Welcome! February 24th, 2017 Friday Do Now Get your folder from the front crate and find your seat Begin working on your Daily Edit paragraph. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find all 10 mistakes in today’s paragraph. Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

Friday February 24, 2017 At the age of 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder begun to share the tails of her childhood threw books. With the help of her daughter rose, who was a writer, Wilder found the voice to tell of her families struggles Laura said "It is still best to be honest and truthful to make the most of what we have, to be happy with simple pleasures, and to be chearful and have courage when things go wrong. She was born on February 7, 1867.

“To Be Or Not to Be” Script Activity Today, you’re going to imagine that you are the director of the newest Hamlet film. For your first task, you want to tackle its most famous scene: Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” soliloquy. You must ask yourself: Where should this scene take place in my film? Will there be music or sound effects? What camera angles and movements might be most effective for the mood I want to establish? What sort of shots and framing techniques could I use? What about lighting—should it change at any point during Hamlet’s speech? At what points in the soliloquy would these techniques work best to convey the tone I want in this scene? What directions should I give the actor playing Hamlet, and at what points in the text? Before I ask you to write your own scenes, we’re going to watch the speech in two different versions of Hamlet. As we watch, consider the different techniques each director used, and consider which ones you might want to steal for your own scene.

“To Be Or Not to Be” Script Activity In the margins of the text (your script!), write ten stage, camera, or acting directions that you will use to portray your interpretation of the scene. Be sure to use at least five specific cinematic techniques from the handout. The other five can be interactions with objects, setting details, acting cues, character interactions, ect. In a detailed response of 1-2 paragraphs, walk me through the scene you’ve created in part A. Explain the significance at least five techniques or stage direction you used—how does each element add to the overall tone of your scene? How do your various directions work together to form your own interpretation of the text?