Focus: What background information do we need before entering the world of Henry IV?
Please help yourself to a copy of Henry IV as you walk in!
Please help yourself to a copy of Henry IV as you walk in!
ž1. Warming up with the illustrated character chart: Making inferences
What can you infer about the characters based on their caricatures and descriptions? Feel free to ask questions, too.
What is the central political conflict of the play?
What might be some of the play’s social conflicts?
What psychological conflicts might the play entail?
What can you infer about the characters based on their caricatures and descriptions? Feel free to ask questions, too.
What is the central political conflict of the play?
What might be some of the play’s social conflicts?
What psychological conflicts might the play entail?
2. žDividing the class into the Courtiers, the Rebels, and the Pub Crawlers; performing “The 15 Minute Henry”
a. žRead over the entire script together at least once.
žb. Paraphrase your lines to ensure that every person in your group understands them.
c. Decide how you will deliver these lines; consider tone, dramatic pauses, volume, body posture, gestures, etc.
žd. Select costumes that fit your character group, literally or symbolically.
že. Practice a few times.
a. žRead over the entire script together at least once.
žb. Paraphrase your lines to ensure that every person in your group understands them.
c. Decide how you will deliver these lines; consider tone, dramatic pauses, volume, body posture, gestures, etc.
žd. Select costumes that fit your character group, literally or symbolically.
že. Practice a few times.
3. žDesignating King Henry’s court, the Boar’s Head Tavern, and the rebel camp and performing "The 15 Minute Henry"
4. Returning to the illustrated character chart and drawing larger conclusions
HW:
1. Tomorrow, please meet in THE THEATER. If we're about to go into performance mode, then we should watch the master of performance poetry: Jovan Mays.
2. For Monday: Please read the summaries for all scenes in Act 1 and 2 in Henry IV, Part 1.
3. Continue working on memorizing your sonnet. You have a little over a week left.
4. Figure out the structure and thesis of your sonnet essay by next Wednesday (see the overview and example given out in class and linked to class website under "Sonnet Essay").
HW:
1. Tomorrow, please meet in THE THEATER. If we're about to go into performance mode, then we should watch the master of performance poetry: Jovan Mays.
2. For Monday: Please read the summaries for all scenes in Act 1 and 2 in Henry IV, Part 1.
3. Continue working on memorizing your sonnet. You have a little over a week left.
4. Figure out the structure and thesis of your sonnet essay by next Wednesday (see the overview and example given out in class and linked to class website under "Sonnet Essay").
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