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: The second step was to look at some of the pronouns and determine...
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 the play. We’ll begin Romeo and Juliet tomorrow. Second and...
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: “Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of...
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 adventure. We looked at a couple of things to be aware of when writing in...
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. Second and seventh periods, after doing some comparative reading...
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