Poetry Review Unit for Paper 2

Please read this article about poet Emily Dickinson and the ten poems listed here by next week. Choose 4 poems to write some notes about.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/67591-the-10-best-emily-dickinson-poems.html

Also read this to help understand what kind of poet she is.

https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/poetry_characteristics

Here is a link to a biography of Emily Dickinson:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/emily-dickinson

And lastly this will help you have a better understanding of the 4 poems you chose. But read this last. Get your own ideas first and then use this to see some other ideas.

http://www.emilydickinsonpoems.org/

Sample Questions from the most recent exams

Answer one question. Refer closely to the novel you have selected to study, a clean copy of which may be brought into the examination.

1. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study where a change of atmosphere impacts on the characters and/or the course of events. By paying due attention to the context of the passage, show how such a passage might be dramatized for an audience.

2. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which deals with a comic situation. By paying due attention to the context of the passage, show how you would dramatize such a passage to entertain your audience.

 3. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which presents a revelation which alters the course of the narrative. By paying due attention to the context of the passage, outline how you would stage the action by focusing on how it might be effectively dramatized for an audience.

4. Select a passage from the concluding chapter of a novel you have chosen to study and show how acting, staging effects and design can combine to make it an effective ending for an audience.

5. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which provides an effective introduction of an important character or characters. How would you use staging, design and acting to ensure that this introduction would have dramatic importance for the audience?

6. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which contains a scene of pivotal

importance to a theme in the narrative. Outline how you would stage the scene paying particular

attention to how the theme might be effectively dramatized for an audience.

7. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study where suspense is the dominant mood conveyed to the reader. Indicate how, by staging and action, you might explore a suspenseful scene on stage for an audience.

8. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which deals with a fantasy or dream

sequence of consequence to the narrative. How can acting and design elements be used to stage such a fantasy or dream sequence for an audience?

9. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which presents a clash of two cultures.By paying due attention to the context of the passage, outline how you would dramatize the clash in order to bring out the differences between the two cultures for an audience.

Sample questions -- on the actual exam, you will be given THREE questions and need to choose to answer only ONE

Sample questions for Exam 1 (called Paper 1 by the IB)

1. Select a passage from the novel you have chosen to study and, showing how the mood and atmosphere is evoked in the passage, explain in detail how you would create this mood and atmosphere in performance for an audience.

2. Choose a passage from the novel you have chosen to study which emphasizes the difference in status between two or more characters. How would you present this passage on stage in order to communicate these differing statuses to an audience?

3. In transforming prose to performance for an audience, the representation of physical description is a challenge that must be overcome. Select a passage from the novel you have chosen to study which features an extended description of a place, or a significant action, or a character. Discuss how you would use performance to transfer one of these to the stage.

4. Novels often include funny episodes. Choosing one comic passage from the novel you have studied show how you would present this passage to entertain an audience.

5. Novels often devote passages top the development of one character. Through focusing on one passage of this kind show how such a focus could be made fascinating for an audience

6. Choose one passage from the novel you have studied that might be considered climactic. Show how you would stage this passage to convey the excitement of the original to the audience.

7. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study in which a character makes a crucial discovery. Discuss how you would convey this moment in performance for an audience.

8. Select a passage from the novel you have chosen to study and show how the descriptions of setting and action may be registered in the stage design and the performances of the actors.

9. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which involves an antagonistic scene between actors. How would you stage this scene for an audience to convey the significance of this conflict?

10. Select a passage from a novel you have studied which presents a social gathering of some kind. Discuss the presentation and importance of this passage, showing in detail how it could be realized in performance.

11. Choose an extract from the novel that provides an insight into a key concept or theme. Explore the way this concept or theme is depicted and how it might be conveyed in performance.

12. Select a passage from the novel which focuses on the introduction of one or two key characters. Examine the presentation of the character/s and ways you would convey their introduction to an audience.

13. Elements of exaggeration, the grotesque or the ridiculous are often subjects for fictional representation. Select a passage from a novel you have studied to demonstrate how one or more of these elements might function in a staging of it for an audience.

14. In any dramatization of a prose passage the question of how characters move and interact on stage is fundamental. Select a passage from the novel you have chosen to study and demonstrate how your characters would move and interact on stage in order to communicate the meaning of the passage to an audience.

