calls and avoids him at school. Nicola sees his best friend’s girlfriend, Gianna, at school. Describe the scene and write dialogue where Nicola asks Gianna for her help.



5. Roberto has worked hard to play on Varsity. He knows he’s good! He’s shown up for all the games and practices. The position that he wants goes to Guliermo, whose father is a friend of the coach. Describe the scene and write the dialogue where Roberto tells his friends how he feels.6. Anna and her boyfriend aren’t doing well together but she is still really in love with him. She finds an inexpensive ring that a friend of hers has lost. She knows it’s a ring that her boyfriend has always admired and said that he would like to own one like it. Describe the scene and write the story (or monologue/ dialogue) were Anna makes her decision about what she is going to do with the ring.



You are going to write a short play based on the previous situation that has been assigned. Choose one of the beginnings of a plot. In this play you are to create a drama of the situation through description and dialougue.



PLAY TITLE:___LESSON TO BE LEARNED__
cription of each:
Character 1-Daniela want to marry somebody her dad doesnt aprove,just because she's mexican and he's black.

Character 2-Jose Daniela's dad,doesnt let her get married with who she wants to,he thinks that all blacks are the same,and he thinks that he doesnt love her.

Character 3 -Lamar Daniela's boyfriend(husband),loves Danela very much, and doesnt plan on hurting her.

Character 4-Juan Priest Talks to Daniela's father,and convinces him to give him a chance.

Stage directions: (Where is it set? What does the stage look like? What props are there? Who is on stage when the curtain rises? What are they going?)

Its been 2 years and 4 months that Daniela and Lamar have been together. Finally he asked her to get married in two months, so they can officially be together.

Lamar- "Daniela, we have been together for a long time, and we know eachother very well. So i been thinking if you wanted to get married?"

Daniela- "You know that my parents wont like this idea,specially my dad, he just accepted us being together 3months ago, hes going to think its to soon and that me and you will not work out."

Lamar walked off alone, he felt sad and lonley. While Daniela stayed behind thinking of what she should do. She thought to her self, " if i really love him, nothing can break us apart." So she went home that day and sat her father on the couch to listen to her.

Daniela"Dad, you know how i really love Lamar, and we have been together for such along time,i know you dont like him but, your not the one dealing with him, I'am. "

Jose "Im not going to accept him in any way, you weren't raised this way,i dont even know how you could even like somebody thats a diffrent race. They are all traders and haters. They are raisist to mexicans, dont you know that? We were tought to like are own race, mexicans should be with mexicans.

Daniela- "But you dont understand. Its not even about the outside, he cares for me for who I'am, not because of my looks, i care for him too. He comes from such a great family, his father is a priest at church, his mom died when he was 12. All he has been trying to do is to get your attention. He's not a bad guy.

Jose- "I dont care what he comes from,i just dont want you near that boy!!"

Jose walked out, and went to the community church, so he can talk to the priest and get help.

Juan- "Welcome, now how may i help you here"

Jose- "Daniela wants to get married, but she will marry a black guy. I just dont feel confterable with that"

Juan- "Well, its her choice, if she really likes him, let her be, she only gets to live once. Your mom didnt like your wife, even though she is mexican, but yet she still approved her. Its not about the outside or there past, it all matters inside, and if your daughter is happy with him then you should be too. Just give him a chance.

Jose-"I guess i should, well thanks for your help Juan, i really appreciate it.

That night Jose changed his mind about Lamar, he knew he was a good guy. He only jugded him from the outside. Luckly for Daniela she got the good news the following morning.

Activity 7: Letter to the parents of Capulets and Montagues
Using the "Office of Christian Parents" from yesterday as a guide for parenting youths, please write a letter to either the Capulet or Montague parents regarding their children's behavior in Act 3, sc. i as we have seen today and read last night. Use specific examples/ advice from "Office.." to bolster your point.It should include:A. Proper greetingB. 3 specific Citations from "Office..."C. Proper ClosingThe Capulets live at:Palazzo Capulet45 Via FigliapersaWest Verona, IT 10001The Montagues:Casa Montague2333 Via RubicuoreEast Verona, IT 20002
Use the following link to help you in your drafting of this letter. THE OWL AT PURDUE.Due Thursday @ 4pm.
Email this letter to me as well as post it to your Blog.



Capulet Family
Plazzo Capulet
45 Via Fagiliapersa
West Verona, IT 10001

July 9, 2008

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Capulet

I would like to congradulate you for being such good parents to Juliet. Even though its going to be such a disgrace having to tell you wat she has been up to. I know that christians should be acting the way that they been tought, and the parents should teach there children. Im sure you have done your best with Juliet. Im sorry im the one that has to inform you, but i dont think that Juliet is acting the

Activity 4 Due Tomorrow!!!

Activity 4 Due Tomorrow!!!

for part 2 click here

Students, you will present your ppt.s tomorrow. I expect greatness. Today will be workshop central. We will be:

1. Finishing up assignments 5 and 6 from yesterday.
2. Finishing up Our PowerPoints from last week.
a. Turning them into .mov files and posting them to Youtube, then posting them on our Bardblogs- I will show you how to do this in class.
3. Writing a letter to the Montagues or Capulets regarding the behavior of their children. After we read and perform 3,1 of Romeo and Juliet. This is activity 7.
4. We will also be working on proper citation

Who Wrote Shakespeare's plays? Activity 5

Who Wrote Shakespeare's plays? Activity 5

CLICK HERE AND YOU DECIDE

Please write a 250word blog post to your blog in response to the question:

Did Shakespeare write his own plays?

