“Decoration Day” Planning

“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 with yesterday and ranked them. Afterward, students began planning just...
Friar’s Soliloquy and the Project

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 flecked darkness like a drunkard reels From forth...
Balcony Scene

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. HomeworkEnglish I Honors:  reread 2.2 in No Fear Shakespeare; begin working...
Preparing for the Test

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 I provided a handout and we annotated and discussed...
Two Arguments

Two Arguments

Today we looked at a couple of famous passages in 1.5. The first is the torches passage: There is a lot happening in that passage, including the introduction of the primary motif in the play: light and dark. We also read Romeo and Juliet’s meeting: It...