Hometask for Saturday, April 27

April 27 is Home Reading.

We are to work with 2 stories!

The FIRST story to read is  K. James Joyce A Painful Case

Reader-3, pp. 50-60

You are to provide a full interpretation according to our plan!

P.S.: Look through the questions to get some ideas!

The SECOND story to read is  K. Amis Interesting Things

Reader-3, pp. 232-241

You are to provide a full interpretation according to our plan!

P.S.: Look through the questions to get some ideas!

Hometask for Friday, April 26 (double class)

April 26 is Speech Practice.


1) The following topics are to be written and learnt by heart.

19. Music: Classical Music: Its Past, Present and Future. Give a brief outline of the history and present day of classical music of the European tradition.

HISTORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC

CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE MUSIC OF THE CLASSICAL ERA

TO BE UPDATED!!!

20. Music: Outstanding Composers and Performers. Speak on outstanding composers and performers of the past or the present day.

Don't forget to mention 3-5 outstanding composers and performers, specify your choice and motivate it !

Use the composers and performers from your laboratory works.

3) Laboratory works

Laboratory work 1

Part 1 (I, II - questions 4, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15)
Part 2 (III, IV - questions 1, 8, 9)


Laboratory work 2

Part 1 (I, II - questions 2-4, 6)
Part 2 (III, IV - questions 1, 4-6, 10)


Laboratory work 3

Part 1 (I, II - questions 1, 4, 5, 7-9)
Part 2 (III, IV - questions 1, 5-7)


Laboratory work 4

Part 1 (I, II - questions 1, 7-9, 11-12)
Part 2 (III, IV - questions 1, 2, 7, 10, 11-14, 16, 18)

MID-TERM ASSESSMENT

YOUR ASSESSMENT TEST

1. Trushina Margarita - EXCELENT (94)

2. Leonova Lisa - EXCELLENT (93)

3. Lapshina Yulia - EXCELLENT (92)

4. Streltsova Anastasia - EXCELLENT (92)

5. Demidova Irina - VERY GOOD (88)

6. Pyzhenko Yulia - VERY GOOD (88)

7. Lopukhov Andrei - GOOD (78)

8. Vorozheikina Daria - GOOD (73)

9. Kovalenko Oleg - SATISFACTORY (66)

10. Perepelitsa Yana - BAD 

MID-TERM ASSESSMENT

EXCELLENT

Vorozheikina Daria
 Demidova Irina

Streltsova Anastasia
Pyzhenko Yulia

Trushina Margarita

GOOD

Lapshina Yulia (ДОЛГИ)
Kovalenko Oleg

SATISFACTORY

Leonova Lisa (ДОЛГИ)
Lopukhov Andrei (ДОЛГИ)
Perepelitsa Yana (ДОЛГИ)

Hometask for Saturday, April 20

April 20 is Home Reading.

We are to work with 2 stories!

The FIRST story to read is  K. Amis Interesting Things

Reader-3, pp. 232-241

You are to provide a full interpretation according to our plan!

P.S.: Look through the questions to get some ideas!

In Search of Shakespeare - Part 4

In Search of Shakespeare - Part 4 - For All Time (2004)

What made Shakespeake a poet for all time? 

What new facts (2-3) did you learn about the poet? 

In Search of Shakespeare - Part 3

In Search of Shakespeare - Part 3 - The Duty Of Poets (2004)

Why did Shakespeake become ' the brightest star of the English stage'? 

Why is it called ' the golden age of the English theatre'?

Hometask for Friday, April 19

April 19 is Speech Practice.


1) The following topics are to be written and one is to be learnt by heart (to your choice).

10. Theatre: Classical and Modern Theatre: balancing real life and people’s needs.

The draft outline (just an idea)
Introduction
Theatre, its brief (2-3 sentence history) classical versus modern theatre, things it has to offer
Main body
1. Classical theatre, its key features, classical theatres of the past and the present (examples)
2. Modern theatre, its key features, modern theatres of  the present (examples)
3. Classical theatre versus modern theatre - can they co-exist on one stage (Take Sturua's production of The Tempest as an example)
Conclusion
Classical plays in the  modern theatre - a way to survive? 

12. Theatre: Visiting the Theatre: priorities and preferences.

Describe your experience of Sturua's production of The Tempest.

The draft outline (just an idea)
Introduction
Modern theatre, things it has to offer, the preformance we attended.
Main body
1. The Tempest by William Shakespeare - brief info, gist, key characters
2. Sturua's production - impression, its pluses and minuses
3. In what way did the production DIFFER from the original (3 things) and how did it affect the play? 
Conclusion
Classical plays in the  modern theatre - a blessing or a curse?

Additions are to made to the following topic:

8.  Theatre: Theatre Challenges.  Theatre and other arts, theatre and high tech scenery.

a paragraph to illustrate the way modern theatre meets its challendes (based on Sturua's production of The Tempest)

THE NEW THEATRE topics are to be learned by heart!

2) Rendering: week 9 (in your blogs) (if you have not it yet). 

Don't forget to repost your RENDERINGS!


3) Laboratory work 4

Instead of  Laboratory work 4  we watch Parts 3 and 4 of In Search of Shakespeare and do the tasks in the commentaries to the posts.

In Search of Shakespeare - Part 3 - The Duty Of Poets (2004)

In Search of Shakespeare - Part 4 - For All Time (2004)