Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Homework 10/1

Complete graphic organizer I passed out yesterday. It needs to have five entries: key quotes from multiple places in the Our Town and thoughtful summaries or paraphrases. See example and prompts below.

Example: Monologue, pg. 67-68

Summary: The second half of Act II takes place in the church where George and Emily are about to get married. In the stage manager's monologue, he informs the audience that the tone of the play is about to shift and describes the church's take on marriage as a "sacrament," the deep confusion that results from people being "put together," and the possibility that Emily is pregnant, a suggestion that changes our impression of the couple's innocence.

In the opening of Act III,

The character describes__________

In this dialogue, X explains__________

The scene begins/ends/shift when

When _________

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