April 1

Be ready with:

1. Topic #10. Classical and Modern Theatre: balancing real life and people’s needs.
2. Topic #11. Actors and Acting: the touchstones of greatness. Cite examples from the story “Wistful, Delicately Gay” by Irwin Shaw.

March 26

March 26 is HOME READING!

Be ready with the story “Wistful, Delicately Gay” by Irwin Shaw (p. 94 - 118) - interpretation and questions. It's not obligatory to answer the questions in the written form!

March 25

English - III:

1. p. 17-27
2. Underline some interesting phrases for your topics from the texts 1-5

Be ready with:

1. Topic # 7. Theatre in Society. Speak on the role of theatre in society and its impact upon people. (Include into your topic information about genres, types of theatres, famous actors/directors, entertaining and educational role of art, also mention famous playwrights, such as Chekhov, Ostrovsky, Dostoevsky, Shakespeare and O. Wilde, etc.)
2. Topic #8. Theatre Challenges. Theatre and other arts, theatre and high tech scenery.

March 19

March 19 is HOME READING!

Be ready with the story " First Night" by Moira Burgesss (p. 118 - 131) - interpretation and questions. It's not obligatory to answer the questions in written form!

March 18

We start a new topic "Theatre".

Begin to prepare topic #9 The British Theatre and Its Roots. Speak on the theatre in Shakespeare’s time. Cite examples from the story “First Night” by Moira Burgess. 

Please, be ready with vocabulary and texts from English - 3:

1. p. 4 - 16
2. Choose 7 genres of theatre, which you can include into your topics.
3. Translate the following paragraphes:

Text 1

• Vera R. - p. 13 - 14. Text 1 from the beginning up to the words "...the lowest of all".
• Kate K. - p. 14. from the words "One of the principles of Thatcherism..." up to the words "...tend to be pushed to the sidelines."
• Nastya M. - p. 14 from the words "In the national curriculum..." up to the words "...amateur or part-time status."
• Nastya S. - p. 14. from the words " For example, every town..." up to the end of Text 1.

Text 2

• Olya G. - p. 14 from the beginning of Text 2 up to the words "...rather than the political"
• Kate F. p.14 - 15 from the words "whatever the critics say..." up to the words "...Britishartists become famous"
• Yana G. p. 15, from the words "In the 1980s..." up to the end of Text 2.

Text 3

• Lisa Ts. - p.15, Text 3 from the beginning up to the words "...spectator and home-based entertainment"
• Nastya B. - p. 15, from the lines "It's argued that.." up to the words "...private and public sectors"
• Julia L. - p. 15-16, from the words " The public sector is divided..." up to the words "...variety of other cultural organizations"

March 11-12

Here we go, dear friends! These days be ready with:

1. Topic #3. Poetry and Music of the Sea. Marine Painting as represented in the works by J.M.W. Turner, Ivan Aivazovsky and Winslow Homer. 
2. Topic #5. Innumerable Masterpieces of the Tretyakov Gallery. When and how was it founded? Who was Pavel Tretyakov? Are there Tretyakovs nowadays? What does the Gallery’s collection consist of? Dwell on the peculiarities of the masterpieces you like most. 
3. Topic #6. The Role of Art in the Modern Society. Is art for the elite or for the wider public? Has the role of art changed over the time? Comment on different genres in painting and their impact on the modern world.
4. Topic #1.What Is an Artist? Paradoxical does it seem to be: the artist as a man apart, as ‘the pilgrim to some shrine that does not exist’, and the artist as a man rooted deeply in his own time, in his own society, conveying the atmosphere of his time. - outline only
5. Portfolio

Red - obligatory for everybody
Blue - obligatory for everybody but Yana G., Julia L. and Kate F.
Yellow - obligatory for Yana G., Julia L. and Kate F.
Lilac - obligatory for Kate K, Nastya B. and Lisa Ts.