Romeo and Juliet

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Students presently have read the first two acts of Romeo and Juliet.
Homework due today was the Act 2 questions (that we worked on last day).

Last day I handed out a Romeo and Juliet project sheet.  Students have a choice of 8 different projects to complete.  We worked on the project last day and spent 40 minutes today working on it. This project will be due next Wednesday morning.

Discussion at the start of the class today included a talk about what tragic flaw Romeo and Juliet have:  we agreed it was their naiveté and also their haste that were their flaws.  We also discussed the role of fate (coincidence) in what has happened along with the opposite point of view:  that Romeo and Juliet made conscience, deliberate decisions to determine their future.

Act 3 next day!

hmwrk check, quiz on Act 1, correct questions,

Today there was a homework check to ensure students completed all the questions on Act 1that were assigned last day.
We completed an Act 1 quiz (all multiple choice).
We reviewed and corrected all the answers to the questions that were for homework.
We ended class with a quick YouTube search:  we heard examples of Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English (the last one is the language Shakespeare used).

Next class:  the famous balcony scene

Finished Act 1, Shakespeare's theatre, Questions - QUIZ next day

Quiz on Act 1 tomorrow.
We read and discussed all of Act 1.
Homework: review all of Act 1
Complete the first page of questions.  You can get the questions by clicking HERE.
We watched the opening scene of TWO different film versions of Romeo and Juliet.

Test returned, Romeo Act 1 scene 1

I returned test compositions today and read aloud a few.  We discussed why they were effective.

We then began reading Romeo and Juliet. We read until Romeo appears in Act 1 scene 1.

We also took notes on William Shakespeare, his plays , Elizabethan theatre, and Romeo and Juliet.

Finish up sentence combining, learn about Daniel Blackie, begin Romeo and Juliet

Today we discussed our work last day where we answered the question "What does a smart and caring community mean to you.  Students learned about 'Giving Tuesday'.
Students went to the computer lab and entered this contest.  See links

• https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GMVTPXM
• http://givingtuesday.ca
• https://twitter.com/givingtuesdayca

We spent a few minutes finishing up the ten sentences for our lesson on sentence combining. This is for homework if students are not finished.

 

We began some discussions on Romeo and Juliet and even read a few lines.