Date

Learning Objectives:

To analyse the growing tension between Eddie and Rodolfo To write the fourth paragraph

Continuing Coursework

Copy the title and objective and answer the starter question. 10 minutes!!

Starter:

Read through the quotations you wrote down last lesson. Remind yourself of the tension between Eddie and Rodolfo.

Tension Graph(Add quotations to your graph)

Rodolfo first arrives

Rodolfo sings ‘Paper Doll’

Rodolfo and Catherine watch a film

Rodolfo and Catherine dance

Eddie’s boxing lesson

Beginning of Act Two: Eddie enters drunk and kisses Rodolfo

Level of tension

‘It mildly staggers him.’

Fourth paragraph

Write about how Eddie views Rodolfo.

Evidence to include (you should have these from yesterday’s lesson):

Eddie says of Rodolfo, ‘He sings, he cooks, he could make dresses…’

Explain what Eddie thinks of these activities and of Rodolfo.Explain the real reason Eddie keeps picking on Rodolfo.

Fourth paragraph

Eddie teaches Rodolfo some boxing.

Evidence to include (you should have these from yesterday’s lesson):

Stage directions when Eddie punches Rodolfo: ‘It mildly staggers him.’

Explain what message Eddie is giving to Rodolfo.

Fourth paragraph

Mention the growing tension between the brothers and Eddie. Talk about the stage directions where Marco lifts a chair in front of Eddie. Why does Marco do this?

Evidence to include (you should have these from yesterday’s lesson):

The stage direction says, ‘Marco is face to face with Eddie, a strained tension gripping his eyes and jaw, his neck stiff, the chair raised like a weapon over Eddie’s head – and he transforms what might appear like a glare of warning into a smile of triumph, and Eddie’s grin vanishes as he absorbs his look.’

Explain Marco’s facial expression (‘glare of warning’ and ‘smile of triumph’).Explain what message Marco is sending.

Sample fourth paragraph

Eddie cannot stand Catherine and Rodolfo’s relationship. He looks down on Rodolfo. He does not think Eddie is a real man. He says, ‘He sings, he cooks, he could make dresses…’ Eddie sees these activities as something only women do. Hence Eddie gives him a boxing lesson and punches Rodolfo so that it ‘mildly staggers Rodolfo’. This shows that Eddie wants to show Rodolfo and Catherine what a true man is. Miller shows growing tension between the brothers and Eddie when the surprised older brother Marco, who shows Eddie he will protect Rodolfo. The stage direction says, ‘Marco is face to face with Eddie, a strained tension gripping his eyes and jaw, his neck stiff, the chair raised like a weapon over Eddie’s head – and he transforms what

might appear like a glare of warning into a smile of triumph, and Eddie’s grin vanishes as he absorbs his look.’ Though Marco does not say anything, he warns Eddie by his actions that he is stronger.

Plenary

Swap with a partner your book.

Give a tick if you see a point.Give a tick if you see evidence.Give a tick if you see quotation marks.Give a tick if you explanation.

Count up the ticks.