Happy Easter to all my Students and your Families


                       Your Teacher,   Mrs. Barbara Armbruster

For Friday 30 March

A Man for All Seasons

Answer the questions or write a summary of each scene.

Act II  Questions (please add page number of where you find the answer)

Scene V pp.114-120

1.     Why does Cromwell tell More there are no Charges and Rich to write down that fact?

2.     What is Cromwell’s purpose in bringing up the Holy Maid of Kent?

3.     Cromwell says there is a charge: More’s helping the King to write the book  A Defense of the Seven Sacraments.  Discuss how Cromwell can use this to trap More.

4.     Will Cromwell continue to frighten More?

Scene VI pp.120-126

1.     Why won’t the boatman pick Thomas More up?

2.     More then meets Norfolk  and tries to dissuade him from continuing to be his friend.  Why?

3.     Will Roper interrupts this scene to bring news of an Act of Parliament.  What is it and why is it important?

 Scene VII pp.126-148

1.     Why is it ill-advised for the jailer to free More?

2.     Why do we learn the fates of Cromwell, Rich, and Norfolk ahead of the actual time in the story?

3.     Why does More refuse to sign the Act of Succession?

4.     How does the jailer actually help More?

Work for Tuesday 27 March 2011

Marks close on Friday.  Any missing work will result in grade penalty as you know. 

1. Do section 7 of the practice test. 
2. Make sure you have read and outlined/summarized Scenes 1,  2 and 3 of Act II. I will collect this Tues. 

Work for 23 March 2012

Read the first three scenes of Act II.  We will continue and finish our discussion of the last two scenes of Act I.  Write a detailed summary of these three scenes.  Label the setting:  Time and place and the characters in each scene.

Work For 20 March 2012

Finish all Scenes in Act I , That is scenes i-viii.  Be ready to hand in summaries of all of these.

Work for 16 March 2012

Can you believe this wonderful springtime?  I alnost hate to give you homework!  I said "almost".

1. You need to do Section 5 of the test.  Bubble in the answers.

     2.   Then resume your reading of Act I - A Man for All Seasons.  I will collect all summaries of Act I from Sc. I to Sc. VII.

Sc.IV-pg. 29- to - 35.    Sc.V- pg. 35- to-36.    Sc.VI- pg. 36- to-43.

That's All Folks!

Work for Tuesday 13 March 2012

Please finish adding info from the Preface to the timeline if you have not done so.  Also read and write a summary of Act I Scenes I, II, III.  pp 3-top of 29.  Start a list of the main characters you meet so far.  Put two characters per page as you will have a great deal of info about each.  Addwhat you notice about each as you read.  Please highlight words and/or stage directions of import!


Do section iv of the test.  Put answers on  grid, please.

Work for 9 March 2012

Read the Introduction to The play A Man for All Seasons.  Add more detail to the timeline that I gave you from the reading.

Work for Tuesday 6 March 2012

Please finish the Frankenstein Packet.  I will collect them Tuesday  and grade them, regardless of  degree of completion.  Also remember final paper: either the letter from V.F. or the scene of dialogue.

Please bring Man for all Seasons by Robert Bolt and your  Composition and Grammar book to class this Tuesday.