English 9H



English 9 Honours

J. Turner

ACTING IS INTERPRETATION

What do we want to learn?

A) How to read and analyze Shakespearean drama

B) How to express our understanding in a detailed way, specific to a form (acting, annotation, written response, or discussion)

Select one of the following three options

A) ACTORS: Role play line + annotated script

Assessed according to oral speaking rubric

B) WRITERS: Read lines outloud + annotated script + multi-paragraph commentary

Assessed according to single text analysis rubric

C) SCHOLARS: Read multi-paragraph commentary outloud + answer critical questions from your peers

Assessed according to oral and/or analysis rubric

 

Writing Commentary

Your commentary (written individually or jointly) should

- Briefly (in 50 to 200 words) situate the excerpt within the general action of the act and the character's arc. 

- Discuss at length (500 to 1000 words) the various nuances of emotion, action and thematic significance of the excerpt.

 

Essential Vocabulary:

William Shakespeare,

Shakespearian

Elizabethan

Jacobean

malapropism

comic relief

aside

soliloquy

monologue

dialogue

act.scene.line

stage directions

blank verse

prose

iamb

trochee

iambic

trochaic

pentameter

tetrameter

comedy

tragedy

Theseus

Hippolyta

Pyramus

Thisbe

syntax

ellipsis

metaphor

personification

apostrophe

 

 

A FEW TIPS ON HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT

1. Read your lines carefully and examine the context they appear in. Read the notes on the facing page if there are any. Look up other words if you don’t know them. Try to paraphrase the lines in your head.

2. Practice saying the lines out loud.

3. Decide:

a. What emotion(s) accompany the lines?

i. What lines signal a shift in emotion or tone?

ii. How do people sound when they feel that way?

b. What action(s) accompany the lines?

i. Practice acting it out as you say the lines

c. What facial expressions do people make for those emotions?

i. Practice making those facial expressions as you say the lines.

d. Where do you need to insert pauses?

e. Where do you need to insert other meaningful sounds like sighing, groaning, sobbing, laughing, chuckling, yelling, gasping, coughing, etc?

4. Practice your lines.

5. Memorize your lines.

6. Practice your lines more.

7. After performing, or handing in your annotations, be prepared to explain your performance choices.

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