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assignment 16

Activity 16 Choosing Key Scenes for Adaptation and Performance

Now that you have created a story board, read about and performed/recorded/podcasted dialog from a key scene, your next assignment is to adapt the play to any time period.

You will:

a) Write a treatment of the play in whatever time period/ social environment of your choosing. Discuss the different plot changes and how you will make it relateable to your audience.

You will:a) Write a treatment of the play in whatever time period/ social environment of your choosing. Discuss the different plot changes and how you will make it relateable to your audience.-Script of “The Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Theseus: Oh Hippolyta, our wedding is almost here, it’s in four days. Days seem so slow. It’s like the old moon won’t go away, it’s keeping me from getting what we want.

Hippolyta: Oh no, Theseus, it is going by fast!

Theseus: Please give an announcements to the Athens of our wedding. I wouldn’t love seeing sad faces like in funerals,like it's an happy celebration.

Egeus entered with his daughter Hermia, Lysander and Demetrius

Egeus: Long live you my lord

Theseus: Oh well thank you, what made my friend came here?

Egeus: I am here to ask for help to release my anger upon my daughter Hermia, she doesn’t want to marry Demetrius and I would ask for your approval to force Hermia to marry Demetrius or she shall be killed.

Theseus: What do you have to say my dear Hermia? Demetrius is a admirable man.

Hermia: So to Lysander, my lord

Theseus: You’re right…since your father is in charge you should consider Demetrius as your husband

Hermia: I wish my father would understand

Theseus: Well, you must obey your father

Hermia: Please forgive me for saying this, but what could be the worst for me to marry Demetrius?

Theseus: You’ll be excuted or become a nun and never see other men in your life again.

Hermia: I rather be those then loose my virginity to someone I never loved

Theseus: Please dear, take my words today and think over it. By Hippolyta and I wedding, you’ll shall let me know rather you marry Demetrius, get excuted, or become a nun.

Demetrius: Please, Hermia give me a chance to prove that I can give you my special love. Lysand, Hermia is not yours, I’ve more of a right then you do.

Lysander: Her father loves you, Demetrius. So why don’t you marry him and let me have hermia.

Egeus: I do love him, that is why I giving my daughter to Demetrius

Lysander: Lord, I am just as handsome, clever, and rich as he is. I love Hermia more then he does and Hermia loves me. Which this is more important than all those other things. Helena loves you Demetrius why not consider to be your lovely wife Demetrius, you horrible and unfaithful man.

Theseus: Come my love, Demetrius and Egeus please follow, I have some discussions with you.

They exit

Lysander: What’s the matter?

Hermia: My eyes has tears.

Lysander: Oh, honey, Listen, true love always faces obstacles..

Hermia: Let’s be patient and deal with our problem, it is normal for love.

Lysander: I can’t hold my anger any longer, we sneak to some place where we can share our love together with no bother. I’ll meet you in the forest after sun is gone.

Hermia: I will give you my word, I’ll be there.

Helena enters

Hermia: Hello beautiful!

Helena: Wait! You call me beautiful? Please take it back, in Demetrius’s eyes you’re the beautiful one. You’re lucky. If the world is all mine I will give up everything except Demetrius to be you.

Hermia:Curse, him, but he loves me

Helena: The more I love him the more he hates me

Hermia: No worries, he will never see my face again. Lysander and I will run awayLysander: Helena, we’ll tell you about our secret plan. We plan to sneak out of Athens because of our love.

Helena: In the woods where you and I used to lounge around on the pale primroses.Lysander and I will meet new strangers, goodbye old friend. Pray for us and I hope you will win over Demetrius.

Hermia and Lysander exit

Helena: Its amazing how people are happier than I am , But when Demetrius got hot and bothered over Hermia I melted always. I must tell Demetrius about Lysander and Hermia running away, so that way I can see him again.

b) You will pick 1 key scene with dialog that you will perform and film(hopefully)

c) All of these will be mixed to form a movie trailer for your performance.

These will posted to your blog as your final project.

After this is completed, the class will likely be over.

Due Thursday before the end of the 2nd Study hall. All work must be posted.

excert-new american class

My inspiration and mistakes have made me who i am!

 

 

Hello my name is Mia. I am 15 years old and have a great story to tell about my history, where I am now, and where I’m going in life. My dad is a role model to my African American family and me. My dad’s ancestors came from Africa. America was built on the backs of slavery. I am proud to show my pride.

