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.