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Friday, June 9, 2017
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Romeo and Juliet Socratic Seminar Info (Quarter Four)
Essential Questions:
1.) What is love?
2.) Is violence ever justified?
3.) Do you believe in fate, or can people make their own destiny?
4.) Is a loving relationship worth more than family?
If you will be present for the Socratic Seminar, you need to prepare by:
- Bringing old notes and worksheets.
- Writing new notes that help you answer the Essential Questions.
- Printing part of the text and marking it up.
- Bringing your device.
- Being prepared to say quotes directly from the text.
- Speaking at least three times.
If you are absent on the day of the Socratic Seminar. You only have until (6/8) to turn in your written version. The written version must include:
- 1 to 2 paragraph response to each question.
- Direct quotes from the play that you use to support your answer to each question.
1.) What is love?
2.) Is violence ever justified?
3.) Do you believe in fate, or can people make their own destiny?
4.) Is a loving relationship worth more than family?
If you will be present for the Socratic Seminar, you need to prepare by:
- Bringing old notes and worksheets.
- Writing new notes that help you answer the Essential Questions.
- Printing part of the text and marking it up.
- Bringing your device.
- Being prepared to say quotes directly from the text.
- Speaking at least three times.
If you are absent on the day of the Socratic Seminar. You only have until (6/8) to turn in your written version. The written version must include:
- 1 to 2 paragraph response to each question.
- Direct quotes from the play that you use to support your answer to each question.
Friday, May 5, 2017
Balcony Scene Comparision
1.) BBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3MiaSG1SMQ
2.) Baz Luhrman - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Wi-v3QmqlhX2tIOVNxVzdxX0U/view?usp=sharing
3.) Royal Shakespeare Company - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHoaPLO6Zd8
4.) How do you envision it yourself.
Watch these different Balcony Scenes and then complete a chart on the following:
-How do they each characterize Juliet?
-How do they each characterize Romeo?
-What is the scenery/setting?
-How is the lighting?
-How is the music/sound effects?
Then answer:
Which was your favorite version and why?
Which was your least favorite version and why?
2.) Baz Luhrman - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Wi-v3QmqlhX2tIOVNxVzdxX0U/view?usp=sharing
3.) Royal Shakespeare Company - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHoaPLO6Zd8
4.) How do you envision it yourself.
Watch these different Balcony Scenes and then complete a chart on the following:
-How do they each characterize Juliet?
-How do they each characterize Romeo?
-What is the scenery/setting?
-How is the lighting?
-How is the music/sound effects?
Then answer:
Which was your favorite version and why?
Which was your least favorite version and why?
Monday, April 24, 2017
Upcoming Due Dates
Vocabulary Quiz on List #6:
4/27 (A)
4/48 (B)
PWP#5 Assigned:
4/25 (A)
4/26 (B)
PWP#5 Rough Draft:
Due on TurnItIn.com
5/3 (A)
5/4 (B)
PWP#5 Polished Draft:
Due on TurnItIn.com
5/11 (A)
No Fear Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet 2016-2017
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 for reading updates.
Romeo and Juliet Online Link
Romeo and Juliet Online Link
Tuesday/Wednesday (4/25&26): Read Act One Scene 1
Thursday/Friday (4/27&28): Read Act One Scene 2&3
* Character Chart - Fill out for each mentioned major character, any minor character that is not on the chart you will need to add briefly at the bottom of the page, or on a separate page that you staple to this one. (Paris, Peter, Sampson and Gregory, Abram, Prince).
Week Two: 5/1- 5/5
Monday/Tuesday (5/1&5/2): Read Act One Scene 4&5
* Act 1 Study Guide - If completed, student will receive 1 extra point on 10pt Quiz.
* Quiz Wednesday/Thursday (5/3&5/4)
Wednesday/Thursday (5/3&5/4): Read Act 2 Prologue and Scene 1&2
* Act 1 Quiz Today
* Finish reading Act 2 Scene 2 for Homework
* Character Chart - Fill out for each mentioned major character, any minor character that is not on the chart you will need to add briefly at the bottom of the page, or on a separate page that you staple to this one. (Paris, Peter, Sampson and Gregory, Abram, Prince).
Week Two: 5/1- 5/5
Monday/Tuesday (5/1&5/2): Read Act One Scene 4&5
* Act 1 Study Guide - If completed, student will receive 1 extra point on 10pt Quiz.
* Quiz Wednesday/Thursday (5/3&5/4)
Wednesday/Thursday (5/3&5/4): Read Act 2 Prologue and Scene 1&2
* Act 1 Quiz Today
* Finish reading Act 2 Scene 2 for Homework
Week Three: 5/8- 5/12
Friday/Monday (5/5&5/8):
* Balcony Scene Chart (See Separate Blog Post Above)
Tuesday/Wednesday (5/9&5/10): Read Act Two Scene 3&4
* Act 2 Study Guide
* If you were absent for an SOL you need to read this on your own time!
