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3/26/14

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Today, we took the story from The Miller’s tale and wrote a Jerry Springer script based on the story. You can throw in your own interpretation of it (does John *really* know what happened, or is Allison coming on the show to confess?)

We watched a few Jerry Spring clips and these are things that we noticed:

  • JER-RY chant
  • Jerry is a bit is a smart “mouth”
  • The audience chants FIGHT
  • There are surprise guests
  • There are weddings and/or special events
  • There are bouncers (Steve)
  • People throw chairs in the fights
  • Introduction
  • Show starts with one guest and then more come out
  • The audience interacts
  • Jerry’s final thoughts

 

These are things you need to have in your script:

  • An introduction by Jerry Springer
  • All four Miller’s Tale characters speak
  • The audience interacts
  • The audience has a Q&A time
  • Jerry’s final thoughts teach a lesson, moral, or a lesson – could be about infidelity/cheating or age differences between couples
  • It needs to be written in script format
  • There needs to be stage directions

If you go to Blackboard, there is an example from Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet.

3/6/2013

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Before we even read The Miller’s Tale today, we watched this modern day blacksmith create the Adventure Time sword, with special attention paid to the red hot glowing metal.

Then, we read The Miller’s Tale and completed a RAFT over the story.

Here is a list of possible topics that we came up with in class:

You should have about 30 minutes to work on A Table for Twelve when you get done with this today. Remember – we are an accelerated classroom, so we work all the time here! 🙂