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Kevin Mackey

“School Play” Finish this test. You have a good start! Test Grade A

Name: __Kevin Mackey___

__ Part I.Drama critics write reviews of plays to give their opinion of a performance. In one paragraph, write a review of Robert's play for his school newspaper. Use your imagination to fill in the details, but include details from the story, too. __ The School Play by Gary Soto is a great play that was full of excitement and enthusiasum. Belinda Lopez and Robert Suarez are the main characters and they are very good at their parts.Belinda is on of the toughest girls since the beginning of the world Robert describes her as. Robert is a nice, responsible boy with a lot of humor. Whenever somebody would ask him a question he would respond with his line "Nothing's wrong I can see Belinda Lopez, is a pioneer woman and Robert Suarez, is a pioneer man. His only line in the play is "Nothing's wrong I can see." Robert always says his line when somebody asks him a question. Belinda's key line in the play is "Sucka, is their something wrong with your face." Next time you get a chance try to read this story you will be amazed to see what Gary Soto do in his story

You wrote a good review.Do you think you could make a comment about how Robert said his line? Since you are writing a review after watching the play, you can't include things Rober did to rehearse for the play, just what he did in the play.

__2. What message or theme do you think the author is trying to get across in “The School Play”. Write at least two sentences, one to list the theme and one to explain how what happened in the story shows this theme.__

The theme is that being a bully will intimidate, scare, or make other people scared to do their best job. One detail is that Belinda was being mean to Robert so that is why Robert didn't want to say his line "Nothings wrong I can see" as loud as he is supposed to. Good start; keep going.

__3. Use each of the following vocabulary words in a sentence that relates to the story.__

__a. depleted__ Belinda's gum was depleted of taste.

__b. smirks__ Belinda was smirking after Robert messed up on his line.

__c. quiver__ Robert quivered when he was about o say his line.

__d. relentless__ Robert was relentless when he started the play.