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School of Rock review

Tom Fox Ms. Guarino 3/1/20 Review: School Of Rock School Of Rock starts off with a comedic performance from a small band who are competing with each other for the spotlight. The lead singer tries making it clear to the guitarist that she is not the star. The overall plot of this story is the woman who started off the play as the lead guitar player is kicked out of the band and is looking for work and gets a call from a prep school asking her to fill in as a substitute music teacher for good pay and an unknown amount of time. She shows up very late the first day making a questionable first impression asking about ridiculous things like getting paid before she works and leaving the school day early. However after teaching for a bit she finds out that the students have a lot of potential and she forms a rock band.  I think that the lighting and the way the actors were portrayed was perfect for the mood and energy that was trying to be communicated with the audience. The l...
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act 3

 *  Walter feels terrible for losing the money * Mama and the rest of the family is being really hard on Walter * for a while Walter was in disbelief about loosing the money when he first heard about it * Walter had big plans for what he was going to do with the money before it was stolen based on his reaction about it getting stolen * Walter was very determined at first about finding the money and realized it was unrealistic to think he would be able too
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Response question notes

Mama: medium build, black woman, black hair, Walters mother, Trevor’s grandmother. Description: smart, caring nurturing. Husband dead. Dreams of having a house. Wants her daughter to go to school and son to stop talking about money. Ruth: around 30, attractive, has a lot going on. Country accent in voice. Similarities with mama. Ruth sleeps with Walter lee in a room. Takes care of the family. Holds family together. Caring when it comes to family. Ruth’s backstory: has to work 2 jobs and she wants her family and her to have better living conditions. Wants to live in a house Beneatha: Benny/ sister. Not as pretty as Ruth. Has better grammar than the rest of the family because she had went to school. Has arguments with mother but gets along well. Tension between her and Walter. Wants to become a doctor doesn’t contribute to the family now but hopefully in the future will become a doctor and provide a bit. Argues with Walter for fun. Questions Christianity.
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Reading questions

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1. Name : Walter Lee 2. Any nicknames : Brother, and Dad 3. Age: 35 4. Physical description : Tall dark handsome.  5. Description of how your character walks/moves :  He moves  like he owns the place. He was his presence to be felt. 6. Description of what your character's voice sounds like and how he/she talks     His voice sound is more manly  7. Include 5 images that help show us what your character looks like 8. Relationships/connections to other characters     Son of Mama     Married to Ruth     Brother of Beneatha      Father of Travis      9. Conflicts with other characters Walter wants the money, but Mama and beneatha disagree with his requirement.  10. Where does your character sleep? He sleep on normal bed and he has a normal room 11. What does your character do during the day? Walter is a car driver that d...
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Act ii

Walter is still fed up with the money situation so he turns to alcohol to cope with his feelings but he comes home acting like a fool making fun of beneatha Beneatha and Ruth are trying to learn more about their African heritage from George Walter continues being upset and starts arguments picking on multiple different people Walter and Ruth sort of make up and begin talking softly towards each other  Walter quickly gets angry again when mama started to ignore him. Mama announces that she took the insurance money and bought a house for the family Walter expresses to mama how upset he is with her decision
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Dream

1.) What is a dream you have in the next 5 years? Play division 1 lacrosse. 2.)What is your bigger dream for the future? Play professional lacrosse and help with creating a designer brand. 3.)How will you react if a dream of yours is deferred or you fail at something? Continue trying until I can't try any further. 4.)Which character do you think you are most like and why? Walter because he set smaller goals to get himself on track for the larger objective. 5.) How would you feel if you lived in this family? For the time being I would enjoy it as much as I could but still set goals for my own life.
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In class responses.

Group 1 1. What has this group done well? The message of what was happening was clear. 2. What, if anything, is confusing about this scene? The pet snake at the end didn't make much sense 3. Describe the emotion of the characters/plot. Nervous because they are about to rob a bank 4. Describe the relationship between the characters. Partners in crime. 5. What else could this group have done to improve? Project their voices more. Group 2 1. What has this group done well? The acting was very good 2. What, if anything, is confusing about this scene? The relationship between the two characters 3. Describe the emotion of the characters/plot. Upset/ angry 4. Describe the relationship between the characters. Father and a daughter 5. What else could this group have done to improve? make the overall plot of the story more clear. Group 3 1. What has this group done well? The characters movement and emotion on stage 2. What, if anything, is confusing about this sce...
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