Act 1

Today we wrapped up our look at act one of R & J (after losing most of yesterday to registration). Students had the final 10 minutes of the period to start questions 1-7 (p. 967). These should be finished for HW.

Luhrmann & Queen Mab

Today we warmed up with a look at the beginning of the modern edition of R & J, writing about the filmmaker's choices and considering them in the context of Shakespeare's actual text. We wrapped up the period finishing the Queen Mab activity from Friday.

1.3 & 1.4

Today we began the period by talking a bit about the upcoming Star test. After that we finished act one, scene three and watched it on video. We then read act one, scene four and started a bit of work on Mercutio's Queen Mab speech.

1.2 to 1.3.58

Today we reviewed act one, scene one and did a bit of writing about scenes 2-3.

Act 1. Scene 1

Today we listened to and discussed act 1, scene 1 of R & J.

The Prologue

Today we studied the prologue to act one of Romeo and Juliet, reviewing the sonnet form, paraphrasing the lines and playing with the language a bit.

Condensed Shakespeare

Today we had a bit of fun with a summary of the whole play. Afterwards we went over the chartered in the play and made a useful book mark.