Please take the first period of today's class to rehearse and prepare your pet peeve speeches. After you perform, please turn in a copy of your completed speech (or your note cards).
- Transfer your speech to index cards/speech cards
- Rehearse your speech
- Give your peers some verbal feedback about their speech; how can the speaker be more original, creative, and effective when speaking?
During period 4, please go next door and volunteer to deliver your pet peeve speech. Please review and comment on 5 of today's speeches.
Information about Brighton Beach Memoirs: Brighton Beach is located on the southern part of Brooklyn, New York. It is near Coney Island and borders the Atlantic Ocean. Many Jewish and Russian immigrants settle(d) in Brighton Beach. Neil Simon, the playwright, was born in the Bronx, is a New York City native, and is also Jewish. His childhood is presented to us in this play--part of the memoir in the title. Coming of Age stories are called bildungsroman (a German word meaning, well, "coming of age story"). You will be reading a lot of bildungsromans throughout the year. First Part Last and Montana 1948 are just two other examples of the genre. As you read the play, notice how the playwright creates a character based on himself and how this character matures throughout the play.
HOMEWORK: Please complete your reading of Brighton Beach Memoirs by Friday, Oct. 17). You will be tested on this play Friday. You should be familiar with the plot, its characters, major conflicts or themes in the play, the term bildungsroman and know a little bit about the playwright Neil Simon (see link above).
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