Hook
1. Have students think about what is wrong with sentence.
Take a few answers than reveal what it is.
Parallelism
2. Define parallelism: Parallelism concerns the balance of a sentence, or the similarity of
words, phrases, or clauses in a list or series.
3. Show good/bad examples of parallelism
4. Oscar is a master of parallelism. We can learn from the
master: show examples
5. I do/We do/You do using the whiteboards. Have students
show their work in pairs. Choose pairs to share their favorite with the class.
Put them up along the ledge.
6. Parallelism frequently appears in standardized tests
(ACT, SAT) and gives your writing that polished feel and sound.
Well Made Play
TIOBE is an example of the classic well made play.
In the plot construction of the well-made play, the action
turns on artificial complications that are easily solved by ingenious,
improbable solutions. Eventually, the play ends happily and agreeably. A
recurrent device that the well-made play employs is the use of letters or
papers falling into unintended hands, in order to bring about plot twists and
climaxes. The letters must bring about an unexpected reversal of fortune, in
which it is often revealed that someone is not who he or she pretends to be.
The reversal will allow for a quick dénouement, and a return to order, at which
point the curtain falls.
Where are the lost or mislaid papers in this play? Instead
of papers it is a baby, but the resolution will be just as improbable.
Reading for Purpose
Remind students that Oscar Wilde, an Irish outsider, is satirizing British class distinctions, society, religion, and marriage. Have them keep watching out for this as we read.
Remind students that Oscar Wilde, an Irish outsider, is satirizing British class distinctions, society, religion, and marriage. Have them keep watching out for this as we read.
Continue Reading Act II, watching for parallelism and
themes.