My grandfather has had a hard life; his father was in construction in the lumberyard. He was killed by a construction accident, when telephone poles fell on him. That left my grandfather and his mother on their own to survive. A couple years later his mother was murdered in a bar in a tragic shooting. His grandmother raised him the rest of his young life. When my grandfather was getting his degree in college his grandmother got sick. So in her honor and as a grateful Christian and the respectful being that he is; he dropped out and went to Atlanta to take care of her. When she died she left everything to him. With that passion he found his love for landscape and created his own business. When he got married and had kids he wasn’t the greatest father to my dad and his brother and sisters; but I love him with all my heart. It’s sad that he is very sick but we as a family will get through it together in the end.

"A midsummer night's dream'', Act. 3, Sc. 1" Activity 15

shakespeare assignment 12, 13

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: '' A midsummer night's dream'' (partner lily)

Play Final Project Activity 12, 13

Animaniacs on A Midsummer Night's Dream

"Coming Soon: The Midsummer Night's Dream [partner Mia]

Characters:
Puck-Oberon’s jester
Oberon-King of the fairies
Titania-Queen of fairies
Ly sander-a Athen young man who is in love with Hermia
Demetrius-a Athen young man who initially in love with Hermia
Hermia-in love with Lysander
Helena-in love with Demetrius
Egeus-Hermia’s father
Theseus –Duke of Athen, engaged to Hippolyta
Hippolyta-Queen of Amazons, engaged with to Theseus
Peter Quince-Craftsmen’s attempt to put on a play
Nick Bottom-play write, in love with Titania , and turned into a donkey
Francis Flute-bellows-mender chosen to play Thisbe in the craftsmen’s play
Robin Starveling
Tom Snout
Snug
Philostrate
Peaseblossom, Coweb, Mote, and Mustardseed


Plot:
Theseus Duke of Athens was going to marry Hippolyta
Hermia’s father, Egeus, begged Theseus to force Hermia marry Demetrius.
She denied and hope to marry Lysander.So they ran away to the forest.
Helena is hurt by the marriage
Helena told Demetrius about Hermia and Lysander running away.
Lysander went to the forest and Helena followed.
Bottom was assigned in the play and will meet in the forest with other actors.
Oberon, king of the faires saw Helena being rejected by Demetrius, so he decided to help her by making Demetrius fall in love in first sight
Puck was ask to put the purple cupid flowers’ juice into a Athen man (Demetrius), but he made a mistake
Oberon, king of the fairies made a plan to put purple cupid flower juice in her eye. When ever she wakes up she will fall in love with the first ugly creature she sees.
Puck turn Bottom’s head into a donkey
Oberon gets mad because of pucks mistake and reverses the spell on Demetrius so everyone has the love they wanted
Then Oberon gets jealous and reverses the spell on Titania and they go back to loving each other
Everyone is returned to Athens Demetrius gets married to Helena. Lysander gets married to Hermia and the duke is now married to Hippolya.
The show of bottom goes on in to play the entertainment to the duke and everyone
The play ends happily

Plot Keywords:
Unsatisfied love
Lover
Transformation [Morphing]
Magic
Obsession
Fairies
Love spells
Love Triangle
Confusion
Hatred
Mistaken
Prank
Fate
Jealousy

Quotes:
-“The course of true love never did run smooth”(Act 1 Scene 1)

-“The Lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact” (Act 5 Scene 1)

-“So, I will grow, so live, so die, by lord ere I will my virgin patent up unto his lordship, whose unwished yoke my soul consents not to give sovereignty”(Act 1 Scene 1)

-" More wittnesseth than fancy's images, then it grows into something of great constancy, but, howsoever, strange and admirable" (Act 5 Scence1)

-"Hippolyta, I wooed thee with my sword and won thy love doing thee injuries, But I will wed thee in another key. With pomp, with triunph, and with reveling." (Act 1 Scene 1)

-"Come, it thee down upn this flowery bed while I thy amiable cheeks do coy, and stick musk roses in thy sleek, smooth head, and kiss thy fair large ears, my gentle joy". ( Act 4 Scene 1)

-" I wonder if Titiania be awaked then, what is was that next came in her eye, which she must dote on in extremity" (Act 3 Scene 2)

-"My friends, I've git sine amazing things to tell you-but don't ask me to tell what. I swear by my Athenian citizenship that I won't tell you anything. I'll tell you everything exactly as it happened."(Act4 Scene 2)


Themes:
Don’t force someone’s love too much
Good things will come for those who wait patiently
Specific is important in life
Wife and Husband must share their desires
Must take responsiblities

History of immigration- peronal biography

Mia Watson
New America
Mr. Rossi
21st July,2008

My inspiration and mistakes have made me who i am!

