No Fear Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet 2017-2018

To read Romeo and Juliet on your own, use the link below. Make sure to follow along in class as we read. You can also find this link under the 'Scanned Class Documents' section at the top of the blog. Check back to this post throughout the quarter for reading updates.

Romeo and Juliet Online Link

Introduction Actives:

Monday and Tuesday (4/16&4/17): 

     *Anticipation Guide, Insults, and Escape Room

Week One: 4/16- 4/20

Wednesday and Thursday (4/18&4/19):

     *Shakespearean Sonnet Intro

     *Prologue Activity
HOMEWORK: Shakespeare WebQuest

Friday and Monday (4/20&4/23): Read Act One Scene 1

     *You will also have time today to work on your PWP (#5 Honors) (#4 Academic).

     *Peer Editing for your PWP is 4/24&25.

Week Two: 4/23 - 4/27

Tuesday and Wednesday (4/24&4/25): Read Act One Scene 2&3

     *PWP Peer Editing - PWP due on Turnitin.com on 2/29 (Sunday by Midnight)

Thursday and Friday (4/26&27): Read Act One Scene 4&5
     *Act 1 Study Guide - Required (Handed out in class)
     *Quizlet - Romeo and Juliet - Figurative Language Examples (A few will be on quiz)
     *Quizlet - Romeo and Juliet - Literary Terms and Definitions ( A few will be on quiz)

     *Act 1 Additional Study Guide - Optional 
     *Act 1 Quiz next class!

Week Three: 4/30 - 5/4

Monday and Tuesday (4/30&5/1): Read Act Two Prologue and Scene 1&2
     *Act 1 Quiz Today
HOMEWORK: Finish reading Act Two Scene 2

Wednesday and Thursday (5/2&5/3): Read Act Two Scene 3

     *Balcony Scene Chart - Blog Direct Links
HOMEWORK: Finish Balcony Scene Chart (front and back)

Friday and Monday (5/4&5/7): Read Act Two Scene 4-6

     *Act 2 Study Guide - Required (Handed out in class)

     *Act 2 Additional Study Guide - Optional

Week Four: 5/7 - 5/11

Tuesday and Wednesday (5/8&5/9): 

     *Watch Zeffirelli R&J Version through Wedding Scene.

     *Act Two Quiz next class!

Thursday and Friday (5/10&5/11): Read Act Three Scene 1

     *Act 2 Quiz Today
     *Assign Honors PWP#6 and Writing Reflection - This is your final PWP
     *Assign Academic Writing Reflection Assignment
     *PWP#6 will be read outloud and presented to your class.

Week Five: 5/14 - 5/18
Monday and Tuesday (5/14&5/15): Read Act Three Scene 2&3
     *R&J Timeline Handout - Needed for Socratic Seminar
     *Start DiCaprio Version of R&J Movie.

Wednesday ad Thursday (5/16&5/17): Read Act Three Scene 4&5
     *Continue Watching DiCaprio Version of R&J Movie.
HOMEWORK: Finish Timeline Handout

Friday and Monday (5/18&5/21):
     *Workshop Day for PWP's and Act 3 Study Guide
     *Act 3 Study Guide - Required (Handed out in class)
     *Act 3 Quiz next class!

Week Six: 5/21 - 5/25
Tuesday and Wednesday (5/22&5/23): Read Act 4
     *Act 3 Quiz Today
     *Act 4&5 Study Guide - Required (Handed out in class)

Thursday and Friday (5/24&5/25): Read Act 5 Scene 1-3
     *DiCaprio Version of R&J Movie

Week Seven: 5/29 - 6/1
Monday: No School

Tuesday and Wednesday (5/29&5/30): Finish R&J
     *Socratic Preparation Honors (Handed out in class)
     *Socratic Preparation Academic (Handed out in class)

Thursday and Friday (5/31&6/1):
     *Romeo and Juliet Socratic Semianr
REMINDER: June 1st is the final day to turn in PWP#5(#4 Academic) Revisions. 

Week Eight: 6/4 - 6/8
Monday and Tuesday (6/4&6/5):
     *Act out R&J in Auditorium
     *Acting Worksheet

Wednesday and Thursday (6/6&6/7):
     *Final Workshop Day
     *Remember to submit PWP#6 and Reflection to Turnitin.com by midnight. 

Friday and Monday (6/8&6/11):
     *Present PWP#6
     *Writing Reflection and PWP#6 due - hard copy

Week Nine: 6/11 - 6/13
Tuesday and Wednesday (6/12&6/13):
     *Gnomeo and Juliet
     * Last days of school!

OMAM Socratic Seminar Written Make-Up

If you missed the Socratic Seminar on Of Mice and Men, you must complete the following assignment and turn it in by Friday 4/20.

For each of the following questions, respond in 1-2 full and detailed paragraphs. Each response must include at least one quote directly from the text to support your response. Please include in-text citations (Steinbeck, 45).

You can access the online version of Of Mice and Men from the bottom of the Scanned Class Documents section of the blog: HERE

Reminders:
- The make-up must be typed and printed in order to be handed in.
- Consider including outside research in your responses.
- You must also turn in your completed Socratic Prep Packet. 

