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Ahead of His Time by Streeter Seidell on June 23, 2008

Ahead of His Time by Streeter Seidell on June 23, 2008

Producer: William, we must speak with each other of this new play you've written.
Shakespeare: Ah, yes. My latest is the tale of a...
Producer: Yes...yes, the story is fine. More than fine, William. It's just that we at The Globe take issue with some of your word choices.
Shakespeare: Alas, my words are not a choice! My quill is the true scribe of this volume, I merely act as interpreter!
Producer: Right...right. Yet, we can't help but notice that numerous words in this play just aren't - how shall I put this tenderly - words. You've invented them, have you not?
Shakespeare: Someday, sir, these words will be as normal as a cloud in the sky or a rat in your stew!
Producer: Someday, perhaps. But not now. Listen, William, it wouldn't be such a problem if these words had a discernible meaning. But "lackluster", "impede", "tranquil"? I couldn't even begin to imagine what sort of intention lies therein.
Shakespeare: Sir, you're acting as a muddlelump! Simply read the words in context!
Producer: Have you lost your miggle, sir? To call me a muddlelump only serves to illustrate what a billyham you're behaving as.
Shakespeare: Billyham?! You sir, can count yourself lucky I am an honorable plebicanian or I would have your nose betwixt my two figglers. So help me God, I shall not be spoken to with such...such qual!
Producer: William, please calm yourself. If these kind of hannyhocks continue I fear this meeting will dissolve into fistifinks, and neither you nor I are the sort for that.
Shakespeare: You are correct, sir. I apologize. When my wenny is up I fear I can become a bit hornish. But I appeal to you on bended knick, please allow the play to be staged with its original words in tact.
Producer: I just don't know, William. "Gloomy"? "Elbow?" "Advertising," for God's sake? You believe the audience will be able to ascertain your intended point?
Shakespeare: Certigishly.
Producer: Well, if you feel so strongly about it, I will let the play go on as written. But I fear for its reception, William. It may be many years before the populace at large understands an utterance such as "bandit."
Shakespeare: We shall see, shall we not? Good day to you, sir. Bestbigsby!
Producer: Bestbigsby, William.

Othello, what's the scenario? Activity 8 Due Tuesday @ 4pm

Othello, what's the scenario? Activity 8 Due Tuesday @ 4pm

1. The main character, Daniela, has decided to marry someone from a race and/or religion that her father won’t approve. She knows there is going to be a big scene. Describe the scene and write the dialogue that could occur between Daniela, her father, and her husband-to-be.

2. There is a party. The main character, Riccardo (a generally good guy!), knows that he shouldn’t drink because he has to go to work in an hour. The Group he’s with tries to convince him that “a drink or two won’t hurt.” Riccardo goes to work and because he’s been drinking he starts a fight with a fellow employee. The boss enters. Describe the scene and write the dialogue that could occur between Riccardo, his boss, and his co-workers.

His boss will yell at him and ask him what his problem is? Also he might face the chance of getting fired.

3. The main character, Giuseppe, has given his girlfriend a special ring (one that means a lot to him. He sees his best friend wearing it. Describe the scene and write the dialogue that could occur between Joe and his girlfriend or between Giuseppe and his best friend (You can change this around to make the main character a girl).

4. The main character, Nicola, has had a bad fight with his best friend, Antonio. Antonio won’t return any of Nicola's phone calls and avoids him at school. Nicola sees his best friend’s girlfriend, Gianna, at school. Describe the scene and write dialogue where Nicola asks Gianna for her help.

5. Roberto has worked hard to play on Varsity. He knows he’s good! He’s shown up for all the games and practices. The position that he wants goes to Guliermo, whose father is a friend of the coach. Describe the scene and write the dialogue where Roberto tells his friends how he feels.

6. Anna and her boyfriend aren’t 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) were 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 Secret Love Escape___________________________________

Characters and description of each:

Character 1 Daniela-She is the main character, having to face her father and tell her dad that she loves a christian

Character 2 Jorge- a guy truly in love with Daniela they plan to escape if they arnt allowed to be together.

Character 3 Drake- Danielas dad wants his daughter to marry a Muslim like her and not a guy from another religion

Character 4 Melinda- Jorge mom wants him to be happy with the girl he loves

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?)

It was a cold early morning in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska. Two young teens decided to go for a walk in a nearby park. The guy saw the girl and completely fell for her. He knew that he needed to go and talk to her.

jorge- Hi hows your day today? By the way my name is Nathan and yours?

Daniela- Daniela and its going good today, well so far.

Jorge-and so you live near by here?

Daniela- yeah just 4 blocks away from her & you?

Jorge-yeah same just the opposite direction.

and so their conversation went on for hours it even seemed like as they had known each-other all their life. They even set up a date to see eachother the following day. They saw eachother everyday for a whole month until.

Jorge- would you like to be my girlfriend?

Daniela- yes !!

It had been many years since they hadn't had a truly good and enjoyable conversation. In facts It didn't take long before they fell deeply in love with each-other.

Untill one day after all the ups and downs they realized they were truly in love with eachother.

Jorge- Do you want to marry me?