Hello my name is Mia. I am 15 years old and have a great story to tell about my history, where I am now, and where I’m going in life. My dad is a role model to my African American family and me. My dad’s ancestors came from Africa. America was built on the backs of slavery. I am proud to show my pride when it comes to being half black- the pride of my black people.
My grandfather has had a hard life; his father was in construction in the lumberyard. He was killed by a construction accident, when telephone poles fell on him. That left my grandfather and his mother on their own to survive. A couple years later his mother was murdered in a bar in a tragic shooting. His grandmother raised him the rest of his young life. When my grandfather was getting his degree in college his grandmother got sick. So in her honor and as a grateful Christian and the respectful being that he is; he dropped out and went to Atlanta to take care of her. When she died she left everything to him. With that passion he found his love for landscape and created his own business. When he got married and had kids he wasn’t the greatest father to my dad and his brother and sisters; but I love him with all my heart with forgiveness and prayer. Its sad that he is very sick but we as a family will get through it together in the end.
On my mother’s side I didn’t get a lot of information on how my mom’s ancestors got here, but I have some ideas. My mom is white but she is really French, German, and Irish. Most people of those races came to America during the great depression during the 1940’s so that is how I think my mother’s side got here. My grandmother’s mom died in childbirth with her brother when she was only 8 years old. So her dad raised her and her brother the rest of their young lives. I never met my grandfather when I was very young- he died. I was about three. I wish I could talk to him now to get to know him. The one thing I’ve heard about my grandfather is that he that my dad was a good man and did not judge him for the color of his skin like my grandmother did, and I will remember that always in my heart.
My life now is great. I have changed a lot since I moved from living with my mom to my dad. I have changed my attitude and how I think about things in a positive way. I’ve decided to head back to my Christian church and decided what I want to do in the future. I’m so grateful to my dad for showing me the right path how I should lead my life. I truly give him credit or who I am today. This year I will be transferring to the school of Science and Technology. This decision allowed me to choose my path in life. Transferring to SCT doesn’t seem like a huge deal, but it is to me because it will help me to get to my career in medicine.
In the future I want become a doctor. It is a lot of work, but in the end I will be happy because what I do makes a difference! I can save lives, which in itself is a miracle. What God has given us that we as human beings have this power is amazing. This career is also international. A career that I can live anywhere in the world and still have a career that can cure people in need to the ends of the world is phenomenal. There are no limitations where I can go! After a couple of years practicing in the States I would like to participate in Doctors Without Borders and possibly go to Africa because there is a lot of war and sickness in that country. I also would like to have my own practice so I can do things without limitation that hospitals and managers give to you, and when I retire it can be passed on to future generations of my family. I would like to have a family also because I have so much love that I could give to my husband and children that would fulfil my dream and make me forever happy.

assignment 11

OTHELLO.
It is true, i know it,--
I'm not going to blame fortune or chance!--
It is true.--i will not hurt her;
i will not scar her white skin,
her skin which is as pretty as alabaster.

[Takes off his sword.]

She must die or she will betray more men.
I will turn out the light then kill her:
If I stop her from controlling me, i can be happy once again,
Should feel sorry i shall kill myself;
evil is in her nature,
If i regret it i know not how to bring her back.
Once she's dead i can't bring her back,
She must die slowly:--And I'll smell her before she's dead

assignment 9

Thus I will forever make money from Rodrigo( because he's an idiot) ; I will continue to gain from my knowledge and i shouldn't speak against it. If I should spend time with such a moron, I only do it for the money and fun.

I hate Othello, and it is thought in other countries that between my sheets. Othello is with my wife. I know and don't know if it's true, but I will take it for certain.

Othello trusts me; Great now my plan to ruin his life will be all that much easier. Cassio's a good guy.

