C-block (Honors)
AGENDA :
1. Discussion of duality in Friar Lawrence's speech (Act II, scene iii.)
2. Finish reading Act II.
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Act II Study Questions (due Monday, January 4, 2010). 2. Complete Figurative Language handout (for Wednesday)
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AGENDA :
1. Return To Kill a Mockingbird essays.
2. Students read comments and write a response (1. what I need to work on 2. what I am struggling to understand how to do) in order to get grade.
3. Watch balcony scene (Zeffirelli version.)
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Act II Study Questions
Monday, December 21, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Class Notes: Dec. 15, 2009
C-block (Honors)
AGENDA :
1. Review strong examples of theses, topic sentences, examples, commentary, and conclusions from student Black Boy essays.
2. Groups compare and prepare their notes on comparison of two balcony scenes (Zeffirelli and Luhrmann)
3. Presentation of Group 1: Setting, Group 2: Costumes, and Group 3: Camera Work (to be continued...)
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Act II Study Questions.
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AGENDA :
1. Journal: Do you believe in love at first sight? Why or why not?
2. Review of Mercutio's Queen Mab speech. What changes during the speech? How does this shift in emphasis foreshadow things to come in the play?
3. Perform Act I, scenes iv & v.
HOMEWORK: 1. Prepare stage directions for Act I, scene v.
2. Work on Act I Study Questions. (Due Friday, December 18th!!)
AGENDA :
1. Review strong examples of theses, topic sentences, examples, commentary, and conclusions from student Black Boy essays.
2. Groups compare and prepare their notes on comparison of two balcony scenes (Zeffirelli and Luhrmann)
3. Presentation of Group 1: Setting, Group 2: Costumes, and Group 3: Camera Work (to be continued...)
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Act II Study Questions.
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AGENDA :
1. Journal: Do you believe in love at first sight? Why or why not?
2. Review of Mercutio's Queen Mab speech. What changes during the speech? How does this shift in emphasis foreshadow things to come in the play?
3. Perform Act I, scenes iv & v.
HOMEWORK: 1. Prepare stage directions for Act I, scene v.
2. Work on Act I Study Questions. (Due Friday, December 18th!!)
Monday, December 14, 2009
Class Notes: Dec. 14, 2009
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AGENDA :
1. Read Mercutio's Queen Mab speech
2. Discuss his perception of dreams and people and how it differs from Romeo.
3. Draw Queen Mab using as many details as possible from the speech.
4. Begin work on Mercutio's Queen Mab speech handout
HOMEWORK: 1. Mercutio's Queen Mab speech handout
2. Remember to be keeping up with the Act I Study Questions!! (They will be due later this week.)
C-block (Honors)AGENDA :
1. Read Mercutio's Queen Mab speech
2. Discuss his perception of dreams and people and how it differs from Romeo.
3. Draw Queen Mab using as many details as possible from the speech.
4. Begin work on Mercutio's Queen Mab speech handout
HOMEWORK: 1. Mercutio's Queen Mab speech handout
2. Remember to be keeping up with the Act I Study Questions!! (They will be due later this week.)
AGENDA :
1. Turn in Act I Study Questions.
2. Perform The Balcony Scene (Act II, scene ii).
3. Watch 2 film versions of this scene.
4. Break into groups to analyze different aspects of the film versions.
HOMEWORK: 1. Close reading questions for Act II, scene ii
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AGENDA :
1. Go over Shakespeare's language homework.
2. Read Mercutio's Queen Mab speech
3. Discuss his perception of dreams and people and how it differs from Romeo.
4. Draw Queen Mab using as many details as possible from the speech.
5. Begin work on Mercutio's Queen Mab speech handout
HOMEWORK: 1. Complete Mercutio's Queen Mab speech handout
2. Work on Act I Study Questions. (These will be due later this week!!)
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Class Notes: Dec. 11, 2009
B-block
AGENDA :
1. Present TKMB posters.
2. Distribute Shakespeare's Language handout.
3. Perform up to Mercutio's Queen Mab speech, Act I, scene iv.
HOMEWORK: 1. Answer Close Reading questions for Act I, scenes ii and iii
2. Remember to be keeping up with the Act I Study Questions!!
AGENDA :
1. Present TKMB posters.
2. Distribute Shakespeare's Language handout.
3. Perform up to Mercutio's Queen Mab speech, Act I, scene iv.
HOMEWORK: 1. Answer Close Reading questions for Act I, scenes ii and iii
2. Remember to be keeping up with the Act I Study Questions!!
Class Notes: Dec. 10, 2009
C-block (Honors)
AGENDA :
1. Journal: Write a "Top Ten" list of advice to Lord and Lady Capulet on how they should handle surprise guests who crash their party.
2. Return Black Boy essays.
3. Read Act II Prologue and scene i
HOMEWORK: 1. Act I Study Questions (DUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 14th)
2. "The Love Connection" handout
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AGENDA :
1. Journal: Write a "Top Ten" list of advice to Lord and Lady Capulet on how they should handle surprise guests who crash their party.
