Diving
Deep into Speech
Group Roles
Actor:
It is your job to give a dramatic reading of this speech to the class.
1. Perform the
speech for the class (not memorized).
2. Turn in
script with actor notes.
Director:
It is your job to coach the actor in your group, and give him or her
guidelines on how to read the lines, and take charge of how you want this speech
read.
1. Give the
actor guidelines on how to perform this speech.
2. Turn in
script with director notes and explanations.
Dr.
Webster: It is your job to use The
Henry IV, Part 1 Website and any other resources to define any unknown words,
and determine the meaning of any phrases that are not understood by any
individual in your group.
1. Define
unknown words and phrases.
2. Turn in
highlighted script with attached definitions.
Translator:
It is your job to provide a brief narrator's translation of what the
speech means.
1. Read narrator's
summary before actor performs.
2. Turn in
narrator's translation.
3. Answer, in
two or three sentences the following question:
What does the speech lose in
your
paraphrase of it?
(Be as specific as possible).
Historian:
It is your job to locate the speech in the particular play, and identify
who said it, to whom, and under what circumstances.
If there is a connection worth mentioning, make a note of it.
1. Turn in an
explanation of who says this speech and to whom.
What are the
which the speech occurs?
If there are any important connections
them.
Echo:
It is your job to examine the speech for any recurring words or images.
For example, do you see a repetition of food words, or blood words, or
fat jokes, etc. If you see a word
or image repeated, look it up in the Concordance
for 1 Henry IV
to locate other uses of the word or image in this play.
1. Identify any
repetition of words or images.
2. Print out and
hand in a list (using the Concordance) of other uses of at least 1
throughout the play.
Comment on why you think the word or image
All
group members must answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. Is it
important who speaks the speech? Explain.
2. What (in the
speaker) motivates the speech?
3. What does the
speech reveal about the speaker?
4. Comment on
how you imagine this speech performed.