Let me see now:I will get his position, and i will make something small a huge deal in deel. How? How? Let's see. After some time, i will speak lies to him so he will get Bord with his wife. I will make him suspicious of Desdemona to smoothly get ride of him.

Othello is free and open minded. He thinks that men could be honest when men are not. I will slowly lead him to what i want him to believe in time.

I have the perfect plan! It now must now be carried out.

Assignment 8, situation 6

6. Anna and her boyfriend are not 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) was 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 dialogue.

PLAY TITLE: The truth about love!
.
Characters and description of each:

Character 1: Anna

Character 2: Joesph( Anna's boyfriend)

Character 3: Sarah (best friend of Anna)

Character 4: DJ (best friend of Joesph)

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?)

Set: high school and at

The stage is set up like the lunch court area

The props: backpacks, sunglass, and lunch tables skate benches

At the lunch court Anne finds ring and is thinking if she should keep it for her boyfriend Joesph
The Truth about love:

Anne
[She picks up the ring and stares at it in amazement]

O…M…G! Sarah’s ring, what should I do. Should I keep it or shouldn’t I. My boyfriend is in love with this ring he means everything, with out him… I don’t know what I would do. But, Sarah is my friend maybe if I ask she would give me it... Nah I can’t take that chance I will give it to him a present tonight that should make us closer hopefully. She's coming! Better hide it! [stuffs ring into her pocket]

[Acting like she is doing nothing sitting on the lunch bench]

Sarah

Hey Anne sorry I’m late to lunch I was looking for my ring but I never did find it.

Anne
That’s to bad. Sorry!

Anne
I see Joesph I need to give him something I’ll talk to you later k bye!

[Running to Joesph]

Anne
Hey you I haven’t seen you in a while! (Kissing him on the check)
Sarah
Close your eyes I have a present for you.

Joesph
Ok! (Saying it in confusion)
[Anne hands him a ring, then he opens his eyes]

Joesph
I love this ring but its Sarah’s…. Did you still this? Answer me! (In a scornful voice)

Anne
No I found it! Finder’s keepers.

Joesph
I can’t believe you!

[To be continued]

assignmnt 7

Palazzo Capulet
45 Via Figliapersa
West Verona, IT 10001

July 9, 2008

Dear Mr. and Mrs.Capulet:

Good day, sorry to have disturbed you in this grave matter of your only nephew's death. However, I wanted to discuss Tybalt's behavior in today's fight in beautiful Verona. Tybalt was seen disrespecting and taunting others which started the fight that lead to the death of your nephew Tybalt. I just wanted to encourage you to as guardians of Tybalt to be good parents and or family by raising him as a good Christian.

Parents/ guardians of Tybalt should be mature enough to discipline Tybalt like a son and punish him when it is needed; so he could of learned from his mistakes. Being good parents to Tybalt is to be good role models to him as Christian's. That would give him a higher standard to be. How a child is raised is how they will act and raise their sons or daughters.

Finally, I would like to say again that you should have raised Tybalt as a son and like a good Christian gentleman. In the future you should be an example for your family and future generations to come. Thank you for your time and I would like to give condolences to that family of Tybalt whose non-christian actions lead to his death.

Sincerely,

Mia Watson
549 Candy cane land
New York, New York 36515

assignment 6

Reading the language of the Renaissance period was extremely hard. It was hard because of the text that was used and the unclear saying of what they meant in the sentence. The structure was used in the olden day, the letters were also hard the see. English today has been reworded and sentence structure became easier the understand. Words like liberty was spelled differently meaning, as we became more advanced we changed the other order in which we write and spell things to make it easier for us to understand.






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

Assignment 5

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

Did Shakespeare write his own plays?
Please find and cite two additional sources to support your opinion.

Yes Shakespeare did write his own plays. Scholars only bring up the opinion of education being the strongest evidence. Which is not enough in my opinion to accuse the greatest play write/ poet in history to not be a fraud or a fact. There is no evidence that a man of low status that rose up could not be rich and famous could not be the best play write in American literature.

Some arguments are based on anagrams or hidden messages in the plays like hamlet. They used the theory and fond a translation of a word, which said, "Francis Bacon wrote the plays" which not all theory's work. It is not based on all the plays. So they cannot make a conclusion based on one play. Scholars of this theory didn't even do any research if such person even existed in the Renaissance period at all. So this theory is not all correct in truth so it is Shakespeare could actually have written all his own plays.

