Agenda: Check Philosophy Peer Revision Review Characters and Plot Read Act 1 Break Response Questions/Expectations thrown out! Essay Test Questions Act II  Acting out scenes MONDAY DECEMBER 8 TH HW: POLISHED PHILOSOPHIES DUE WEDNESDAY

Rough Drafts Out! I’m coming around to check More polished drafts should be ready for Wednesday (our next work day).

Peer Revision Find a partner and trade essays. Read the essay two times through. Use the peer revision guide handout to mark the rough draft and/or take notes on the handout. Spend time conferencing about each piece: When it’s your turn to listen to feedback, listen and process whether or not you want to take the advice. You don’t need to defend your rough draft. When it’s your turn to provide feedback, make sure you are respectful and highlight the good as well as the areas that need attention.

Review of Characters and Plot What’s happened so far? Jack/Ernest  Algy 

Let’s continue reading! Follow along

Irony Situational: There’s a difference between what is expected and fitting and what actually happens or what is said. In this play it usually happens when there is a contrast between the characters’ elegance and their absurdity. Dramatic: The actions and words of the characters means different things to the character and the readers because the reader has more knowledge.

Essay Test Questions Essay test will be on December 19 th (next Friday). It is very similar to your Death of a Salesman essay test. You will answer one of these questions with depth, substance, and analysis. You will also incorporate one research source. Stay tuned. Open-note! Open-book!

Expectations are thrown out! Expression is more important than accuracy Married households don’t keep first-rate champagne Lower class sets example Divorce court is made in heaven

Wilde’s Scrutiny Church/Religion Marriage/Love Education/Academia Wealth/Class All attacks are masked by wit!

Act II The setting moves from a luxurious London Apartment (Act I) to an established country estate (Act II). We meet Cecily. She is Jack’s ward. Miss Prism is Cecily’s governess. Rev. Chasuble is Miss Prism’s friend.

Acting Out Act II You have been assigned a scene. Divvy up roles as a group. Practice reading your lines. Incorporate some blocking  Where will you stand? How will you sit? Props are not necessary. English accents are welcome * If you internalize what you read and act it out, bringing it to life, then you are showing me that you learned and understand.

Act 2 Summary Scene: Jack’s country home in Woolton Miss Prism and Cecily are introduced. Miss Prism and Rev. Chasuble strike up a romance. Algy shows up pretending to be Earnest Worthing. He and Cecily hit it off. Jack shows up pretending that he’s just heard that his brother Earnest is dead. Gwendolen arrives and meets Cecily. They both believe they’re engaged to Earnest Worthing Things become disastrously clear.