Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Act 4

We began with a closer look at Juliet's 4.3 soliloquy today, then finished the act and started the Act 4 Recap, which is due tomorrow.

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Friday & Monday

Friday, the class finished Act 3 and started the Act 3 Recap, which was due today.
Tuesday, we started the day by sharing the ACT 3 recaps and reading 4.1, 4.2 and starting 4.3.

Thursday, May 25, 2017

3.3 & 3.4

Today we started with a quick review of the play, then read 3.3 and 3.4, finishing with an exit ticket.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Academic Fair Craziness

We managed to do a bit of metaphor analysis today, and in 5th period, we even finished 3.2!

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

3.1-3.2

We started with a bit of analytical writing today, finished 3.1, watched the Luhrmann version of the scene, and then started 3.2.

Monday, May 22, 2017

3.1

We began the day reviewing and sharing the homework from Thursday, then we read a good chunk of 3.1.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Act 2

Today we started with an SMM, read the rest of Act 2, and started the Act 2 Recap, which is due Monday.


Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Tuesday: 2.2 & 2.3

Today we watched a bit of the balcony scene (Baz Luhrmann's version), and then tried our hands at rewriting 2.2 in our own words. After that, we read 2.3.

Monday, May 15, 2017

2.2

Today we reviewed part of 2.2, finished it, and watch a bit of the Zeffirelli version of the balcony scene.

Friday, May 12, 2017

2.1 & 2.2

Today we started with a bit of imagery analysis, shared our homework, and read all of 2.1 and 2/3s of 2.2.

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Theme Focus and Act 1 Recap

After reviewing our list of themes and writing a quick thematic paragraph, we started our first act recap. Handouts and the whole text of the play are available at Google Classroom.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

1.5

Today we finished Act 1 and did a bit of analysis.

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

1.3 & 1.4

Today we finished 1.3 and 1.4.


Monday, May 8, 2017

1.2-1.3

Today we finished 1.2 and started 1.3.

Friday, May 5, 2017

More 1.1 & 1.2

After taking a few more notes, we watched 1.1 on film and read 1.1 and started 1.2.

Thursday, May 4, 2017

1.1

After a short reflective assignment, we began the play today, reading most of Act 1, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet.

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

The Play in a Day

After a few notes from the textbook, we acted out the whole play in one period.


Monday, May 1, 2017

Puns and Insults

After starting the day with a few puns, we spent the rest of the period looking at, creating, and practicing Shakespeare's insults.