* Romeo and Juliet Terms
Thursday/Friday (5/11&5/12):
* Watch Zeffirelli R&J Version through Balcony Scene.
Week Four: 5/15- 5/19
Monday/Tuesday (5/15&5/16): Read Act Two Scene 5&6
* Act 2 Quiz next class (5/17&5/18)
* Study Act 2 Study Guide AND Romeo and Juliet Terms (Above)
Wednesday/Thursday (5/17&5/18): Read Act Three Scene 1
* Act 2 Quiz
Friday/Monday (5/19&5/22): Read Act Three Scene 2&3
* R&J Timeline Handout
* Continue DiCaprio R&J Movie
Week Five: 5/22- 5/26
Tuesday/Wednesday (5/23&5/24): Read Act Three Scene 4&5
* Finish R&J Timeline Handout
* Use Timeline to Study
* Timeline Quiz NEXT class (Thursday 5/25 & Friday 5/26)
Thursday/Friday (5/25&5/26): Read Act Four Scene 1-4
* Timeline Quiz
* PWP Edits due on Turnitin.com by 5/30(A) and 5/31(B)
Week Six: 5/30- 6/2
Tuesday/Wednesday (5/30&5/31): Read Act Four Scene 5, Act Five Scene 1&2
* PWP Edits due 5/30(A - Today) and 5/31(B)
* Any Timeline Quiz Retakes need to be done in the morning 8:45-9:15 before 6/1
(Academic Only, if you are eligible there is a note in Phoenix).
* Socratic Seminar on R&J 6/5(A) and 6/6(B)
Thursday/Friday (6/1&6/2): Read Act Five Scene 3
* Socratic Seminar Prep Sheet
* Socratic Seminar on R&J 6/5(A) and 6/6(B)
Friday, April 21, 2017
Shakespeare Vocabulary
ABIDE:
wait
ALACK
or ALAS: an exclamation of sorrow or dismay:
ANON:
immediately; at once:
ART:
are:
AY:
yes; "oh"
BID
or BADE: ask or direct
COUNSEL:
advice
DOFF:
take off; lay aside
DOST
or DOTH: do
DRAW:
take out or unsheathe a sword for action
E'ER:
ever
ERE:
before
FOE:
enemy
FRAY:
fight; brawl
GOD-DEN
or GOOD-DEN: good afternoon or evening
HARK
or HARKEN: Listen
HAST
or HATH: has
HENCE:
away from here
HIE:
go, hasten, hurry
HITHER:
here; to this place
JOVE:
Jupiter, the most powerful Roman god
KINSMEN:
relatives
KNAVE:
servant or one of lowly position; a rascal
MARRY:
certainly; a mild oath; by the Virgin Mary
MUTINY:
revolt; fighting, violence
NAUGHT:
nothing
NAY:
no
NE'ER:
never
O'ER:
over
OFT:
often
PRITHEE:
please (I ask you)
RAPIER:
a long, narrow, two-edged sword used for thrusting
REVELS:
festivities and merry-making
SHALT:
shall
SIRRAH:
how one in authority addresses a servant
STRIFE:
a quarrel, struggle, or clash
THEE:
you (object)
THINE:
yours
THITHER:
there
THOU:
you (subject)
THY:
your
TIS:
it is'
’TWIXT:
between
TWAIN
two
VILLAIN:
scoundrel; a low, dishonorable person
WAST:
was
WHENCE:
from what place
WHEREFORE:
why
WHITHER:
where
WILT:
will
WOE:
grief, trouble, sadness
WRETCHED:
unfortunate, miserable, despicable
WRIT:
written
YE:
you
YONDER:
over there
Monday, April 17, 2017
Vocab List #6
Quizlet: Vocab List #6 Quizlet
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Ninth
Grade Vocabulary – List Six
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Prefixes
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chrom-
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color
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chromatic, monochrome,
polychrome
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col- / com-
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with
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collaborate, committee, communal, community
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cryph- / crypt-
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concealed, secret
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encryption
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dox-
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belief, opinion
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orthodoxy, paradox, heterodoxy
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Roots/Bases
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fil-
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threadlike
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filament
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geo-
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earth
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geopolitical, geology, geography,
geothermal
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il-
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not (makes the word
negative)
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illogical, illegitimate, illicit, illegal, illegible
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liter-
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letter
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literature, illiterate, literal
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loc-
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place
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local, location
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mar-
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sea
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marine, mariner
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multi-
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many
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multiply, multitask,
multimodal
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re-
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again, back
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repeat, recede, regress (step back),
rebuild
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rupt-
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Break
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erupt, rupture
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