Lorca Journal 4

Reading for Monday:  Act Three 

Journal 4: 

1.  Examine Lorca's treatment of honor, guilt and/or silence.  How does Lorca address these issues?  What happens to the characters who embrace or reject the concepts?

2. Today we discussed ways in which Lorca creates dream like elements.  To continue this discussion, identify mythical elements in the play and examine how Lorca uses them.  Make an assertion about Lorca's use of either modern or mythical elements.

Reading for Tuesday: Read and mark the 3 articles for the cultural interactive orals in class on Tuesday.

Wednesday:  In class writing on Lorca

Lorca Journal 3

Reading:  Act II

Journal 3
1.   The introduction states, “For Lorca, tragedy entails certain formal elements (the chorus, for example), but above all it involves creating an illusion of fate or destiny, of ‘necessariness’: the suggestion that men and women are at the mercy of elemental forces which shape their lives in ways they barely comprehend”.  How does Lorca create illusions of fate in Act II?  How do the characters struggle with the illusions?  What are the consequences of the illusions?

 2.   There are a variety of youths in the second act, why?  How does Lorca use the youths to affect the themes of the play?

4.  How do the songs connect with the events in Act II?  What topics does Lorca expose and discuss?

Lorca Journal 2

Reading:  Finish reading Act One

Journal 2: 
1.  As the scenes change, continue to examine what causes misery and how the characters portray it. 
2.  Consider the songs.  What do the songs discuss?  Where do they occur?  Are they the same?  How do they connect to the scene(s)? 
3.  Compare the scenes for Act One.  What happens in each scene?  What types of images appear?  What problems or concerns are exposed?  How do the scenes affect each other?

Lorca Journal 1

Reading: Act One Scene One

Before reading, consider how the characters embody archetypes - 1st period we did this in class. 

Journal 1:   Discuss whether a character meets or rejects their archetype, discuss the impact of the setting and stage directions, and discuss how characters display or embrace misery.


Consider reviewing your notes for the in class writing tomorrow.

Ibsen Journal 5

Congratulations your finished with the second play for the world literature unit. 

Journal 5: Write a rough draft of your cultural reflection tonight.

Please submit each of the Ibsen journals to turnitin.com and bring the copies to class tomorrow.

TUESDAY:
We'll have our final discussion on Ibsen in class tomorrow and complete the on demand writing.

Ibsen Journal 4

Today we chose, performed and discussed scenes in class. 
HW for Wednesday night read Act 4.  There is no formal journal for tomorrow, but you might want to jot down some ideas about characters leaving the scene.

Thursday

Finish acting and discussing scenes from Act 3 tomorrow. 

After we finish the scenes, we'll examine what causes characters to leave the scene and what happens while characters are out of the "room".  Afterward, we'll work on a commentary passage.

HW: Finish the play
Journal 4: Who is to blame?  Consider who is to blame and who takes responsibility.   Also discuss Ibsen's view of idealism.
 
Friday 
In class you'll work in groups to complete cultural readings.  You'll want to prep (take notes, ask questions of the text, look up information your don't understand, consider connections...) your article (yes, each group only has one article).  We'll have 5 small group discussions on Monday to complete the interactive orals.

HW: Work on your IOP this weekend.  Also prepare for a final discussion Monday on The Wild Duck.

Ibsen Journal 3

Today in class we "reread" most of act 2 and examined motifs and complications in the play and how Ibsen develops comparisons via the structure of the play.

Tomorrow we'll examine a couple of scenes in detail by acting them out.

To prepare: Read Act 3  and consider the following a motif of your choosing, silence, idealism, responsibility, and usefulness.

The Wild Duck Journal 2

Papers due tomorrow.  Don't for get to submit them to turnitin.com.  Also, journals for Antigone are due tomorrow. 

HW:  Read Act II

Journal 2
1.  Continue examining illness and disease
2.  Who works and who pretends to work?  What are the motivations and reasons for each?
3.  Which characters portray decorum or how does decorum interrupt clear communication?
4.  Which characters appear honest?  What are the effects of being honest?
5.  "Realism and Naturalism are terms used to describe fiction that aims at minute fidelity to actual existence.  Realism connotes an attempt to give the illusion of the ordinary life, in which unexceptional people undergo everyday experiences"(Norton Anthology of English Literature Volume 2)  Examine how Ibsen portrays the common man and the common experience.

Due dates and Ibsen journal 1

Due dates:  

Quick reminder of the pieces due on Tuesday the 7th
Tragedy paper with rough draft(s) and outline(s)
Three Anouilh journals

Ibsen Homework:
Read Act I of The Wild Duck

Prepare for small group discussions by journaling about the following topics.
1.  The staging of the play.  What did you notice about how Ibsen stages the play - consider the set, costumes, props, and characters movements.  Who is on stage with whom?  Who avoids whom?

2.  How does Ibsen's stage directions differ from Anouilh's?  How does Ibsen use the stage directions?

3.  Examine the motif of illness or disease and silence

4.  How does Ibsen create levels of formality, social class or gender roles?  What types of consequences do rules of decorum create?

5. Consider how and why characters create illusion and put on appearances.

6.  Examine the relationship between fathers and sons.