Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Memory Work - 9th regular


The following information is for the 9th English regular classes. For 9th English Adv, please go here.
(Note: If you are a parent looking at this, you should have signed a form that looked like this for your child to turn in to me.)

Romeo and Juliet
Memory Speeches

  • All 9th English students are required to complete memory work as one of the major test grades during the study of Shakespeare. Students earn grades as indicated in parentheses after each piece. Each error reduces the grade by one-half (½) point. Prompting of a line counts as two errors (1point deduction). A maximum of three prompts will be given to each student. The highest grade recorded for memory work will be a 105. Each student will be given a maximum of five minutes to complete his/her recitation.
  • Up to three passages may be combined but must be recited as entire pieces. In other words, to earn a grade of 105, you may choose one piece of 50 lines, or you may combine pieces to make 50(+) lines. For example, speeches 7 and 8 can be recited in their entirety, a total of 52 lines, for a grade of 105. Another example would be the combining of speeches 10 and 13, a total of 28 lines, for a grade of 85. No more than 55 lines may be recited!
  • Sign up sheets for recitation appointments will be posted inside the classroom at 8:00 on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. All appointments will be during the week of February 20-24, 2012, although students may recite their lines on February 17 with my permission.
  • All work must be recited by 3:10 on February 24, 2012.

(Click the name beside each number for a copy of the lines.)


Selections from Romeo and Juliet:
1. Friar Laurence (105) Act III, scene iii, lines 110 (second part) -58, 50 lines
“Hold thy desperate hand.”
2. Mercutio (105) Act I, scene iv, lines 53(second part)-95, 96-103, 50 lines
“O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you.”
3. Juliet (98) Act IV, scene iii, lines 14-58, 45 lines
“Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.”
4. Friar Laurence (96) Act V, scene iii, lines 229-69, 41 lines
“I will be brief, for my short date of breath is not so long as is a tedious tale.”
5. Juliet (90) Act III, scene ii, lines 1-35, 35 lines
“Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,”
6. Romeo (88) Act V, Scene iii, lines 88-120, 33 lines
“How oft when men are at the point of death have they been merry!”
7. Romeo (87) Act II, scene ii, lines 1-32, 32 lines
“He jests at scars that never felt a wound.”
8. Prince (82) Act I, scene i, lines 82-104, 23 lines
“Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,”
9. Juliet (80) Act II, scene v, lines 1-19, 19 lines
“The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse;”
10. Juliet (78) Act II, scene ii, lines 34-37 and 39-49, 16 lines
O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?”
11. Juliet (78) Act II, scene ii, lines 110-124, 16 lines
“O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,”
12. Prologue (74) before Act I, lines 1-14, 14 lines
“Two households, both alike in dignity,”
13. Romeo (70) Act I, scene v, lines 43-44 and 45-54, 12 lines
“What lady’s that which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?”


9th Regular Memory Work scoring system:


Number of Lines Maximum Points Earned
50 - 55 105
48 - 49 100
45 - 47 98
40 - 44 96
35 - 39 90
33 -34 88
32 87
26 -31 85
20 - 25 82
19 80
16 - 18 78
14 -15 74
12 -13 70
0 - 11 0



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