1. Wednesday October 22, 2014

2. » In the Table of Contents add: » 10-22-14 Elements of Drama Page 50

3. » Turn to page 805 in your blue textbook. » The Phantom Tollbooth is based on a book of the same name by Norton Juster. » The book and play include wordplay and puns. » Wordplay is the playful use of words. » Puns are a kind of wordplay-a joke involving two meanings of the same word, or two with the same sound. » We will stop along the way to talk about wordplay and puns.

4. Young Milo is bored. Then he finds a tollbooth, a map, and a book of rules. In his toy car he follows the map to the City of Dictionopolis in the Land of Wisdom. He stops in the Land of Expectations and gets stuck in the Doldrums. He is joined by Tock, a watchdog who tells him of the Princess Rhyme and Reason, banished by the two Kings of Wisdom. At the word market of Dictionopolis, Milo meets King Azaz’s ministers, who take him to a royal banquet. Azaz orders Milo, Humbug, and Tock to rescue the princess.

5. As we read the play as a class, ask yourself what happens when a person has no worthwhile goals for themselves?

6. As a class Read the first 10 pages of the play. Page 808-818 Parts will be assigned to volunteers. Remember the footnotes at the bottom of the pages to help you understand the vocabulary.