Term 3 Week 7

Monday: There was no Literature lesson on Monday, as it was National Day. I felt that our school really participated actively in the National day, especially those who participated in the National Day Parade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2Wn6qhAm00 

During these few days including the weekend, I have been memorising my lines for the Romeo and Juliet play as I am one of the actors. I have also been discussing about the props and stuffs with the director and other group members. I also finished my Literature assignments, but I focused more on the play. However, I think that i had put in my best efforts in my homework.

Thursday: We went to the Civil Defense corner straight after the morning assembly. We placed our bags down and settled down. We wasted alot of time settling down as alot of my classmates went up to our class as they did not know that we had our lessons there. After settling down, Mr Chua briefed us on what to do during this lesson. He told us to split into our groups for the rehearsal of the Literature play. I was in the group Bravo. The location of my group's rehearsal was huge, and we have alot of space to rehearse around. I wanted to thank those who made the effort to memorise the lines, especially the main actors. I was impressed that could memorise their lines in a short time, especially the actors who were taking the role as Romeo and Juliet. They have alot of lines to memorise. Mr Chua then walked around to observe our performance. The director the rest of the members seated at the side to write constructive comments bout the actors performance. They then shared their comments about the actors. I was told that I should be more loud and to have more emotions in my lines, as I was playing Tybalt. However, some members did not construct a very good comment about it. They said that I was not very evil. Tybalt does not have to sound evil in that scene. He should only sound angry. After a few rounds of rehearsing and discussion, Mr Chua told us to assemble back into the middle. He picked out a few members to share their comments about their views on the actors. Mr Chua said that we were not being thoughtful enough, as many of us did not construct a very specific comment but made very brief comments. After that, he told us about the kissing method for the Romeo and Juliet scene. He demonstrated the method without really kissing at some angles by creating an illusion. It was hilarious, as he picked out one of my male classmate to demonstrate. We laughed alot. It was fun, and I hope that we would continue to have these type of fun lessons in the future. 

Tybalt from Romeo X Juliet