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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