English I students began looking at Romeo and Juliet in earnest today, exploring the confusing opening with Gregory and Sampson. English 8 students worked on their research project, looking at how to summarize research notes effectively. HomeworkEnglish 8 Studies:...
English I students began the centerpiece of the whole year’s curriculum: Romeo and Juliet. We began with the prologue, looking for some patterns and repetitions as well as a few surprises. Much to everyone’s surprise, the opening lines contain a spoiler,...
We looked at the final soliloquy in the play, when Romeo loses all sense of rationality and makes a horrible decision based primarily on emotion. We examined how Shakespeare develops this idea within the text by extensive use of “O”; chaotic changes in the...
Students today began the final textual analysis of Romeo and Juliet, looking at Romeo’s final soliloquy: In faith, I will. Let me peruse this face. Mercutio’s kinsman, noble County Paris! What said my man, when my betossed soul Did not attend him as we...
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 have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins, That almost...
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