4/19/16 Tuesday Agenda

Choose your scene to memorize with your dialogue partner.  Sign up with Mrs. Kurth before you leave class today.

Continue to read Act 1 in class on your own and answer the following discussion questions to be turned in for points on Thursday (because tomorrow you will be going to the Career Fair on campus).

Act I
1. From the beginning of Act I, Torvald calls Nora several pet names. Name two of the pet names. What do these names suggest about Torvald’s perception of his wife and his marriage?

2. Compare Nora’s and Kristine’s lives since marriage. Who is better off? Explain.

3. What might be the link between Nora’s “contraband” macaroons and her “huge
desire to say – to hell and be damned?”

4. What crime has Nora committed?

5. Do Nora’s motives for committing the crime excuse her in some way?

6. What does Nora’s tree decorating and chattering at the end of Act I reveal about her
character?

HW=
1.  Read "A Doll's House" Act 1 and complete the discussion questions 1-6 due on Thursday 4/21/16.  Be prepared for an Act 1 Quiz on Thursday as well.

2. Complete the Character List for "A Doll's House" as you read.  I will collect the lists when we are finished reading the play.

3. Prepare to go to the 10th grade Career Fair this Wednesday 4/20/16. For 4th period students-we will go to the fair as a class. For 6th period students- you will have an opportunity to go during 2nd, 3rd, or 4th period (if you get the pre-arranged absence form signed).

4. Read your LC text and work on your task sheets and your individual analysis that is due on Thursday April 28, 2016. 

5. Memorize your part of the dialogue from "A Doll's House for the Dialogue presentations that are due on Thursday May 5th and Friday May 6th.