Romeo and Juliet 5.2

Do now: Make flashcards and study for Week 6 and Week 7 vocab quiz-- quiz will be on FRIDAY (15 minutes)

Objectives:

• analyze the moments that make up the climax of Act III
• practice reading aloud/ connecting movement to language
• analyzing Juliet's soliloquy for method to meaning

Agenda:

1. do now

2. Review Act 3.1 questions

3. Read Act 3.2

4. Juliet Soliloquy activity

5. Performances

6. Summarizer

HW: Study for Vocab for FRIDAY

Romeo and Juliet 5.1

Do now: Last minute revisions/proofreading in your paragraph groups (10 minutes). When time is up, have one person from the group submit the paragraph using the ESSAY SUBMISSION FORM.

Objectives:Objectives:

• use close reading skills to unpack meaning
• practice reading aloud

Agenda:

1. do now
2. In table groups: read Act 3.1 out loud
3. In table groups: answer Act 3.1 study guide questions (download into Notability)

HW: Finish study guide questions

Romeo and Juliet 4.4

Romeo and Juliet 4.4

Do now: go on our class blog and watch the video about passive voice

Objective:

• provide effective feedback to group members
• identify and correct passive voice

Agenda:

1. do now
2. Clincher sentence
3. peer edit: passive voice
4. Revise
5. Jazzy title
6. If time, watch film

HW: any last minute editing for imagery paragraph

Romeo and Juliet 4.3

Romeo and Juliet 4.3

Do now: review the 9th grade writing manual about close reading essays

Objectives:

• draft close reading paragraph
• embed quotes into analysis

Agenda:

1. do now
2. Peer edit quotation sandwiches
3. Revision: make EACH quotation sandwich an embedded quote
4. Continue to revise
5. Clincher sentence

HW: Finish draft of paragraph

Romeo and Juliet 4.2

Romeo and Juliet 4.2

Do Now: In notability, identify your group’s selected image and draw a picture that reflects the connotations of that image

Objectives:

• identify examples of imagery in a passage
• brainstorm connotations for selected images
• brainstorm reasons why Shakespeare used selected images

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Review boxes with group

3. Draft a thesis statement- identify the how, why, and so what-- check with Ms. Santiago

4. Organize the evidence

5. Begin to draft the paragraph

3. Summarizer

HW: quotation sandwiches

Romeo and Juliet 4.1

Do Now: Now that Romeo and Juliet have married, what can go wrong? Explain why this can’t be the end of the play. What unresolved issues will come up later that will complicate things for these “star-cross’d lovers”?

Objectives:

• identify examples of imagery in a passage
• brainstorm connotations for selected images
• brainstorm reasons why Shakespeare used selected images

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Review close reading assignment

3. Assign groups

4. Complete steps 1 and 2 of assignment

5. Summarizer

HW: Divide and conquer homework duties.

Romeo and Juliet 3.4

Romeo and Juliet 3.4

Do Now: Friar Lawrence cautions, “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” Do you agree with his advice? Do you tend to move through life wisely and slow, or running fast? What are the pros and cons of each approach to life?

Objectives:

• analyze a literary device to unpack meaning in selected excerpt
• read aloud to aide in understanding

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Act II.4- acting!

3. Watch film versions

4. Summarizer

HW: Read Act II.5 and 6

Romeo and Juliet 3.3

Romeo and Juliet 3.3

Do now:  Reflect on Juliet’s lines: “Although I joy in thee, / I have no joy of this contract tonight. / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden; / Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be / Ere one can say it lightens.”  What does she mean? Do you agree? What advice would you give to Romeo and Juliet after this scene?

Objective:

• analyze a literary device to unpack meaning in selected excerpt
• read aloud to aide in understanding
• annotate excerpts for antithesis (opposites)

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Literary terms assignment

3. Read Act II.3- acting!

4. In pairs: Friar Lawrence activity

5. Summarizer

HW: Finish Friar activity

Romeo and Juliet 3.2

Romeo and Juliet 3.2

Do Now: How was the quiz yesterday?

