Be a Playwright

• Update TWO of the scenes from Romeo and Juliet into modern day times.
• Use modern day language to tell the events in the scene you choose.
• Tell me which scenes you have chosen
• Tell me about the setting of the scene – where does it take place and when?
• Give stage directions in italics, like it does in the book.

Due on Monday, June 22, 2009


Example:

Act II, Scene 3
Friar is at a homeless shelter, helping to serve breakfast. Enter Romeo

Friar: Romeo, I wouldn’t think you would need a handout. Are you here to help me serve breakfast to the homeless? I’m surprised to see you up so early

Romeo: Actually, I was looking for you, Friar. There is something on my mind …

Friar: What is it now?! Not that girl Rosaline again?? Are you still trying to date her?

Romeo: No, in fact, I don’t even like her anymore. It’s someone else who I’m interested in …

Friar: You are fickle. Man, it was just last week that you were in here crying like a second grader about her. You were a big, wet mess, I tell you. A sad sight to look at. And now you’re telling me it’s over?

Romeo: It’s done. Look, it’s another girl, Juliet. I know this is going to sound crazy, but we’re in love. Really in love. We want to get married and I need your help.

Friar: Wow! That is sudden and unexpected. When are you two planning to get married?

Romeo: This afternoon.

Friar: Crikes! Are you mad?!?
….

Keep Reading!

Over the next few days, we will read and watch the rest of Romeo and Juliet together. Come back to the blog to find discussion questions posted each day.

Tonight read Act III, Scene 1-3.

Do you think that the fight was inevitable? Could Romeo have done anything to change the outcome?

Love or stupidity?

It could be said that Romeo and Juliet is the greatest love story ever written. However, it could also be said that they were just two young, stupid kids in love. What do you think?

Use evidence from the story to support your theory. This paper should be done in 3 paragraphs. Introduction, body and conclusion.

Paper is due on Thursday.

Text Analysis

Put the lines from Act II, Scene 2 into modern-day language. Tell whether Shakespeare was using a simile, metaphor or personification in the group of lines.

We'll review the worksheet tomorrow.

More shakespeare reading over the weekend

Please read Act II over the weekend. Look at the youtube movie to help you picture the scene.

Romeo, O Romeo

As your finishing Act I, follow along with the video afterwards so you get a visual of the scenes as well.

Montague or Capulet?

You will create a family shield according to very exact directions.

Put a picture of yourself in the upper left corner; a quote that represents yourself in the upper right corner; and five things that you enjoy in the bottom left corner;

In the bottom right hand corner, place a 'C' or an 'M' in the bottom right hand corner for Capulet or Montague.

Montague will color the upper right and lower left corner blue; the upper left and lower right are green.

Capulets will color the upper right and lower left corner red; the upper left and lower right yellow.

You may engage in sword fights if you meet in the school cafeteria or recess yard (just kidding).

Students turning in the assignment late will be banished immediately from the safety of their family.

Once a family accumulates -5 points, a family member is banished. Negative points accumulate as a result of missed assignments, poor grades and bad behavior.

Once a family accumulates +5 points, a banished member can be brought back. Positive points accumulate as a result of high test scores, general helpfulness, or good behavior.

At the end of the play, the team with the least amount of family members banished gets does not have to take the unit test.

Diary of a Young Girl ... Take Home Test

Final Test: Diary of a Young Girl Name_______________________
June 4, 2009

I. Match each name with the correct description.

____1. a friend of Anne’s father

____2. the man whose office hid the entrance to the hiding place

____3. Mr and Mrs van Daan’s son

____4. a 23 year old typist

____5. Anne’s sister

____6. Jan’s wife

____7. an employee of Mr Frank’s company

____8. a manager at Mr Frank’s company

____ 9. Anne’s diary

____10. a boyfriend of Anne’s



a Margot …..

b Jan …..

c Miep …..

d Mr Kleiman …..

e Mr Kugler …..

f Mr van Daan …..

g Peter …..

h Bep Voskuijl …..

i: Kitty

j. Harry Goldberg


II. Decide whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
____1. Alfred Dussel is a Jewish businessman who comes to live in the Annex.

____2. At first, Anne thinks Mr. Dussel is nice.

____3. At night Mr. Dussel tells Anne to be quiet.

____4. The authorities wait until night time to arrest Jewish people.

____5. The people in the Secret Annex were found by the Germans on 4 August 1944.

____6. After Anne was arrested, one of the helpers found her diary.

____7. Kugler was sent to a concentration camp but later he was allowed to go free.

____8. Otto Frank found Anne’s diary and kept it until after the war had ended.

____9. When Peter forgets to unlock the door, Mr. Kugler needs to break in with an axe.

____10. Anne asks Margot what she knows about sex.



III. Number these events in the right order, from 1 to 7.
c Burglars break into the warehouse and steal some money.

c The British get to Naples.

c The Frank family have to give their radio to the authorities.

c Schipol airport is bombed.

c Anne worries that the neighbours will notice their fire on Sunday mornings.

c Lots of bombs fall on North Amsterdam.

c Mr and Mrs van Daan have an argument about selling her best coat.


IV. Essays. Answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Does Anne consider her family lucky or unfortunate to be living in the annex?

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One of the themes of the novel is finding your identity. Using evidence from the book, provide support for this theme.
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Almost There ....

Just another couple of days before we finish Diary of a Young Girl. I hope that you have been enjoying the book.

It's always serendipitous when life dovetails with literature. Anne Frank's birthday is June 12th. We'll be attending the JCC's memorial celebration. Please remember to bring back your field trip outing forms.

Thanks!

Poetry

After Pearl Harbor was attacked, the government deemed the Japanese a threat to national security. Families were rounded up and placed in concentration camps. The reality inside those camps was different to the ones in Europe, but they were no less devastating psychologically to those they imprisoned.

We read a couple of poems written from prisoners inside the camp. Tonight, analyze the poem Manzanar, and fill in the TPCATT,