The Friar's Plan

On Tuesday, we wrapped up the act 3 summary and started act 4.

Today we continued our work with act 4, wrapping up the art interpretation of the friar's plan (this is homework for period 2) and reading 4.2.

Happy Three-Day Weekend

Today in period two we nearly finished act three.

In period six, we finished our act 3 summary and started act 4 (read scene 1 to be safe).

Act 3.1 to 3.2

Today we read through 3.2 and I assigned some poetry homework.

HW Reread Juliet's speech at the beginning of the scene (3.2.1-31). Underline or highlight all the imagery associated with night or dark. Then, using some of Juliet's language plus some of your own words, create an ORIGINAL poem about night.

Act 3

Today we wrapped up the act 3 summary and read 3.1.

R & J plus a bit of Slam

Today we looked at a few examples of slam poetry and talked about entering the Academic Fair (and the extra credit that goes with that). In period two we then finish act 2. In period 6 we finished the act 2 summary.

2.3 & 2.4

Today we shared a few more 2.2 rewrites and read 2.3-2.4 as a class.

Revisiting the Balcony

Today talked about the importance of the STAR test, I collected the three versions essay from Friday, and we spent the rest of the period working on the assignment below.

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Rewrite the balcony scene in contemporary English. Have fun with it, but keep it school appropriate. Include the moments below in this order:

1. Romeo hiding/ Juliet’s arrival.
2. Romeo compares Juliet to the sun (or something).
3. What’s in a name?
4. Romeo reveals himself.
5. The danger to Romeo and how he got there.
6. Juliet’s embarrassment.
7. Swearing by the moon (or something).
8. Exchange of vows.
9. Multiple exits and proposal.
10. Final exit.