Monday, November 5, 2012

Do Now: Correct the following sentence: Rewrite it. What type of errors did you find? How many? -->

--> neither rasheed or larry dont want their teams loss to suggest that team members didnt play good

Classwork: 

We continue with Triune Tale of Diminutive Pigs

Examples of puns, archaic language, inversion ( or syntax changes )

Listen to the ryhthm of iambic pentameter Video: John Branyan's Three Little Pigs

Five key elements:

1. Iambic pentameter is a verse rhythm often used in Shakespeare’s writing
2. It has 10 syllables per line
3. Syllables alternate between stressed and unstressed beats, creating this pattern: “de/DUM de/DUM de/DUM de/DUM de/DUM”
4. Shakespeare played around with this structure to create different effects (for example, he changed the stress pattern and added syllables)
5. Generally speaking, high class characters speak in iambic pentameter; lower class characters speak in prose 

 Homework: Read the synopsis of Othello Act 1