15. In many passages from novels the reader is made aware of the private, interior worlds of the narrator or of characters. Select a passage from the novel you have studied and explain in detail how you would bring out this interior life in performance for an audience.

16. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study where a transaction between characters occurs which has serious consequences for their destinies in the narrative. By paying due attention to the context of the passage, outline how you would stage the transaction in order to convey its importance to an audience.

17. Select a passage from the novel you have chosen to study and indicate how a passage of descriptive writing might be used to establish a suitable stage setting for an important event. In your answer you should comment on staging, production and design effects and how they might combine to create a suitable atmosphere for the audience.

18. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which offers you the opportunity to dramatize a major theme in the narrative. Show how you would do this for an audience.

Paper 1 Grading Rubric

Paper 1: Prose and performance

Criterion A: Understanding of the novel and selection of the extract

• Has the student chosen a relevant extract in relation to the question?
• How well does the student understand the extract in relation to the novel as a whole?

Marks	Level descriptor
0	The work does not reach a standard described by the descriptors below.
1	There is limited understanding of the text but it is not effectively substantiated with few or irrelevant references.
2	There is some understanding that is given a limited support by references to the text.
3	There is an adequate understanding that is supported by relevant references to the text.
4	There is a good understanding that is supported by relevant and detailed references to the text.
5	There is a perceptive understanding that is supported by detailed and well-chosen references to the text.

Criterion B: Ideas for dramatization based on interpretation of the literary text

• Has the student successfully linked ideas for dramatization to the chosen text?
• How well are these ideas justified in relation to the chosen text?

Marks	Level descriptor
0	The work does not reach a standard described by the descriptors below.
1–2	There are credible ideas for dramatization, though most are vague or impractical, with limited or no justification in relation to the original text.
3–4	There are credible ideas for dramatization, though some may be vague or impractical; there is some justification in relation to the original text.
5–6	There are credible ideas for dramatization, which are adequate and justified in relation to the original text.
7–8	There are good, practical ideas for dramatization, which are well justified in relation to the original text.
9–10	There are excellent practical ideas for dramatization, which are well justified and provide original insights into the text.

Criterion C: Use of language

• How accurate, clear and precise is the language used in the essay?
• How appropriate is the choice of register, style and terminology for this task? (“Register” refers, in this context, to the student’s use of elements such as vocabulary, tone, sentence structure and terminology appropriate to the task. Terminology relates to the forms of prose and drama.)

Marks	Level descriptor
0	The work does not reach a standard described by the descriptors below.
1	Comprehensible language is used to a limited degree. There are significant lapses in grammar, spelling and sentence construction.
2	There is some degree of clarity and coherence in the use of language. There is some degree of accuracy in grammar, spelling and sentence construction.
3	There is clear and coherent use of language. There are only a few significant lapses in grammar, spelling and sentence construction. The register is generally appropriate.
4	The use of language is clear, varied and precise. There are no significant lapses in grammar, spelling and sentence construction. The choice of register is suitable.
5	The use of language is clear, varied, precise and concise. There are no significant lapses in grammar, spelling and sentence construction. The choice of register is effective.

Next blog post assignment -- Do One Question from below

Answer one question. Refer closely to the novel you have selected to study and include quotes.

 

1.    Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study where the appearance of a character in a specific setting raises unsettling questions for the reader. Outline how you would stage this appearance and setting for an audience, paying particular attention to elements of intrigue and/or surprise.

 

2.    Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study where an important character makes a speech of pivotal importance to the narrative. How would you stage this speech so that its importance is underlined for an audience?

 

3.    Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which deals with despair and euphoria. How might staging, design and acting combine to register one of these experiences for an audience?

Paper One Sample Question

Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study where a transaction between characters occurs which has serious consequences for their destinies in the narrative. By paying due attention to the context of the passage, outline how you would stage the transaction in order to convey its importance to an audience.


For this question, work with your group to choose a brief scene, discuss how you would stage it in terms of director's vision, number of actors/characters, layout of the stage, set design, costuming, and tech. Then work together to actually begin staging it (not memorized). We will perform them in the next class in the Black Box.

Interviews with the director and 2 actors

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQq_244Fz7fDttPBPD1z99BLlOrwpx1Ir

Twelfth Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=eakYrzfX_FI