Wednesday, May 11, 2016

1.1. to 1.3

Today we read a bit more of the play, finishing 1.1 and reading through 1.3. The full text of Romeo and Juliet is available here or at the online textbook (see the directions in the sidebar here).









Monday and Tuesday

In addition to starting the play, students added the following to their writer's notebooks.


Wednesday, May 4, 2016

The Prologue

Today we started with our final opinion poll... 



...and then spent some time playing with the prologue.

Monday, April 25, 2016

Shakespeare & the Textbook

Today we began a series of opinion polls based on major themes in Romeo and Juliet. We then started a page of notes using our textbook. Directions for accessing the online textbook are on my freshmen webpage in the right sidebar.

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Poems & Some Work Time

After returning books and sharing some pocket poems, we divided the class and started on the activities below. We will continue these activities on Friday.



Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Sonnets Continued

Today we firmed up our definition of the Shakespearean Sonnet, and started our look at Sonnet 130.