Others use science to display or figure out if Shakespeare actually wrote his own plays. A computational fingerprint that uniquely characterizes William Shakespeare's writing style. Helping to dispel any lingering doubts that he penned his own plays. Tracy Staedter writer of the found science found a lot of scientific evidence that proves that Shakespeare did indeed write his own plays. Shakespeare wrote 1611 so the theory that Oxford is the true writer of the Shakespeare plays but they would be wrong because Oxford died in 1601. He also said “Also, at least four different publishers put Shakespeare's dramas to print. If he had not been the author, they would have all had to keep the secret.” That is another actual fact that would defiantly prove that Shakespeare indeed is the true author of his plays and is still the greatest writer in American literature. Not a fraud in any way shape or form.




Work sited;
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/shake_did_write_plays.html

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2006/1760579.htm

356 words total

assignment 2 class work

Assignment 2

Everything Old is New Again!
Translating Early Modern English into Modern English
Below are some lines from some of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, written in Early
Modern 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 true to yourself and others and be consistent

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

-whatever is good, I hope it will be good too.

"Safe may'st thou wander, safe return again!" Cymbeline, Act iii, Sc.5

-Be safe and i hope you get back safe too!

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

-Give me your hand it is late, so i can kiss you good night.

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

-don't be a braggadocio , don't be a smart ass, don't give more then you owe to people.

"Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear, thy dial how thy precious minutes waste."
Sonnet 77

-Your true self will come out so never try to be something your not.

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

-Be true to yourself.

assignment 3

Assignment 3

Finding the Fun in the Pun
Below 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 wund is not so deep but by tomorrow you will find me a dead man.

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."

-If you get me get in my way i will kill you.

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.

-If you can give as many excuses as possible no one should feel the need to do anything about it.

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.

- let me lead the way to guide you through good and the bad

biography of shakespear

assignment:Your First Blog Entry Will be A Biography in your own words on William Shakespeare. This is due Thursday (posted to your blog site.)

William Shakespeare was not only a good actor he was a great poet and play write who is still well known today. William Shakespeare was born in April 26,1564 born in Stratford, London. Shakespeare was married to Anne Hathaway in 1582, when he was just 18 years old. He had three children, Susanna, Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare's work in the theaters came to a halt in January of 1593 when a plague broke into london. He then joined the Lord Chamberlain's Men, an acting company becoming a partner in, 1595. Thus becaming very wealthy in his thirty's.

His son Hamnet died the next year in 1596 he was very young. In 1603, Queen Elizabeth died and so Shakespeare’s company was taken under the wing of King James the 1st so the company was renamed the The King's men. Because Shakespeare worked and performed for the king, this company became the biggest acting company in Europe. The number of theatergoers from different social levels enjoyed his very versatile/diverse plays. Shakespeare’s fame grew immensely throughout London after that.

Shakespeare retired and left London in, 1611. He made a will on March 25, 1616 and died on April 23, 1616 three days before his birthday. He was only fifty two years old. Shakespeare also wrote his own epitaph because of the disrespect for the dead. People would dig up corpses to bury another in its place. Shakespeare told them why, what they were doing was wrong and no one has disturbed his grave to this day.

Shakespeare in his life accomplish so many things from his career, to his life as a poet/writer as well as father. Shakespeare has also created 38 plays and 154 sonnets that we know of. His plays were and are well known to this day varying from comedies, histories, tragedies and tragicomedies etc.. William Shakespeare made over 20,000 words that contributed to the English language. He was and is the best play write of all time. His words and stories will live on forever!

work sited:
-http://www.field-of-themes.com/shakespeare/shakehis.html
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
-http://www.shakespeare.com/

1st assignment

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: __i_______ ____my_____ ___homework______ ___lost______.
Rewrite #3: ___i ______ ___lost______ ___homework______ __my_______.
Rewrite #4: ___my ______ ___homework______ ____lost_____ __i_______.
Look at each of your rewritten sentences above. Has the meaning of the original sentence changed?No

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: Hi my name is Mia
Rewrite #1: Hi Mia my name is
Rewrite #2:Mia is my name hi
Rewrite #3: Mia my name is hi
Rewrite #4: Hi Mia is my name

1st blog entry

Shakespeare rules!