Day: November 8, 2022

Tuesday, 11/8: TMA Wrap, Vocab + 1, Drama!

“Warm Up, 11/8.” Answer, not letter.

  1. When the midwife rejects Alyce the first time she comes back.  (PM)
  2. When the midwife finally accepts Alyce back.  (PM)
  3. When Alyce fails to deliver Emma Blunt’s baby and runs away from the village.  (PM)
  4. Alyce learning to read. (PM)
  5. What does the TMA dedication mean?
  6. Poem #435 says that “the Majority” always prevailed on the question of…   a) what is the right thing to do. b) who’s weird and who isn’t. c) who’s cool and who isn’t. d) who’s important and who isn’t. e) All of the above.  f) NOTA
  7. Poem #435 says that if you disagree with the majority… a) you’re Mad. b) you’re stupid. c) you’re dangerous. d) you’re doing the right thing.  e) all of the above.   f) NOTA

“Vocab, 11/8.” divine, stark, discerning, assent, demur, transfix, metamorphosis, prevail
   

9. “In this brief fraction of a moment, they take the first step toward performing a _____ that changes people from a group into a mob.”
10. She has a very _____ eye for bargains and always gets the best deal.
11. There was a very _____ contrast between the two candidates; they were very much on opposite sides.
12. After the expensive makeover, she looked and felt ______…
13. …and everyone was _____(ed) as she walked down the street.

Add to Vocab List: Idiosyncrasy: an unusual way in which a particular person behaves or thinks. Examples!?

“Monsters…”
Discuss:

  • What is the purpose of fear? In other words, why do we get scared?
  • What fears might be called “universal”; shared by most almost all humans?
  • Why do we like it sometimes? (Don’t say, “It’s fun.” Duh.)
  • How does fear affect the decisions you make?
  • “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Meaning?  (Bonus: Who said that famous quote?)
  • Why do people act so dumb in a group? (What if they’re scared too?)

 

“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”

Read intro on p245.

Basic script vocabulary: pan, zoom, voiceover, etc.

Assign roles.

Let’s “act.”

Link to Play for those at home: https://www.springtownisd.net/cms/lib3/TX21000442/Centricity/Domain/575/u1_the_monster_due_se.pdf