Students today looked at Juliet's last long soliloquy in which she contemplates the consequences of taking the potion that Friar Laurence gave her: Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again. I...
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Project Work
Students today worked on their Romeo and Juliet projects. It was not something I'd planned on doing, but as I was looking at students' work as they came to me in the morning before school, I...
Timeline and Explosion
Today we looked at the timeline of the play for a few minutes at the start of class: Students were surprised at the realization that it's only Monday night and everything began Sunday morning....
Connections
We began today by going over the latest article of the week, looking at a complete of connections that I wanted students to make within the text. Afterward, we returned to the work of tracking down...
Continuing with Echoes and Connections
Students who were not taking the PSAT today continued working on the same work from yesterday in which we examine various passages in the play to see how Shakespeare is having his characters echo...
Gallery Walk
Today, we looked at several passages in 3.2 and 3.3 in a super-spaced, socially-distanced gallery walk, which we held in the library: Students examined various passages, and after working their way...
Writing CMs
Students began working today on the commentary for their paragraphs connecting "Decoration Day" and Romeo and Juliet. Most students managed to complete very, very rough drafts of the two paragraphs....
“Decoration Day” Planning
Students today worked on their first song for the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack project. Specifically, we made a list of all the connections between the song and the play that students had come up...
Friar’s Soliloquy and the Project
We've spent the last couple of days going over Friar Lawrence's soliloquy that opens 2.3: The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night, Chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of light, And...
Balcony Scene Completed
We finished going over the balcony scene today, one of the most famous scenes in theater history. We reviewed our earlier work and shared with the class our findings as we explored: elliptical...
Balcony Scene
Students today went over the test from yesterday, looking particularly at the extra credit. Then we went over the balcony scene (2.2). We'll be spending a few days looking at this.
Preparing for the Test
Today all classes prepared for tomorrow's test. If you weren't here today, you can complete the work at this link. Remember: Review the passages we went over in class, especially the ones for which...
