Third Quarter, LOVE
January 29th, 2018
Essential Questions for the Quarter
- Are the "rules" of love the same across cultures and time?
- Is love the same for both genders?
- How does media portray love?
- What is Platonic love?
- What is love at first sight?
- Does media help us understand love?
- What are the messages about love in media?
- What role does social media play in relationships?
- What age are children able to have a serious relationship?
- What role should a parent have in a child's relationship?
- What are the boundaries for sacrifice in the name of love?
- Are the messages about love from Shakespeare valuable today?
- Why would parents think they know something about love?
- What are the dangers of love?
- Is an arranged marriage good for children?
- Is love possible if you never see the other person with your eyes?
- Would you still love someone if they were badly disfigured in an accident?
- Who should you take advice about love and relationships from?
****We will begin reading Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (ACTS I, II, and III), and go over the presentation on the plot of each act. ****
ACTS I,II,III will be handed out along with their worksheets that go along with each act. Please be sure to always bring these two pieces of material to class every.
***WORKSHEETS FOR EACH ACT----- These worksheets will be used to help guide you as you explain the plot from your act of Romeo and Juliet to the class on 2/8.***
- Mr. Galanaugh and myself will be walking around to answer any questions and to help clarify anything needed. :)
WORKSHEETS FOR EACH ACT----- These worksheets will be used to help guide you as you explain the plot from your act of Romeo and Juliet to the class on 2/8.
ACT I
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Directions: Use complete sentences and provide line numbers as evidence for each response:
1) What is said to start the fight in the beginning?
2) How would you describe Benvolio based on his actions?
3) What does Tybalt do in response to Benvolio?
4) Who is Rosaline to Romeo?
5) What does Paris ask for that Lord Capulet has control over?
6) Why do you think Lord Capulet says:
Look at anyone you like, and
choose whatever woman seems best to you.
Once you see a lot of girls, you might not think
my daughter’s the best anymore. Come along
with me.
7) Why does Romeo go to the masquerade ball?
8) What job does the Nurse have?
9) What does Lady Capulet reveal when she wants to talk with Juliet?
10) What happens between Romeo and Juliet in Scene 5? How is it initiated?
ACT II
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Directions: Use complete sentences and provide line numbers as evidence for each response:
1) What is the Act II’s prologue telling us about Romeo’s love?
2) Why might Romeo compare Juliet’s eyes to the stars?
3) What does Juliet object to Romeo’s swearing?
4) Explain lines 85-106 (Original text) what could these lines tell us about Juliet’s character?
5) What is a Friar?
6) What does Romeo ask Friar Lawrence to do?
7) Mercutio treats the Nurse in an unusual way -- why does he treat her this way?
8) Juliet is very impatient to hear news from Romeo. What image does she use in her soliloquy to express this?
9) Why does the Nurse purposely ignore Juliet’s request to share news from Romeo?
10) What is Friar Lawrence trying to convey to Romeo in the lines below:
These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
ACT III
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
1) How does Mercutio describe Benvolio?
2) Who insults Romeo? What does that person say that insults Romeo?
3) Explain Mercutio’s pun “Ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man”—
4) What does the Prince decide at the end of scene 1?
5) What arrangements have been made between Juliet and the Nurse?
6) Why does Romeo believe banishment is worse than death?
7) What is Lady Capulet’s plan? How does Juliet react to the plan?
8) Juliet says, “And yet no man like he doth grieve my heart.” How does Lady Capulet interpret Juliet’s words?
9) How does Juliet respond to the news from her mother about marrying Paris in three days’ time?
10) What does Juliet’s words tell us about the mental state of a thirteen year old in love?
January 30th, 2018
We will be finishing up reading Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare while filling out worksheets given on 1/29. You and your group members will come up with a way to explain the plot of your act you were given to read . Presentations will begin on Monday February 5th, 2018.
***WORKSHEETS FOR EACH ACT----- These worksheets will be used to help guide you as you explain the plot from your act of Romeo and Juliet to the class on 2/5.***
- Mr. Galanaugh and myself will be walking around to answer any questions and to help clarify anything needed. :)
January 31st, 2018
Continue working on your worksheets and discuss with your group members how you will present the plot of your act on Monday 2/5 to the class. Use the worksheets given to you on Monday that you and your group members have been filling out, these worksheets will help guide you to plan for your presentations.
- As always Mr. Galanaugh and I will be walking around to help with any questions on the worksheets or about the presentations.
February 1st, 2018
Continue working on your worksheets assigned for your act. Remember to prepare for your presentation on your acts plot for Monday 2/5.
February 2nd, 2018
Today we will be in the library for library skills lesson
Elizabethan (Shakespearian) Wedding Research Assignment
There are multiple factors we are doing this research assignment. One of them being that you will learn about a topic that you would have never known about before. Within this research assignment you will learn about interesting and unknown facts that you will want to share with the rest of the class. For this assignment you will be researching and presenting aspects of weddings for historical perspective.
In Order to receive FULL CREDIT you MUST write down three very important things when you find a FACT. Any resource where you found a fact you MUST write down on a SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER:
1) The name of the Website you find the information on (The title of the webpage).
2) The author (this may be an organization) of the Website.
3) The date it was published.
No WIKI!!!!!
PART I
**Be sure to find fun and interesting ideas about your topic, your group will decide on which topic is best to use as the center of the project
Elizabethan or Shakespearian England--- Each member of your group should locate and identify the source of a fact for the categories below:
1. Meeting, Dating, Betrothal, Poetry,
2. Invitations, Seating, Social Status, Calligraphy
3. Conversation, Language, Slang, Traditions
4. Dance, Music, Decorations, Lyrics
5. Food, Serving, Locations, Expenses
6. Religion, Vows, Ceremony, Living Arrangements
7. Children, Family, Legitimacy, and the Law
8. Expenses, Parents, The Church
PART II
Now that your group has chosen whose plan is going to be used for this research assignment, we can dive right into the fun stuff. We begin the research process which is where we learn all about that community's process of getting married .
Modern: As a group, select a country or geographic area in the US to research and SIGN UP WITH A TEACHER so there are no duplicates.
1. You and your group members actually have to plan a wedding on a calendar to take place next year! The wedding MUST be planned in the area selected and cite all expenses bases on the average for that area. Begin with a question like the following: "What is the average cost of a wedding on long island?" Use the internet for planners and guides. *** YOU CANNOT GO OVER THE AVERAGE COST IN YOUR PLANNING***
1. Meeting, Dating, Betrothal, Poetry,
2. Invitations, Seating, Social Status, Calligraphy
3. Conversation, Language, Slang, Traditions
4. Dance, Music, Decorations, Lyrics
5. Food, Serving, Locations, Expenses
6. Religion, Vows, Ceremony, Living Arrangements
7. Children, Family, Legitimacy, and the Law
8. Expenses, Parents, The Church
PART III
Create a collage with pictures representing your wedding and present a calendar to the class with any challenges you had to overcome or difficult choices you had to make….
If you select an alternate method of presentation you are responsible to get me a COPY of your work and to have it available so that your group can present it if anyone is absent.
-As a group you will present your wedding to the class.