Week+17+-+Shakespeare

//Silent reading -- 15 minutes.// //Today -- 5 paragraph essay...handout org sheet.//
 * //18 January//**
 * //17 January//**

//Silent reading//

//Perfect Mate review//

//A few more notes...//

//Reviewing the Prologue together...translate//

//Character breakdown and family divisions//

__//Capulet//__ //Juliet// //Juliet's parents// //Tybalt// //Nurse// //Paris// //Sampson & Gregory//

__//Montague//__ //Romeo// //Romeo's parents// //Benvolio// //Balthasar//

__//Friends//__ //Friar Laurence// //Mercutio// //Prince//

//Facebook activity...summarize// //Romeo and Juliet in 9 minutes -- video//

//Discuss 'The Brawl'//

//* Homework check Perfect Mate sheet// //* Silent reading//
 * //14 January//**

//Prologue activity -- translate// //Facebook activity -- summarize// //* Reminder of 'Perfect Mate' sheet for R+J.// //* Reminder of silent reading for tomorrow.// //Silent reading -- THE VISITOR. -- this is the second story in your package from yesterday. Please read and answer the questions that follow.// //NOTES:// //Anything from yesterday?// //Reminder: Shakespeare was 'just a guy'. He was very good at what he did and many of the themes and storylines that he wrote about are still discussed and imitated.// //-- notes// //Review the Prologue...handout if possible. TRANSLATE, just to know that you can. Find words you know...fill in the blanks.// //DEATH!// //VIOLENCE!// //LOVE!// //...even some drugs!// //Facebook activity...// //In pairs, please review the Facebook profile and Wall for Juliet Capulet. Answer the following:// //1. List all characters presented according to family (Capulet or Montague).// //2. Summarize what happens. It is listed chronologically.// //[|R+J Teacher's guide]// //Quickwrite...// //Do you believe in love at first sight? Explain.// //OR// //Continue / complete yesterday's writing.// //PLEASE HAVE SILENT READING BOOK FOR TOMORROW.// //Homework check...if enough complete, discuss together.//
 * //13 January//**
 * //12 January//**

//Introduction to Shakespeare// //Quick brainstorm...what do you know about Shakespeare?// //Likes / dislikes?// //History? Time period? Type of work?//

//Shakespeare's Life and Times -- Shakespeare was just a guy//



//-- these are notes.//



//[|Home Activity] -- print and hand out...for tomorrow.//

-- //handout//





//Reduced Shakespeare Company// //Zefirelli's version R+J//


 * //11 January//**

//Quickwrite...// //Have you ever been in a relationship that your parents did not approve of? What was their reaction? What was your reaction? At any point did one side 'understand' the other?// //OR// //Have you ever done something that, according to your parents, was really wrong? What was their reaction? What was your reaction? At any point did one side 'understand' the other?// //OR// //Is the saying 'Bros before Ho's' true? Why or why not?//

-- my notes