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.

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.

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.

Academic Fair Craziness

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

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.

3.1

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

Act 2

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

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.

2.2

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

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.

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.

1.5

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

1.3 & 1.4

Today we finished 1.3 and 1.4.

1.2-1.3

Today we finished 1.2 and started 1.3.

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.

1.1

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

The Prologue

Today we spent the period reviewing the sonnet form and analyzing the prologue to Romeo and Juliet.

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

The Play in a Day

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

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.