Imagine that you are journalists for the LA Times.
Create an article to be included on the front cover of the LA Times for Thursday 26 January 2012, the day that Tybalt and Mercutio died.
Interview at least 3 of the following characters: Benvolio, the Nurse, Friar Lawrence, Prince Escalus, Mr. and Mrs. Montague, Mr. and Mrs. Capulet, Juliette, a police officer, a witness.
Publish your article on this blog!
Be ready to read out your article to the class, and so enact the various interviews!
Write in everyday English, but do feel free to use direct quotes from the original text.
Deadline: 9pm on Wednesday 8 February, 2012.
And, remember, "the pen is mightier than the sword!"
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Dramatic Murders!!!!!!!
RépondreSupprimerReported by: Carla WITT and Hannah FLECK
AP-Verona, Italy:
Tybalt Capulet, 27,
was brutally murdered last Tuesday by
his worst enemy Romeo Montague. What
really happened, we will never exactly
know. What we have found out leads us
to imagine that a terrible fight took place
at Verona beach. Let us remember how a
simple misunderstanding between two
families can become a vicious vendetta.
How Capulet himself said : "This Romeo
Montague has officially declared war."
Love and hate are emotions which are
too close to be ignored. A reliable source
told us that Romeo Montague, the
suspected murderer, and Juliette Capulet
had been secretly married by Friar
Lawrence last Sunday. Was this the
starting point of this tragic death? Did
Tybalt find out about his cousin's
marriage to Romeo? The love that united the couple may have had for consequence a long lasting peace. But fate deemed otherwise.
Tybalt's death has caused much pain in
his family as can be understood. "My
nephew is dead!" cries our Lady Capulet.
Since the death, she cries for revenge,
"for blood of ours shed blood of
Montague." At the time of printing, the
murderer is most certainly far away. The
Prince, who arrived a few minutes after the
crime, has banished Romeo from Verona.
"Leave the city immediately, or else, if he is
found, he will be killed!" Hurt as he was by
this gratuitous violence, taking this hard
decision rather than executing the young
Montague was perhaps questionable to say
the least.
Earlier today Tybalt, who is known by
authorities for his uncontrollable anger, tried
to violently provoke Romeo. During a
particularly bloody fist fight in which Romeo
refused to defend himself. Mercutio trying to
defend Romeo was subsequently killed by
Tybalt. Some witnesses report that this was
an accident, and Tybalt's gun was fired
during the struggle.
A simple but deadly mistake during a fight
ending in death of another teenager in our
fair city. This string of violence adds to the
long history of a terrible vendetta between
two very powerful families in Verona.
Benvolio who was one of Mercutio's best
friends offered to tell us what a good man he
was, "His brave spirit has floated up to
heaven."
Romeo, devastated by his friend's death and
consumed with rage did not understand what
he was doing. What Italian has not been
consumed in a fit of passion whether it be
love or hate? Overtaken with anger,
remorse, and guilt he did not think twice
before following Tybalt to find revenge. The
inevitable retribution happened as Romeo
shot Tybalt in a fit of rage.
Who is the murderer? And who is the
victim? Who is guilty? Who is innocent? In
a case like this one we cannot say. The facts
are simple. But the interpretation is not.
Considering the violent history of the two
families. What we do know is that at this
time no one is safe in this city if his name is
Capulet or Montague or even if it is not.
The war between these families has just got
bloodier and deadly for all.
The context is really original and interesting. It's just like an important article in the LA Times newspaper. Quoting sentences from the book was a good idea. Sometimes we can't understand some of the sentences because you didn't add quotation marks and there is a missing letter in the beginning of a sentence you wrote on the top of the page "will the vedetta continue?" Find the mistake yourselves! Overall, we think that you did a good job.
RépondreSupprimerL:5
E:4.5
G:3.5
O:5
18/20
*Your Verona Times really looks like a newspaper because you made a good choice of presentation techniques. Putting the weather and a little advert was a good idea to make the newspaper look more professional. The text is also very interesting as it tells us the whole story so we can have our own opinion about it. The vocabulary is rich and you used some quotes from the play.
RépondreSupprimer*There are way too many exclamation marks and, except the weather and the little advert at the top, the newspaper is ONLY about Romeo and Juliette. The text is a bit subjective so we can be influenced by the reporter's opinion. In a lot of newspaper articles, there are subtitles in the middle of the text. There are not any in yours.
In conclusion, your work is really good, you can be proud of it :)
Our marks for your article :
Content: 4.5/5
Organisation: 4/5
Grammar :4.5/5
Structure: 4/5
Global mark : 17/20
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