I copied the file onto my server only to prevent the hot-linking that would occur otherwise, given the media plug-in I use on this site. The song is from here.

First period finished up “Ballad of Birmingham” by paraphrasing each stanza and then listening to the song version:

Ballad of Birmingham

Second period continued with Romeo and Juliet.

Juliet and the Nurse (engraving by James Parker)

Second period went through two scenes from act 1: scenes 2 and 3. Students looked carefully at the natures of Juliet, Lady Capulet, and the Nurse, coming up with three adjectives for each, and backing up those descriptions with quotes from the play.

(We actually did 2.5 scenes, as we really did the last half of scene 1 at the beginning of class.)

Fourth period did much the same as first period.

Sixth period was a little behind from yesterday. We went through “Ballad of Birmingham” and played catch-up with first and fourth periods.

Homework

• First period: paraphrase the following lines from “Runagate, Runagate”
  • 1-7
  • 21-29
  • 45-53.
• Second period:
  • read act I scene 4;
  • complete questions from study guide.
• Fourth and sixth period: none.

“Juliet and the Nurse” from WikiCommons.