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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)
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Reflecting on Act 1 Answer questions 2 and 3 in the text (page 97)
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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
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Do NOW: Review what you underlined or marked in the first half of Act 2. Mark CHARACTER TRAITS in the margin
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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?
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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
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