Daniela- yes of course i would..in fact i would love to but my parents would never accept the fact that need to be together and forever!

Jorge- well they will just have to deal with it

Daniela- its not that simple

Daniela- I know them and i know that no matter what they will never accept our marriage

Jorge- just give me a chance and let me talk to them

Daniela- (sigh) alright

An early saturday morning. At Danielas parents house.

Daniela- mom dad ..this is jorge

Parents- hi nice to meet you. Are you one of Danielas friends?

Daniela- [scared look on the face]

Jorge- no, her boyfriend

Parents- WHAT!! excuse me but you dont appear to be muslim

Daniela- mom, dad..

Jorge- no Daniela. i came here for a reason so please let me explain to your parents why i am here

Jorge- i would like to marry your daughter

Daniela- yes and i want to marry him!

Activity 7: Letter to the parents of Capulets and Montagues

Activity 7: Letter to the parents of Capulets and Montagues

Using the "Office of Christian Parents" from yesterday as a guide for parenting youths, please write a letter to either the Capulet or Montague parents regarding their children's behavior in Act 3, sc. i as we have seen today and read last night. Use specific examples/ advice from "Office.." to bolster your point.


It should include:

A. Proper greeting
B. 3 specific Citations from "Office..."
C. Proper Closing

The Capulets live at:

Palazzo Capulet
45 Via Figliapersa
West Verona, IT 10001

The Montagues:

Casa Montague
2333 Via Rubicuore
East Verona, IT 20002

Use the following link to help you in your drafting of this letter. THE OWL AT PURDUE.

Due Thursday @ 4pm.

Email this letter to me as well as post it to your Blog.



Capulet Family
Palazzo Capulet
45 Via Figliapersa
West Verona, IT 10001

July 9, 2008

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Capulet

First of all I would like to thank you for taking your time to read my letter. Well I am Writing to you concerning your daughter Juliet. As you know that in the guide of good Christan Parents it states everything you as a parent should prevent your child from doing to become a good Christian like you, but I am sorry inform you that your loved Juliet is not acting the correct way that a good christian should be acting.

As you might or might not know it was because of her that the tragic fight with Tybalt and one of the Montague's occurred so as you may have read, in the guide it states that a female is not a good Christian if she causes a triangle of problems between two males and that is exactly what she did so I am suggesting you to be more strict with her and read the guide with her so she understands that what she has been doing is not right.

Well also, I know I shouldn't be bringing this subject up but Tybalt's parents as well did not follow the guide on how to grow a good Christian because he fought in the street "Therefore the Christian gentleman considering these things, that they may be fitted both in peace and war, to profit their country, and further Christianity" and that was not the correct thing to do which led to an unfortunate ending. And all this started as well because of your daughter Juliet's influence over the two guys which is not right and it is stated in the guide. Well thank you for your time and I hope you stop Juliet from this inappropriate actions.

Sincerely,

Tania Sanchez
5463 Main St.
Phoenix, AZ. 95465

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Students, you will present your ppt.s tomorrow. I expect greatness. Today will be workshop central. We will be:

1. Finishing up assignments 5 and 6 from yesterday.
2. Finishing up Our PowerPoints from last week.
a. Turning them into .mov files and posting them to Youtube, then posting them on our Bardblogs- I will show you how to do this in class.
3. Writing a letter to the Montagues or Capulets regarding the behavior of their children. After we read and perform 3,1 of Romeo and Juliet. This is activity 7.
4. We will also be working on proper citation.

Who Wrote Shakespeare's plays? Activity 5CLICK HERE AND YOU DECIDE

Please write a 250 word 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.

Start here and here and here and here

or go to npr.org to

Shakespeare's plays do seem like he wrote them on his own. Anyways there has been a lot of evidence that shows he did write his own plays. Besides his work has already been checked by a method called computational stylistics because in his writing he would use certain words more often then others and also he liked combining two words together or having one after the other very constantly. Also there is people who say the he wasn't as educated enough to be able to think of so different ways of writing but then they other people also thought about why someone would want to give someone else credit for what they worked on. Anyways there is other scientific methods to tell if there is a change in writing in a play, poem, or quote. But I do understand the point that someone might be thinking that he as a not really rich educated guy would think up so many creative ways of writing poems and plays.

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

Just Like Romeo and Juliet... Activity 6

Just Like Romeo and Juliet... Activity 6

Printing fonts and handwriting techniques have changed greatly in 400 years. Please read the following:

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

On your blog, type your observations as to the visual style - letters, punctuation, spelling - of this document from 1616 from one that is contemporary.

We will discuss this together in class.

If you finish early, please read Romeo and Juliet ACT 3, 1

Then get in a group of 3-4 people around you.

Welcome Back!

Wow reading what was written is 1616 was a bit complicated.  It took the class a very long time to read just one page ..i can't imaging how long it would take  to read a whole book of them.  The spelling was different the word us looked like vs and the s would like an l.  Some things bearly made sense others seemed like they had nothing to ldo in the piece of writting.  Also at times I was lost and it was not very easy to picture what was going on in the text because most of the time i had to be concentrating on what the word was and how to say it correctly.