Thus Endeth the Play...

Today we started with the warm-up below and then finished the play!

5.1 & 2

Today we reviewed act 4 and started act 5.
Students should complete the act 4 summary, including two says/means/matters, for homework.

3.4&5

Today we began with the warm up below and then finished act 4. Students should complete the act 4 summary with two says/means/matters for HW.

3.2-3.3

Today we began with a warm-up (below) and then read 3.2 and 3.3.

Academic Fair Craziness!

Today we began with the warm-up below. Students handed in compare/contrast essays and, after the customary reading of the titles, we started 3.2, focusing primarily on Juliet's opening soliloquy.

2.4-2.6

We started the day by reviewing the play's events so far in the warm-up.

Then I briefly went over a drafting handout (below) to help with the short essay that is due Tuesday.

Finally, we finished up act two of the play and students had time to start the Act 2 Summary.
HW:

• Act 2 Summary with 2 Says/Means/Matters, Due 5/21
• Compare, Contrast, and Evaluate Essay, Due 5/22

The Essay Plan & 2.3-4

Today we began to plan the compare and contrast essay on the three versions of the balcony scene we watched yesterday. After that, we read act two, scenes three and four.

Three Versions

Today we watched three versions of the balcony scene on film, and students took notes in preparation for the essay we will start tomorrow.

2.2—The Balcony Scene

Today we read act two, scene two, starting a new page of work for Act Two (this should be in the "Work in Progress" section of the binder) and doing a few close reading questions (below).

2.1

Today we started with a final look at act 1 and then I collected all the work so far.

We spent the rest of the period reviewing the S/M/M homework from Friday and reading act two, scene one.

Thus Endeth Act 1

We started the day wrapping up our discussion of the Queen Mab speech. We then finished act 1 and started the Act 1 Summary Assignment. This should be done in the notes following the model given in class when we started the play. Because the model has characters and events listed already, students need only come up with two quotations (they may use the two on the model and/or the one we worked on in class earlier in the week) and complete a Says/Means/Matters chart for them. This is homework.

Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday, we finished the Says/Means/Matters we started Tuesday and then read 1.2-3 of Romeo and Juliet, answering a few questions along the way (see below).

Thursday, we watched 1.3 on video and did a short reflective warm-up, and then read 1.4, focusing on the Queen Mab speech (see below).

1.1

Today we read and discussed act one, scene one of Romeo and Juliet.

The Prologue

Today we had a look at the prologue (see below) and reviewed the results of Thursday's poll.

Welcome to Shakespeare!

Today we started with a short warm-up about Shakespeare and his work, added notes from page 930 to our "Academic Terms" section, and then had a bit of fun with Shakespeare's language. We started here and then did a bit of art with Shakespeare's insults. Students also responded to the poll here. Students should finish their insult art for homework if necessary.

The R & J Theme Survey

Follow the link below and take the survey.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/S9565TY

"Charming Billy"

Today we finished up the close read on page 747 and, after adding the terms "realism" and "flashback" to the notes, we read "Where Have you Gone, Charming Billy." We then finished and handed in the reading assignment below with the close reads.