Socratic Questions:
1.) What is the significance of the story beginning and ending at the same place by the river?
2.) Expand on the significance of Carlson's gun being used to kill both Candy's dog and Lennie.
3.) What is the main lesson that is taught to the audience in Of Mice and Men?
4.) How did Lennie both positively and negatively affect other characters in the novel?
5.) Which character do you deem the most lonely of all, and why?
6.) Analyze the following lines from the poem 'To a Mouse' by Robert Burns and connect them to Of Mice and Men:

The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men
Gang aft agley,

An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,

For promis’d joy!

Still, thou art blest, compar’d wi’ me!

The present only toucheth thee:

But Och! I backward cast my e’e,

On prospects drear!

An’ forward tho’ I canna see,

I guess an’ fear!

Romeo and Juliet Intro Day!

Today (4/16 and 4/17) your class will be going to the Library to attempt to escape the Shakespeare Escape Room. Before we go we will be doing the following activities:

1.) Romeo and Juliet Anticipation Guide

2.) Rap Battles: Montagues vs Capulets

In your table groups you will divide into two teams, the Montagues and the Capulets, and you will use Shakespearean language to have a rap batter against one another.

To get the hang of Shakespeare's insult style, simply combine one word from each of the three text columns below, and prefix with a "Thou".

If there is any extra time before you begin your Library Escape Room, you will continue preparing for your next Process Writing Paper. Peer editing for the next PWP will take place on 4/24 (A) and 4/25 (B).

OMAM Socratic Seminar Prep

Please fill out the Socratic Seminar Prep Sheet by the in-class Socratic Seminar on 4/12(A) and 4/13(B). This was handed out to students in class on 4/10(A) and 4/11(B).

If you are missing any Of Mice and Men materials - please check the 'OMAM' blog label.

Skinny Block Socratic Seminar on 4/18 (Wednesday).

Honors Essential Questions Assignment

Thursday 4/5 and Friday 4/6 - Honors students will create four of their own Essential Questions (Socratic Seminar Questions) that they believe would work well for the Socratic Seminar.

Once you have created your four questions, please answer your questions in at least a paragraph each. Each response should include direct quotes from the text to support your answer.

If you search the 'SocraticSeminar' label you can view example Essential Questions that we have used for previous units.

This assignment will be due on the day of our Socratic Seminar.

Socratic Seminar on Of Mice and Men will take place on 4/12 (A) and 4/13 (B)

Skinny Block 4/4 Assignment

Skinny Block - Please reread the DEJ Instructions. Today in class you will be completing a Double Entry Journal for Chapters 5 and 6 of Of Mice and Men. You will need a minimum of 6 entries to be turned in by the end of the block. Two more will be assigned 4/5.

There have also been a few great questions asked that I wanted to answer for everyone:

1.) What exactly is a quotation?

A quotation can be narration OR dialogue. You are NOT limited just to what the characters say.

2.) What kinds of quotations should I choose and what should I write about?

Find passages that you think help us better understand the author’s subject matter, characterizations, attitude, and especially THEMES (messages/”big ideas”). If you find yourself simply repeating what the quotation says, you might want to select a different quotation or reevaluate how you are approaching the response. NO SUMMARIES!

3.) How long should my responses be?

While I am more concerned with the depth of your thought, you need to stretch yourself and write a few sentences about each (at least three and possibly more).

__________________________________________________________________________

Example: To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 1

Quotations	Responses
“When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow . . . (3). (My Note: I have not included the entire quotation to which I am referring. Instead, I use an ellipsis [ . . . ] to quote only the part that is most important to what I want to talk about.)	I remember breaking my foot before a choir concert. I was not feeling well and had to leave the risers before a concert. When I was hopping down from the third riser, I landed on the side of my foot and broke it. All I cared about when I was recovering was being able to walk without crutches or a walking cast again. This seems to be how Jem kind of feels. (Making a Connection)
Atticus, the lawyer, “knew his people, they knew him, and because of Simon Finch’s industry, Atticus was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town” (5). (My Note: Instead of quoting the part about Atticus and his job immediately before this, I put it as a side note at the front before the quotation.)	Atticus seems to be a well-respected person in Maycomb, and since he is a lawyer, he also must be fairly   intelligent. Maycomb must be a relatively small town where everyone knows everyone if Atticus is indeed related to most of the people. I think Atticus most likely will play an important role in this book because of his position. (Interpeting/Making a Prediction)
“There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go . . . nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself” (7, 8). (My Note: Since my quotation wraps to the next page, I made a note of it by putting both pages numbers after the quotation. Notice that there is ALWAYS a page number after each quotation.)	Apparently Maycomb is also a very slow, sleepy town that is pretty isolated from everything else. This seems to be especially true since they only have a “vague” notion of FDR’s speech (an allusion to the Great Depression of the 1930s – must be the era in which the story takes place) and there is “nothing” outside of Maycomb County. I wonder why they see the world this way – maybe people don’t travel because of the Depression or because that’s just not what people did. (Interpreting/Asking a Question)
“The Radleys, welcome anywhere in town, kept to themselves, a predilection unforgivable in Maycomb. . . .” (9). (My Note: In my response, I touched on one of the themes of the novel—prejudice—which is appearing in an atypical way.)	It seems that the town is a little closed minded in viewing the Radleys since they don’t go to church or do other things common in Maycomb. This seems to be a prejudice against their lifestyle since it seems that the town might not really know them and has become pretty superstitious about them. People often get suspicious about what they don’t understand or what seems strange to them. (Extending the Meaning)