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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
The Balcony Scene and Holocaust Denial
Today in first and fourth periods we took another look at 2.1 and 2.2 of Romeo and Juliet. We worked on identifying hidden stage directions in the text and got into groups to investigate a set of...
Prompt Books and Comparison Cubed
First and fourth periods had a short quiz on act one of Romeo and Juliet and then worked on making a prompt book of the first few lines of 2.1. We first determined what a prompt book is and...
Romeo meets Juliet
First and fourth periods looked at the final scene of act one in which Romeo and Juliet finally meet. In addition, we went over the basics of this quarter's major project so students can start...
Arguments and Terror
First and fourth periods worked with 1.5 of Romeo and Juliet, examining two passages when the young couple first meet each other. ...
Scene Five and Individual Assessment
First and fourth periods continued with yesterday's EQ: "How does Shakespeare include stage directions in the dialog" by acting/directing the whole of 1.5. We then watched a professional performance...
Final Projects and 1.5 Stage Directions
First and fourth periods finished up the work on Queen Mab. Students discussed their illustration...
Dussel and Mab
First and fourth periods are a little ahead of schedule: we worked on Mab today. We'll finish up tomorrow. Second and seventh periods are right on schedule. The last presentation will be tomorrow,...
Loving Dussel
First and fourth periods combined scenes two and three from the first act with bits of scene one in order to examine various characters' views on love and marriage. The chart we used is available...
Poor Romeo and Mr. Dussel
First and fourth periods looked at how Romeo is first introduced. They broke into groups to change the words into modern language. They also looked at a modern version of Romeo and Juliet. Second...
Opening Scene and More Schaffer
First and fourth periods looked at humor in the opening scene of Romeo and Juliet. We viewed three separate clips of the opening and looked at how the director tried to add comedic elements to make...
Puns and Tempers
First and fourth periods looked at how and why Shakespeare used questionable humor in his plays. We looked at the first 30 lines to determine how Shakespeare uses puns to create an opening that...
