Bonus: She Stoops to Conqer

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Setting: Hardcastle Mansion in the English Countryside; 60 miles from London.

Characters:

Mr. Hardcastle-Middle aged man who lives in the old mansion in the countryside. Prefers the simple rural life and its old fashioned manners and customs.
Mrs. Hardcastle- Wife of Mr. Hardcastle. Values material possessions and wants to sample high society. Wants to match her son up with her niece to keep her inheritance in the family.
Charles Marlow- Young man who comes to the country to woo the Hardcastles daughter, Kate. He is shy around refined young women and at ease with women of the working class statues. His character is used to satirize England's preoccupation with and overemphasis on class distinctions. He is a likable character by the audience.
Kate Hardcastle: Pretty daughter of the Hardcastles who is wooed by Charles Marlow. When he thinks she is of lower class, his shy nature is broken and she is able to see what he really thinks of her.
Tony Lumpkin: Son of Mrs. Hardcastle by her first husband. He is fat, ale drinking man who has no ambition. His mom wants to set him up with her niece, Constance, but they despise each other.
George Hastings: Friend of Marlow who loves Constance Neville. Comes up with a plan to elope with her and gets the help of Tony who wants her out of his life.
Constance Neville: Young lady, orphan,loves Hastings but hates the idea of being hooked up with Tony.
Sir Charles Marlow: Father of Charles





Plot: The plot consists of many characters that ass to the drama of the play. The scene firsts begins with Dorothy Hardcartle who is complaining to her husband about the trip she wants to take to London. Mrs. Hardcastle complains of the lack of friends and company she has in her life, and wants a change, while Mr. Hardcastle says he is just fine with his old friends his wife and his old way of life. They live in their home with there daughter Kate, and Tony, a son from Mrs. Hardcastles first marriage. Tony has become a "fat slob" who likes to spend most of his time in the local alehouse. He cannot wait till he comes of age which allows him to receive a 1500 pound inheritance. Mrs. Hardcastle desperately wants to set up Tony and her niece, Constance Neville.



Mr. Hardcastle wants his daughter Kate to be match with Mr. Charles Marlow who is a scholar with many good qualities. Even though Tony and Constance are assumed to be matched together they despise one another. Tony plays a trick on Mr. Hardcastle because he resents the treatment of him lately and wants to get even. Tony pretends that the Hardcastle house is an "inn" which Marlow and Hastings stay at. Later on in the night, Tony and Constance are insulting each other and Hastings promises Tony he will get Constance off his hands if he promises to help Hastings win her over. Because Marlow still believes he is in the "inn" he is becoming annoying to Mr. Hardcastle. He is very rude and leaves his stuff all over the place.



The plot thickens as Charles Marlow, Marlow's father, arrives at the "inn." Everyone realizes that the Hardcastle's house is not an inn and Marlow removes himself, even though he has confessed his love for Kate, many more development's are made, such as the real age of Tony, and Kate, Marlow, Constance, and Hastings are all betrothed.

Student Guide: In order for all students to have the same experience of the play it is important that each and every child understands the background of the play. The students will be able to study the plot, setting, and characters and will be asked several prediction questions. After reading the plot and characters before the play they will be asked which characters they think they could/would relate to and how they would react to the certain events that took place. The main purpose of the guide is to allow the students to become more familiar with the play, so they can look forward to certain events occurring, and understand what is going on better.

Class # 4 and Learn and Serve Day 1 9/29

"Junk Food" is an important environmental risk factor. Eating too much can affect ones weight, energy, and health. Foods such as chips and cookies should be avoided in order to lead a healthily and successful life.



Learn and Serve Day 1: 2 Hours
I was placed in Niagara Falls Alternative school in a resource room. I was extremely nervous about this setting because I have never dealt with students in an alternative setting. When I arrived at the school the secretary was extremely helpful and friendly, she helped to calm my nervous. I immediately could feel the friendly atmosphere from the staff. I was placed in a containment room with five special needs children, who were all welcoming. I had alot of fun getting to know the kids, helping them with there worksheets, and going to gym with them. I definitely cannot wait to go back next week, I was surprised by myself and how much I loved being in this setting and having one on one attention with the kids.

According to chapter one of the text (Kirk 2009) , it explains that each teacher whether special education or general education all need to be familiar with dealing with children with special needs and should be able to adapt their ways of teaching according to the needs of each child. This is becoming increasingly essential if any new teacher wants to teach.
I have five exceptional students in my learn and serve classroom. The term exceptional could include; mental characteristics, sensory abilities, communication abilities, behavior and emotional development and physical characteristics.

Kirk S. , Gallagher J.J. , Coleman M.R. , & Anastasiow N. (2009). Educating Exceptional Children (12th ed. , pp. 3-5). Boston, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company

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Class # 3 Guided Questions

1) Heredity and environment play an important role with those who have special needs. It affects the producing of mental ability. An important arguement that cannot be overlooked is the "number of prodigies, children who develop extraordinarily fast." (Kirk, 2009,p 294) Talent is usually shaped by heredidty, but it can usually be shaped by the environment. Family is also a more powerful influence because they are closer to the student.
8) Public schools define children with gifts and talents as people with "intellectual gifts." The term "giftedness" varies in abilities and culture. Exceptional people are also defined by individual and societal needs. In the United States giftedness is usually defined by the use of an IQ test. Recently the definition of giftedness is including more then just abilities directly related to school work.

Differentiated instruction can be shown from this picture. If the teacher asked the students to take pictures of shapes and lines this would be a photo from a student who is more developed. In this photo it has both lines and shapes. A student who is not as developed might have taken a picture with just a few lines, or only shapes, or may have needed help taking the picture, or finding subjects to shoot.

Class #2 guided questions

1) Special education programs and services are necessary because students with special needs learn differently and need to be guided in a different way compared to the average student. They require certain methods of teaching. Sometimes technology can be used which allow children to learn at their own rate and provide immediate feedback and reinforcement. The childs learning becomes more active and self directed.
2) A least restrictive environment forces the general education teacher to be more aware of each students needs. It enables the children with disabilities to interact with the other children. It also gives the students without special needs a chance to understand and respect the other students. A problem with this is that support is sometimes hard to find "judging by the attitude of school boards and state legislators regarding the resources they are willing to put into the inclusion program " (Kirk, 2009, p 59). There can be some restrictions in an inclusion classroom. The teacher may not be willing to accept and take on the challenging role of dealing with children with special needs.

Class #1 guided questions

3) There are many burdens that enter a familys life who has a child with special needs. All members of the family are usually affected. " When thier child is first diagnosed as having a serious disability, most parents feel shock and then denial, guilt, anger, and sadness before they finally adjust." (Kirk, 2009, p16) A few group of people and parents react with severe depression, but support groups are often formed. Not only dealing with the stuggles the child has to face during school, the family has to fight for the special educational needs the day to day life of a special needs students is much different from children with no special needs. The siblings of the student can also be impacted. " Parents often worry about the effect that the child with disabilities has on his or her siblings" (Kirk, 2009, 23). The parents worry about the other child being resentful since the parents have to spend a little more time on the child with special needs.

4) Parents are now able to play an important role in the educational descions that need to be made in order for their child to succeed. After the public law 94-142 was created parents are given due process. This is a set of legal procedures which ensure the fairness of educational decisions and the accountabilty of both the parents and professionals who are able to make the decisions.