Yes i think that Shakespeare wrote his plays.  Maybe with some help, but i doubt it.   Maybe he got all his ideas because of what he saw in people or just his own imagination.  I think that all his creativeness made him such a open minded person, to his work.

  

Please find and cite two additional sources to support your opinion.

Start here and here and here and here

or go to npr.org to 

Just Like Romeo and Juliet... Activity 6

Just Like Romeo and Juliet... Activity 6

Printing fonts and handwriting techniques have changed greatly in 400 years. Please read the following:

"The Office of Christian Parents: The Ordering of Sonnes from Fourteene Yeare Old and Upward"

On your blog, type your observations as to the visual style - letters, punctuation, spelling - of this document from 1616 from one that is contemporary.

We will discuss this together in class.

If you finish early, please read Romeo and Juliet ACT 3, 1

Then get in a group of 3-4 people around you.

Welcome Back!

Play Research Activity

You are to research one of the following plays:

Macbeth

Hamlet

Othello

A Midsummer Night's Dream

As You Like it

Much Ado About Nothing

You are to turn it into a PowerPoint for a presentation to be due Wed. of next week.Email me for a copy of the PowerPoint to base your's off of.

Assignment 3
Finding the Fun in the PunBelow are some lines from some of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. You will find a pun in each set of lines in bold print. On the lines below each quote, briefly explain the pun as you think Shakespeare might have intended for his audience. Remember, a pun can be a humorous play on words that look or sound alike, but have different meanings. Look at the hints provided and just take a minute to "think about it!"


1. "No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door, but 'tis enough, 'twill serve: ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man." Romeo and Juliet (Act iii, S.1) Hint:Grave=serious, dead, sad._The wound is not to wide nor to small, but its enough to kill. Tomorrow he will be found a dead man, in his grave._



2. I'll make a ghost of him that lets me!" Hamlet (Act i, S.4) Hint: In Shakespeare's day, "let"meant "hinder," and today means the opposite, "allow."__Hamlet is meaning that he will do something bad. Even though they wont let him.__



3. "If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I." Henry IV, Part On (Act ii, S.4) Hint: "Reason" was pronounced "raisin" in Shakespeare's day.__he is saying that__



4. "Give me a torch: I am not for this ambling; Being but heavy, I will bear the light." Romeo and Juliet (Act i, S.4) Hint: Heavy = in a bad mood; Light = not weighing much; a torch.___________________________

Assignment 2
Everything Old is New Again!Translating Early Modern English into Modern EnglishBelow are some lines from some of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, written in EarlyModern English. On the lines below each quote, translate each sentence into Modern English, as we might speak it today.

"To thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, thou can'st not then be false to any man." Hamlet, Act i, Sc.3
be truthful to your self and to others because you cant full anyone, night or day.

"What is best, that best I wish in thee." Troilus & C, Act ii, Sc.2
i wish the best for everyone

"Safe may'st thou wander, safe return again!" Cymbeline, Act iii, Sc.5
to be safe so he can come back again.

"Give me thy hand, 'tis late; farewell, good night." Rom & Jul, Act iii, Sc.3
give me your hand, its late, farewell, goodnight.

"Have more than though showest; speak less than thou knowest; lend less than thou owest." K Lear, Act i, Sc.4
Have more than you show, speak less than you know, lend less than you owe.

"Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear, thy dial how thy precious minutes waste." Sonnet 77
The beauties waste more time looking at them self.

"This above all: to thine own self be true." Hamlet, Act i, Sc.3
be true to them all and to your self.

computer classwork

Word order in Shakespearean Writing When Shakespeare wrote his prose, he often used a slightly different word order than we are used to. The subject, verb, and object did not always follow in a 1, 2, 3 order. Look at the following sentence. Rewrite the sentence four times, changing the word order each time. Put one word on each blank provided below the original sentence. Original Sentence: I lost my homework.

Rewrite #1: ____my homework i lost ___.

Rewrite #2: ___lost my homework i____.

Rewrite #3: ___homework i lost my____.

Rewrite #4: ___i homework lost my____.

Look at each of your rewritten sentences above. Has the meaning of the original sentence changed? No matter how you word it...you're toast if your homework is lost! Now, think about how Yoda speaks in the Star Wars Movies. We understood exactly what he was saying, even though the word order was slightly different than what we are used to hearing. It's your turn to makeup a short sentence like the one above and rewrite it several different ways. Does the meaning change with the rewrites? Share your sentences. Original Sentence:

_____________i like pepperoni pizza_________________________.

Rewrite #1: ____pepperoni pizza i like__________________________.

Rewrite #2: ____like i pizza pepperoni__________________________.

Rewrite #3: ____pizza pepperoni i like__________________________.

Rewrite #4: ____like i pizza pepperoni__________________________.
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Biography of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born April 23, 1564 in Stanford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, about 100 miles northwest of London. He was baptized april 26. Shakespeare died 52 years later on April 23. Shakespeare's parents were John and Mary.

His dad worked making leather goods, such as purses, belts, and gloves. Mary had eight children with John, William was the third child of two older sisters. Shakespeare produced most of his work between 1590 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedy and histories. Next he wrote about tragedies untill 1608. In his last phase he wrote tragicomedies, known as romances.

On November 28, 1582 William was 18 and he married Ann Hathwey a 26 year old lady. After her marrage, six months later she gave birth to to her first daughter, they had three children. The dramatic work, The tragedy of the prince of Denmark,and Hamlet, impacted the world over in areas of literature, culture, art, theatre and filmis considered one of the best english language.

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