We're Waiting: April 6, 2018

Focus: What does it mean to wait?

1. Warming up with "I Am Waiting"

• MMM approach: What strikes you about this poem?

• What does it mean to wait? Does it make you powerful? Vulnerable? Hopeless? Hopeful?

• What are you waiting for?

2. Building a little background knowledge on the Theatre of the Absurd by scanning the play:

• What do you notice about the setting?
• What do you notice about the characters?
• What do you notice about the dialogue?
• Offering you a little more background on the Theatre of the Absurd and Absurdist protagonists

3. Starting to act out Waiting for Godot with focus questions

4. Wrapping up with your first Godot post

HW:
1. Continue working on your outline with the goal of completing it and either e-mailing it to me by the end of the week or coming in for a conference. Click here for the culminating essay timeline.

2. Brief vocabulary assessment on Sets 6, 7, and 8 next Wednesday.

3. The end of 12 weeks is TODAY. All make-up work / revised work from the last 6 weeks is due by then. If you wish to revise your critical review or poetry essay, you must conference with me this week.