Timeline and Assessment

Timeline and Assessment

English I students read 3.4, where we make a couple of discoveries: Juliet has to marry by Thursday. It’s late Monday evening. Things have gotten From this information, we were able to create a timeline, which surprised students. Yes, only approximately 36 hours...
Claims and Supporting Evidence

Claims and Supporting Evidence

Everyone was working on arguments in one form or another today. English I students were creating claims about the connections between “Decoration Day” and Romeo and Juliet. Students came up with three claims: In both the song and the play there are feuds...
Project and Questions

Project and Questions

English I students worked on the major project for the Romeo and Juliet unit. We first looked at the encounter between Romeo and Tybalt to make some connections clear: We then turned our attention to “Decoration Day,” the song we will all be working on...
Arguments about 3.1

Arguments about 3.1

English I students worked on the big turn in Romeo and Juliet: act 3 scene 1. We worked on summarizing and will return to it later in the unit with other scenes. We also began the mini-unit on active and passive voice. Students will need to take the pre-assessment...