Ladies and Gentlemen DO NOW: Answer the questions in your journal found on the bottom of page 96 (I asked you to write these questions on your copy of ACT 1 of the play)
Reflecting on Act 1 Answer questions 2 and 3 in the text (page 97)
Before Reading Act 2 FOCUS on CHARACTERIZATION ◦ What the character SAYS ◦ What the character DOES ◦ What the character THINKS ◦ What others SAY ABOUT the character Each person will focus on ONE character
Do NOW: Review what you underlined or marked in the first half of Act 2. Mark CHARACTER TRAITS in the margin
While Reading Act 2 FOCUS on CHARACTERIZATION ◦ What the character SAYS ◦ What the character DOES ◦ What the character THINKS ◦ What others SAY ABOUT the character Each person is focusing on ONE character
After Reading ACT 2 Jig Saw ◦ 10 minutes: Complete the chart on page 98 (add “Doolittle”) with the students who focused on the same character ◦ 10 minutes: SWITCH! meet with four other people who focused on the other characters and share your information Answer the questions on page 98
Rules of Etiquette Do Now: What are examples of other films that follow the Pygmalion transformation plotline? “Brave” (2012, Disney) “Interview with a Vampire” (1994) “Mannequin” (1987) “Weird Science” (1985) “Phenomenon” (1996)
Watching Transformation Characters Life-Size Splash For each clip, determine the social blunder and think about why we find humor in this kind of mistake
Reading Act 3 Identify Characterization Define Conflicts Apply Archetypal Perspective to character relationships Liza- as the transformation character ◦ Faces a test early in the story ◦ Commits a significant blunder Where? How do other characters react? How does the mistake contribute to plot and character? IS Higgins the “wise old man” archetype?
Write your own scene! Review that “Writing a Dramatic Scene” conventions on page 102 Think of a social blunder you or someone you know has committed. Write a ONE scene script with at least two characters and your blunder as the problem FOLLOW the conventions on page 102