The following information is for the 9th English regular classes. For 9th English Adv, please go here.
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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.”
“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 |
