Tuesday, January 10th

 1. Lit HIIT- 

Watch the two scenes of Act I, scene 3 in performance. (Page 38)

Pace -Rate of movement or speed of action.

Props -Short for properties; any article, except costume or scenery, used as part of a dramatic production; any moveable object that appears on stage during a performance.

Scenery/Set- The theatrical equipment, such as curtains, flats, backdrops, or platforms, used in a dramatic production to communicate environment.

Paying attention to the staging of this scene, what do you notice and how does it impact your understanding of Troy’s monologue? 

2. Grammar and Mechanics Challenge- Active v. Passive Voice

3. American Dream and Fences small group discussion. 

• What is meant by the concept of the “American Dream”?  How do Troy and Cory each view the American Dream? 
• Why do their views differ? Do you think the American Dream is something that can come true for people in your generation?  
• Seven Concepts- Transformation- This concept is about the act of reading a text and the nature of the change that reading brings about. Studying a text is a complex process where as we read and think about the text, the text for us changes and we as a reader change because of what we have read. At the same time, as we read more texts and make connections between them, another transformation occurs in how we regard the texts.
• Compare August Wilson's perspective on the American Dream to F. Scott Fitzgerald's view? How does comparing them change how you understand each work? How do the works seem different after this comparison? 

HOMEWORK: 

1. Complete and upload two snippets from Act II. One for literary term. One for dramatic term. 

2. Finish Act II by Friday.