Monday, October 10, 2011
Response to Class Material 2
I don't know about you, but I really enjoy Albee. So funny, so biting. I really enjoyed reading "The American Dream" in class, plays have to be read aloud to really make sense to me. I never can seem to get a sense for how to flows and breathes without listening to it performed. That was a great time too, I'm glad everybody read with such gusto. It stinks to have people be unenthusiastic. In other news, we've been continuing our work on constructing essays, paying particular attention to thesis and intro sentences. Those are really the tricky parts of the essay in my opinion. Once you have the track laid out the essay can almost chug along on its own.
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I agree that it really helps to read plays out load in class. I too seem to have a problem with imagining how the dialogue is supposed to go and the emotions that are intended to go with certain words and phrases. I'm glad our class' readers were actually interested too! It's always such a pain to have people read in monotonous voices, and makes you want to give up on listening and just fall asleep.
ReplyDeleteI agree too that the intro to an essay is always hardest. Sometimes I just sit there for such a long time, trying to figure out a way into an essay and a way to prepare my thoughts for the rest of a paper.
The people in our class were great at reading the play too (minus myself I might add). Different than other English classes I've experienced, most people were really enthusiastic with their parts. Also, it seems my class has an abundant supply of drama students (Reina, Evan, Emily, Carina) which definitely created an entertaining read as well. So, I would agree that one, it helps to read out loud and two, it was made even more exciting through the people chosen.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, reading plays aloud is helpful. Inflection is too easily misinterpreted when reading to oneself.
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