New novel, Finished Movie, New Marks

Today we finished up the DiCaprio version of the movie.
Marks for the multiple choice section of the Romeo and Juliet test last day can be found HERE.

We signed out our new novels, Speak (by Laurie Halse Anderson) and began reading. We read to the middle of page 8.

Test Prep Day

Today we began preparing for our test first thing Thursday morning by working on a mock test.
We finished off with the first 20 minutes of the 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet.

Wanted Poster, Last scene of R&J, Provincial Exam prep

I read out several student paragraphs that compared Warm Bodies to Romeo and Juliet.  There was class time to work on the Wanted Poster -- this assignment is for homework and due tomorrow.

Romeo and Juliet.  We read to the end of Act 5 scene 2.

We did some Provincial Exam work by reading over and discussing six Original Compositions.

updated marks

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Today we read up to p. 68 of Act 4.

We read a good chunk of Act 4 (sorry, my last post said we read all of Act 4 -- I should have said "we read all of Act 3). 

Then students completed their Warm Bodies paragraphs and turned them in at the end of class.

End of the week post.

Today we finished the movie Warm Bodies.
Last day students began watching the movie Warm Bodies, students read to the end of Act 4, and students worked on their Romeo Wanted poster assignment.

Next Tuesday, we'll have class time to work on both the movie worksheet and the Wanted Poster (those will both be due on our long block next week).

Wanted Poster, Act 3 scene 2,3

Today we watched Act 3 scenes 1-3 of Romeo and Juliet (the Zeferelli version).

Then we began rough work on our Wanted Poster assignments (we'll work on this tomorrow).

Quote study sheet, Act three

Today I handed out the quotation study sheet for Romeo and Juliet.  Students worked in groups to identify the quotations.
We reviewed Act three thus far.
We continued reading the scenes after Tybalt and Mercutio's death.

Finished reading Act 2, questions submitted.

Today we read the rest of Act 2.  Next class we will begin Act 3.
We also worked on the second set of questions (the ones I gave out on Monday) and they were handed in (some took them home to do for homework).
We also watched the first two scenes of TWO different movie versions of the play.

Be prepared for a surprise Act 2 quiz at the beginning of class on Friday.

Surprise quiz, Act 2 Scene 3

Today we read to the end of Act 2 scene 3.  I handed back last day's work on Shakespearean language.  Students worked on Romeo and Juliet questions.  Those questions will be due at the end of tomorrow's long block.

We discussed the irony and paradox of the Friar's last two lines of the scene.

We also completed a surprise quiz on the play up to and including Act 2 scene 2.

Elizabethan Language and the balcony scene

Today we did a worksheet on Shakespearean language that was handed in around 9:30.
We reviewed the terms soliloquy, sonnet, and aside.

We learned that the word 'wherefore' means why.

We discussed the famous lines:  "Romeo Romeo Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo" and "Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodbye until tomorrow."

Romeo and Juliet - Love at First Sight

We read to the end of Act 1 and began working on the questions from Act 1 scene 5.

The next set of questions were handed out.