2. Day 7 journal sharing.
3. Read up to Mercutio's Queen Mab speech, Act I, scene iv
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Study Questions. Make sure you identify which questions you are confused about and come to class on Monday prepared to bring up those questions.
2. Complete Shakespeare's Language exercises a) and b).
AGENDA :
1. Journal: Write a "Top Ten" list of advice to Lord and Lady Capulet on how they should handle surprise guests who crash their party.
2. Return Black Boy essays.
3. Read Act II Prologue and scene i
HOMEWORK: 1. Act I Study Questions (DUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 14th)
2. "The Love Connection" handout
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AGENDA :
1. Journal: Write a "Top Ten" list of advice to Lord and Lady Capulet on how they should handle surprise guests who crash their party.
2. Day 7 journal sharing.
3. Read up to Mercutio's Queen Mab speech, Act I, scene iv
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Study Questions. Make sure you identify which questions you are confused about and come to class on Monday prepared to bring up those questions.
2. Complete Shakespeare's Language exercises a) and b).
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Class Notes: Dec. 9, 2009
B-block
AGENDA :
1. Finish TKMB posters and be ready to present tomorrow.
2. Review paradox and oxymoron in Romeo's speech. (Artificial language reflects his artificial feelings.)
3. Perform play.
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Study Questions for Act I.
C-block (Honors)
AGENDA :
1. Journal: Describe the goofiest or most embarrassing way you have seen one teenager ask another one out and then describe the most romantic or sweetest way. Feel free to use your imagination if you can't think of a particular example.
2. Consider the artificial nature of Romeo's language in Act I, scene i: his use of oxymorons and metaphors to speak about love. Compare with his speech when he meets Juliet for the 1st time at the party.
3. Consider the interchange between Romeo and Juliet in Act I, scene v and why Shakespeare used the sonnet form for their first meeting and dialogue.
4. Finish reading Act I.
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Act I Study Questions (DUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 14th)
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AGENDA :
1. Review Romeo's use of oxymorons and metaphors in Act I, scene i.
2. Continue reading up through Act I, scene iii.
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Study Questions. Make sure you identify which questions you are confused about and come to class tomorrow prepared to bring up those questions.
AGENDA :
1. Finish TKMB posters and be ready to present tomorrow.
2. Review paradox and oxymoron in Romeo's speech. (Artificial language reflects his artificial feelings.)
3. Perform play.
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Study Questions for Act I.
C-block (Honors)
AGENDA :
1. Journal: Describe the goofiest or most embarrassing way you have seen one teenager ask another one out and then describe the most romantic or sweetest way. Feel free to use your imagination if you can't think of a particular example.
2. Consider the artificial nature of Romeo's language in Act I, scene i: his use of oxymorons and metaphors to speak about love. Compare with his speech when he meets Juliet for the 1st time at the party.
3. Consider the interchange between Romeo and Juliet in Act I, scene v and why Shakespeare used the sonnet form for their first meeting and dialogue.
4. Finish reading Act I.
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Act I Study Questions (DUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 14th)
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AGENDA :
1. Review Romeo's use of oxymorons and metaphors in Act I, scene i.
2. Continue reading up through Act I, scene iii.
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Study Questions. Make sure you identify which questions you are confused about and come to class tomorrow prepared to bring up those questions.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Class Notes: Dec. 7, 2009
B-block
AGENDA :
1. Sentence Detectives! commas
2. Review prologue; introduce importance of opposites in the play
3. Start Act I, scene i
HOMEWORK: None
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AGENDA :
1. Sentence Detectives! commas
2. Review beginning of play
3. Continue reading Act I, scene i
4. Begin work on Paradox and Oxymorons
HOMEWORK: 1. Continue working on your Act I study guide
2. Complete Paradox and Oxymorons handout by answering all questions
AGENDA :
1. Sentence Detectives! commas
2. Review prologue; introduce importance of opposites in the play
3. Start Act I, scene i
HOMEWORK: None
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AGENDA :
1. Sentence Detectives! commas
2. Review beginning of play
3. Continue reading Act I, scene i
4. Begin work on Paradox and Oxymorons
HOMEWORK: 1. Continue working on your Act I study guide
2. Complete Paradox and Oxymorons handout by answering all questions
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Class Notes: Dec. 3, 2009
B-block
AGENDA :
Journal: Rewrite one of your previous journal entries to hand in.
1. Introduce sonnets - background of sonnets in general; Shakespearean sonnets; structure (3 quatrains and a couplet); internal meter (iambic pentameter)
2. Review sonnets 18, 116, and 130.
3. Play "The Sonnet Game"
HOMEWORK: 1. Read Prologue and work out the iambic pentameter of each line. Follow the example of the 1st line which has been completed for you.
2. Underline "twosomes" in the Prologue. In other words, try to find as many words, ideas, sounds, etc. that could be considered pairs.
C-block (Honors)
AGENDA :
1. Journal: How can a person or thing exhibit opposite characteristics simultaneously? (For example, can you feel both love and hate for one person? How & why?)
2. Review ideas of pairs and contrasts in Prologue.
3. Discuss the dominance of violent words and images versus those of love.
4. Read Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.
HOMEWORK: 1. Begin to complete Act I Questions
2. Write a newspaper article about the street fight in Verona that takes place in Act I, scene i. Include a "newsphoto" (i.e. a drawing.)
