Two fantastic examples of the homework from Vlera (written answer) and Thomas (video). Please go to the Romeo and Juliet page and scroll to the bottom to have a look at them.
Remember:
1. You must upload your video, your recording or your written response before Monday's lesson.
2. You should try to use the Aristotlean terms as far as possible. Read the 29th January post below and click on the links to remind yourself of the definitions if you need them!
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Romeo and Juliet: Tragedy or Comedy
Please copy in a link to your radio show recording, or copy and paste in the text of your writing about Tragedy and Comedy into the comments section below this post.
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
SOLO Lesson
Well done for your achievements on Thursday. Please write a comment to this post below. You can describe what you learnt, or put forward your theory as to who the tragic hero(es) of Romeo and Juliet might be. Use Aristotlean terminology where possible and quotations from the play where relevant.
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Romeo and Juliet: Tragedy or Comedy
In tomorrow's lesson, we will be exploring the extent to which the play is a comedy or a tragedy. Please feel free to make notes on the following and bring them to the lesson to help you progress through the SOLO stages.
First we need to define both types of play. The words 'tragedy' and 'comedy' have very specific meanings in theatrical terms, so before the lesson tomorrow, you should acquaint yourself with what the terms meant to a Shakespearean audience:
Tragedy.
This is a type of play that was first performed in Athens in Ancient Greece. The philosopher Aristotle studied tragic plays, and outlined the features of a good Tragedy. Read this description, then decide the extent to which we can apply the terms hamartia, catastrophe, hubris, anagnorisis, peripeteia and catharsis to Romeo and Juliet.
Comedy.
According to Aristotle, tragedy came from the efforts of poets to present men as 'nobler,' or 'better' than they are in real life. Comedy, on the other hand, shows a 'lower type' of person, and reveals humans to be worse than they are in average. In 16th Century English theatre, a 'Comedy' was not necessarily a laugh-out-loud funny play. Instead, a Comedy was a play that filled the criteria given here.
To what extent is Romeo and Juliet a Comedy? What comic elements are present in Romeo and Juliet? What function do they perform?
First we need to define both types of play. The words 'tragedy' and 'comedy' have very specific meanings in theatrical terms, so before the lesson tomorrow, you should acquaint yourself with what the terms meant to a Shakespearean audience:
Tragedy.
This is a type of play that was first performed in Athens in Ancient Greece. The philosopher Aristotle studied tragic plays, and outlined the features of a good Tragedy. Read this description, then decide the extent to which we can apply the terms hamartia, catastrophe, hubris, anagnorisis, peripeteia and catharsis to Romeo and Juliet.
Comedy.
According to Aristotle, tragedy came from the efforts of poets to present men as 'nobler,' or 'better' than they are in real life. Comedy, on the other hand, shows a 'lower type' of person, and reveals humans to be worse than they are in average. In 16th Century English theatre, a 'Comedy' was not necessarily a laugh-out-loud funny play. Instead, a Comedy was a play that filled the criteria given here.
To what extent is Romeo and Juliet a Comedy? What comic elements are present in Romeo and Juliet? What function do they perform?
Monday, 28 January 2013
Homework update
A few students came to see me as they were unsure about the homework. So to clarify: you should read the article, then decide on five common features of a good news article. You could focus on the sentence structures, the vocabulary, the content, or the order information is presented. You then need to find an example of each feature in the article and record this in a table.
You should also consider the links with Romeo and Juliet, but you do not need to write anything for this- you only need to prepare in your head ideas to contribute to a class discussion on the links.
You should also consider the links with Romeo and Juliet, but you do not need to write anything for this- you only need to prepare in your head ideas to contribute to a class discussion on the links.
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Homework due Tuesday
1. Watch the video below, then read this article. Be prepared to discuss the similarities between the events in Victoria Station and the fighting in Romeo and Juliet in the lesson.
2. What are the features of a good news article? (for comparison, the features of good descriptive writing include metaphors, alliteration, expressive adjectives, generally long paragraphs to give detail, some shorter paragraphs for impact etc). Make a table: the first column should list 5-10 features and the second column should give examples from the article.
If you are really stuck or are unsure of something, please write your question in below.
2. What are the features of a good news article? (for comparison, the features of good descriptive writing include metaphors, alliteration, expressive adjectives, generally long paragraphs to give detail, some shorter paragraphs for impact etc). Make a table: the first column should list 5-10 features and the second column should give examples from the article.
If you are really stuck or are unsure of something, please write your question in below.
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Homework
Homework due Thursday: Choose 5 quotations from Act 1 that show the theme of conflict. Remember, they should display a variety of different types of conflict, rather than just the obvious fights and arguments. Think about internal conflicts, misunderstandings etc. Maximum quotation length: 3 lines. Please print out the quotations and stick them in your book, or copy them in.
Remember 1) to give the act and scene number (and if possible the line numbers) each time, e.g.
"Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,
Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,--
Will they not hear?" (1:1, 72-4)
2) Shakespeare wrote his plays in verse. You should always copy the quotations following the exact line breaks Shakespeare uses.
Remember 1) to give the act and scene number (and if possible the line numbers) each time, e.g.
"Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,
Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,--
Will they not hear?" (1:1, 72-4)
2) Shakespeare wrote his plays in verse. You should always copy the quotations following the exact line breaks Shakespeare uses.
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