First and fourth periods looked at the prologue to act 1, scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet. We read it and marked it a number of ways. The first step as always, check for unknown/unfamiliar words: ...
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First Steps into Shakespeare and Final Steps of Writing
First and fourth periods finished up our article from yesterday before going into an overview of general concerns about reading Shakespeare (specific linguistic differences) and an introduction to...
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Examining Organization and Drafting Paragraphs
First and fourth periods began the unit on Romeo and Juliet by reading an informational text about why Shakespeare still resonates with today's readers. We were working with standard RI.9-10.3:...
Sonnets and Web Site Evaluation
First and fourth periods finished up the poetry mini-unit by looking at how to write a sonnet. There's substantial planning involved, and we went through the steps as a class. First period's initial...
Sonnet 130 and Comparison
First and fourth periods broke into groups and worked on paraphrasing Sonnet 130, and then went over it. Students also practiced writing iambic pentameter in preparation for our sonnet writing...
Sonnets and Close Reading
First and fourth periods finished up their in-depth analysis of Shakespeare's Sonnet 29. After analyzing the sonnet, we moved on to Sonnet 18 to start piecing together the elements of a sonnet....
Analyzing and Comparing
First and Fourth periods continued working on their projects by analyzing and dividing, Shakespeare's Sonnet 29. We'll take a bit more time tomorrow to finish this up Second and seventh periods...
Slips of Understanding and Play Prep
First and fourth periods looked at Shakespeare's Sonnet number twenty-nine. When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless...
Parsing Long Sentences and the CRAP Test
First and fourth period students had a relatively relaxing day, playing with incredibly long sentences that we took apart or created, all in anticipation of parsing some of Shakespeare's long...
Meter and More Acting/Reading
First and fourth periods looked at meter in anticipation of tackling Romeo and Juliet. We'll be finishing up the poetry unit by looking at sonnets before heading off to R&J. (Notes for both...
Villanelles and Comparisons
Today in first and fourth periods we explored the poetic form known as the villanelle. We evaluated the patterns in poems such as "The Waking" and "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" to...