** Please bring your sonnets back in - sorry that I forgot to collect them today!!
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AGENDA :
Journal: What is the difference between a feud and an argument. How can either one be resolved?
1. Introduce sonnets - background of sonnets in general; Shakespearean sonnets; structure (3 quatrains and a couplet); internal meter (iambic pentameter)
2. Review sonnets 18, 116, and 130.
3. Play "The Sonnet Game"
HOMEWORK: 1. Read Prologue and work out the iambic pentameter of each line. Follow the example of the 1st line which has been completed for you.
2. Underline "twosomes" in the Prologue. In other words, try to find as many words, ideas, sounds, etc. that could be considered pairs.
3. Write your own sonnet -- either a sonnet that acts as a prologue (an introduction) to another piece of literature you have read or a love sonnet or a mockery of a love sonnet.
AGENDA :
Journal: Rewrite one of your previous journal entries to hand in.
1. Introduce sonnets - background of sonnets in general; Shakespearean sonnets; structure (3 quatrains and a couplet); internal meter (iambic pentameter)
2. Review sonnets 18, 116, and 130.
3. Play "The Sonnet Game"
HOMEWORK: 1. Read Prologue and work out the iambic pentameter of each line. Follow the example of the 1st line which has been completed for you.
2. Underline "twosomes" in the Prologue. In other words, try to find as many words, ideas, sounds, etc. that could be considered pairs.
C-block (Honors)
AGENDA :
1. Journal: How can a person or thing exhibit opposite characteristics simultaneously? (For example, can you feel both love and hate for one person? How & why?)
2. Review ideas of pairs and contrasts in Prologue.
3. Discuss the dominance of violent words and images versus those of love.
4. Read Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.
HOMEWORK: 1. Begin to complete Act I Questions
2. Write a newspaper article about the street fight in Verona that takes place in Act I, scene i. Include a "newsphoto" (i.e. a drawing.)
** Please bring your sonnets back in - sorry that I forgot to collect them today!!
D-block
AGENDA :
Journal: What is the difference between a feud and an argument. How can either one be resolved?
1. Introduce sonnets - background of sonnets in general; Shakespearean sonnets; structure (3 quatrains and a couplet); internal meter (iambic pentameter)
2. Review sonnets 18, 116, and 130.
3. Play "The Sonnet Game"
HOMEWORK: 1. Read Prologue and work out the iambic pentameter of each line. Follow the example of the 1st line which has been completed for you.
2. Underline "twosomes" in the Prologue. In other words, try to find as many words, ideas, sounds, etc. that could be considered pairs.
3. Write your own sonnet -- either a sonnet that acts as a prologue (an introduction) to another piece of literature you have read or a love sonnet or a mockery of a love sonnet.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Class Notes: Dec. 1, 2009
C-block (Honors)
AGENDA :
1. Journal: What is the difference between an argument and a feud? What does it take to resolve either?
2. Introduce sonnets: how many sonnets Shakespeare wrote and their sequence; internal structure (3 quatrains and a couplet) and rhythm (iambic pentameter)
3. Review and discuss sonnets 18, 116, 130
4. Read prologue.
5. Recognize prologue as sonnet and break it into its iambic pentameter line by line
HOMEWORK: 1. Underline 'twosomes' in the Prologue. In other words, how many times does the word "two" appear? How are 'twosomes' emphasizes/reinforced in other ways?
2. Underline words that have to do with love and fighting. Are there more words about love or fighting? Why do you think that is?
3. Write your own prologue, in sonnet form, for another piece of literature you have read.
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AGENDA :
1. Journal: What would you invent to make life better? Why? Describe your invention.
2. Review Shakespeare scavenger hunt and discuss Elizabethean Era, ideas and outlook of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, theater in Shakespeare's time, etc.
3. Introduce sonnets
HOMEWORK: 1. Read sonnets 18, 116, and 130 and make an attempt to summarize what each is about.
AGENDA :
1. Journal: What is the difference between an argument and a feud? What does it take to resolve either?
2. Introduce sonnets: how many sonnets Shakespeare wrote and their sequence; internal structure (3 quatrains and a couplet) and rhythm (iambic pentameter)
3. Review and discuss sonnets 18, 116, 130
4. Read prologue.
5. Recognize prologue as sonnet and break it into its iambic pentameter line by line
HOMEWORK: 1. Underline 'twosomes' in the Prologue. In other words, how many times does the word "two" appear? How are 'twosomes' emphasizes/reinforced in other ways?
2. Underline words that have to do with love and fighting. Are there more words about love or fighting? Why do you think that is?
3. Write your own prologue, in sonnet form, for another piece of literature you have read.
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AGENDA :
1. Journal: What would you invent to make life better? Why? Describe your invention.
2. Review Shakespeare scavenger hunt and discuss Elizabethean Era, ideas and outlook of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, theater in Shakespeare's time, etc.
3. Introduce sonnets
HOMEWORK: 1. Read sonnets 18, 116, and 130 and make an attempt to summarize what each is about.
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