Soliloquy Formative

On Friday, you will present at least 15 lines of material from Shakespeare's Othello to the class.  The monologue you deliver should contain the following elements:
- A POETIC speech from one character that is (more or less) memorized
- Significant action
- Prop and/or costume
- Clear emotion
- A brief written explanation of the choices you made in your scene (3 or so sentences are fine)

There are many famous soliloquies and long speeches to choose from...
- Iago (1.3.426, 2.1.308, 2.3.49, 2.3.356, 3.3.367)
- Othello (1.3.149, 3.3.299)
- Desdemona (4.2.175)
- Emilia (4.3.95)
...And you may choose from any of these or try something else entirely.  You may edit the speech as you see fit or patch together similar speeches as long as the end result makes sense and satisfies the above requirements.

TIPS:
- Do not just memorize this in your head.  Saying your speech out loud many times is the only way to truly practice.
- Gesturing with your arms absentmindedly is not considered significant action or emotion.
- A fast speech delivered in one breath is not necessarily a good speech.  Pause, collect your thoughts, let the audience hang.... on... your... eve... ry... word.  (This will also make acting easier.)
- Figure out the correct pronunciations of words you do not know.
- Read punctuation mark to punctuation mark, not line to line.
- Get help from your fellow students.

Here are two links (1, 2) to soliloquies from Shakespeare's Hamlet that may give you some inspiration.

Grammar Formative

In order to take today's grammar formative, please complete the following steps:

1.  Click on this link to access the quiz.
2.  COPY-PASTE the quiz into your own google doc account.
3.  Complete the quiz.
4.  Allow nsilverson@capeelizabethschools.org to edit the document.
5.  Await judgement.

Pronoun/Antecedent Exercises

Fill in the missing word.

1. Everyone should bring             mother to the picnic.   

2. Parents must supervise             children at all times.

3. Every company wants to retain             best employees.

4. Each employee must sign             time sheet before Friday.

Correct the errors.

5. When Alexander drove the car through the garage door, he badly damaged it.

6. The treaty provided a peaceful way to settle international disputes.  It was an important step forward for all nations.

7. When a student is late for class, you should apologize to the professor.

8. They say that three out of four people prefer walking on his or her feet.

9. Mark called Mary's house, but she never answered the phone.  

Click here for the answers.

OUTLINE +1 Product Descriptor

For this formative writing assignment, you will complete a basic outline for a Five Paragraph Essay and write 1 (only 1!) of the body paragraphs.

1. Make a copy of this google doc to your own account, so you can edit it.

2. Write a thesis and organize your evidence into the three body paragraphs, making sure to assign a label or heading to each body paragraph.

• You may use our Villains Quote activity as a guide.  
• You do not need to write full sentences or analyze the evidence in the outline.
• The thesis must be written out in full, but the rest of the outline should be only headings and quotes.   

3. Choose one of the body paragraphs and write it.

4. Refer to our Analyzing Shakespeare document to remind you of the techniques of analysis and thesis writing we've discussed in class (Period 6, Period 7).