MND Act 1 Scene 1 2/2/18

Today’s Goals Practice the skill of reading aloud Become familiar with warm-up tricks Read Act 1 Scene 1 aloud Predict what will happen next in the play

How do we begin? A warm-up!

Breathing: Sit up straight Inhale slowly Exhale slowly Connect your breath to your being Remember to breathe while you read!

Face crunches Now for some fun, elongate your face Then scrunch up your face as much as you can

Sound exhalation In through the nose, out through the mouth (no screaming) Create consonance sounds Sssss or ththththth Breath should be dropping in and escaping out, not forced or pushed

Tongue twisters Improve articulation. Help you express words clearly

Tongue twisters She sells sea shells by the sea shore Betty Botter bought some butter Red leather yellow leather

Peter piper picked peck of pickled peppers Did peter piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the pec of picled peppers Peter piper picked?

Unique New York Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood.

And lastly Embody your characters. You might not know what they are saying exactly, but try to get a feel for the situation. I’ll provide you with some clues as to the what Then watch for punctuation. Let this be a guide to help you with your lines.

Example: THESEUS Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on apace; four happy days bring in Another moon: but, O, methinks, how slow This old moon wanes! she lingers my desires, Like to a step-dame or a dowager Long withering out a young man revenue.

Whew! Time for some acting!

As you read: (Part of Portfolio!!)* ON a Sheet of notebook paper: Create a list of words that you don’t understand These can include large vocabulary words (vexation) or images (Bacchus) * More on this topic later. For now, don’t lose this!

Roll call- to line 129 Theseus Hippolyta Egeus Hermia Demetrius Lysander

Act 1 Scene 1 Summary:   In act 1 scene 1, Theseus, who is a Duke of Athens, is excited to be marrying Hippolyta in just four days. Egeus approaches Theseus with his daughter Hermia to ask for the duke's advice. Egeus has agreed to let Demetrius marry Hermia; however, Hermia is in love with Lysander, who is also interested in marrying her. The law states that she must follow her father's wishes, or he can have her killed. Theseus agrees that daughters should follow their fathers' wishes. Hermia begs Theseus to be reasonable; he agrees to give her until the day of his wedding to decide whether she will marry Demetrius or choose death. Lysander tries to beg Demetrius to back down. Lysander points out to Theseus and Egeus that Helena is in love with Demetrius and wants to marry him. Theseus agrees to talk privately to Egeus and Demetrius about this situation, and the three of them leave.      Once they are alone, Lysander and Hermia discuss their options. Lysander mentions that he has a widowed aunt who lives outside of Athens and would let them stay with her. Then they could get married because they would be outside the confines of Athenian law. They agree to meet in the woods tomorrow night and from there they will run away and get married.      Helena then bumps into Hermia and Lysander. Helena is jealous of Hermia’s beauty because Demetrius, whom she adores, wants to marry Hermia. Helena often makes remarks wishing she was more like Hermia so that Demetrius would like her. Hermia is annoyed by Helena's complaining when she has no interest in marrying Demetrius, so she decides to tell Helena about their secret plan. She confesses that she is planning to meet Lysander in the woods tomorrow night to run away with him and get married. Therefore, once she is gone, Helena will be free to marry Demetrius. They ask that Helena not reveal their plan to anyone, and the couple leaves. Helena decides that she will not keep their plan a secret. She will tell Demetrius of their plan, and then he will be grateful to her and maybe turn his love to her once he sees for himself that Hermia has chosen Lysander.

Reflection- Portfolio Piece #1 Review vocabulary and create answers Discuss WHAT happened in this scene (plot) Answer on the same Vocab sheet: What do you thing will happen next? If you could ask one of the characters a question, which character would it be and what would you ask?