Objective:

• analyze a literary device to unpack meaning in selected excerpt
• read aloud to aide in understanding

Agenda:

1. Do now
2. Vocab Week 7
3. Watch Party Scene

4. Read Act II.2- acting!

4. Watch film version

4. Summarizer

HW: literary terms assignment for Act II 1-3

Romeo and Juliet 3.1

Do Now: Study for Act One quiz with a partner (5 minutes)

Objectives:

• demonstrate mastery of understanding of plot, literary, and drama terms of Act One

Agenda:

1. do now
2. Act One quiz
3. When finished, read Act Two Scene One
4. Summarizer

HW: Finish reading Act Two Scene One

Romeo and Juliet- FRIDAY

Do now: As a table group, review your annotations for the pilgrim/saints sonnet.  As a group, draft an assertion statement about WHY Shakespeare uses pilgrims and saints imagery in this exchange.

Objectives:

• demonstrate mastery of Act 1 Scene 5
• use technology to summarize Act 1 Scene 5

Agenda:

1. Do now
2. Reporter! Activity.  In table groups:
1. You have been sent by E! News Online to report on the Capulet’s party (Act 1 Scene 5). Your news editor says, “Don’t forget to interview the servants-- they’re the ones who will really know! You need a 5-minute video for the website.”
2. Draft a skeleton script for the news report (be sure to interview multiple people)
3. Perform the news report, with someone in your group videotaping (you may go into the hallway as long as you don’t stray too far away).
4. Upload completed videos into your Student Folder on Google Drive

HW: You will have a quiz on Act One on MONDAY. Areas to study: characters, plot, literary terms, drama terms. The format: matching, multiple choice, quote identification, and a paragraph open response.

Romeo and Juliet-- Thursday

DO NOW: How old do you think someone should be to get married? How young is too young?  What do you think of Lord Capulet’s answer to Paris’s request? How would you feel if he were your father?

Objectives:

• analyze a literary device to unpack meaning in selected excerpt
• read aloud to aide in understanding

Agenda:

1. do now
2. In table groups: Assign roles and read Act 1 Scene 5 out loud
3. In table groups: Answer the Act 1 Scene 5 study guide questions
4. Download the “Pilgrim/ Saints sonnet” into notability
5. Annotate this excerpt as a sonnet-- identify literary devices and paraphrase

HW: Finish annotating the Pilgrims/Saints sonnet

Romeo and Juliet- TUESDAY

Do now: Analyze the relationship between Juliet and her mother. What do you think of her mother’s request?  How would you feel if you were Juliet?

Objectives:

• use appropriate reading strategies to understand Shakespeare

Agenda:

1. do now
2. Import "Vocab Week 6" into notability and define the words and create sentences (15 minutes)
3. Read Act One Scene 4 aloud

4. In table groups: Download the "Queen Mab Assignment" into notability and complete. When finished, export into student folder. (20 minutes)
5. Continue to show the film (if time)

HW: Answer the "Act One study guide" questions for scene 4

Romeo and Juliet- MONDAY

Do Now: Have you ever felt obligated to fight/argue with someone out of loyalty to a friend or family member?  How did it feel, or how do you imagine it would feel?(Answer in notability and export to student folder)

Objectives:

• use appropriate reading strategies to understand Shakespeare

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. In table groups: Answer “Act One Study Guide” questions for Scenes 1 and 2

3. In table groups: Read Scene 3 out loud

4. In table groups: Answer “Act One Study Guide” questions for Scene 3

5. If time, show some of the movie

HW: Read Scene 4

RJ 2.4

Do Now: A pun is a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.  With a partner, write a short skit playing on hair and hare; or here and heir; or bear, beer, and bare.

Objectives:

• use appropriate reading strategies to understand Shakespeare
• define and identify use of puns

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Sign up for acting roles

3. Read Scene I- acting!

4. If time: download "Act One Study Guide"

HW: Read Scene II for MONDAY

9 HONORS TO GUIDANCE

9 HONORS WILL START CLASS IN GUIDANCE AND RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM IF THERE IS TIME.

RJ 2.2

Romeo and Juliet 2.2

Do now: Import the doc "Romeo and Juliet Drama Terms" into your Romeo and Juliet subject in notability

Objectives:

• define essential drama terms
• become comfortable with Shakespeare language
• Analyze how the prologue provides exposition and foreshadowing

Essential questions:

What decisions do Romeo and Juliet make that lead to their fate?  Which parts of their fate are out of their control?

How do the themes (fate and chance, passion and reason, individual and group, etc.) of the play relate to our own lives?

Agenda:

1. do now

2. define drama terms
3. Review sonnets

4. Prologue activity

4. summarizer

HW: reflection: how comfortable were you reading the prologue?  Was it difficult to understand?  Why/why not?