Friday, Oct. 16th
We went over the key quotations in Act IV, adding to the notes we are making on Juliet's character. We reviewed using Plickers, then we wrote a paragraph on the character of Juliet. You should have referred to your notes, and the results of your paragraph on Romeo as a courtly lover (which we wrote on Sept. 15th). We are trying to improve on our paragraph writing by learning from experience.
The test on ROMEO AND JULIET, scheduled for Oct. 27th, will feature the skills we have been practicing in class. You can start reviewing for this now.
ASSIGNMENTS: If your name appears below, please come to the catch up session on October 22 , 3:30- 4:30 p.m.
Act One Literary Devices (10 marks) due Sept. 28th
MISSING: Beren, Aaban, Lucas, Jack, Leo, Asher...Sept. 28th
Love Sonnet (50 marks) due Oct. 1st
MISSING: Beren
Balcony Scene Sentences (5) due Oct. 5th
MISSING: Beren,Clayton, Qamar, Asher
Paragraph on Juliet (30) due Oct. 16th
MISSING: Beren,Jack
Wednesday, Oct. 14th
We read, discussed, and viewed III.iii. to the end of IV today. We added to the notes on Juliet's character in particular as we will be writing about her very soon. We will finish going over the key quotations from Act IV next class.
ASSIGNMENTS: If your name appears below, please come to the catch up session on October 22 , 3:30- 4:30 p.m.
Act One Literary Devices (10 marks) due Sept. 28th
MISSING: Beren, Aaban, Lucas, Jack, Leo, Asher...Sept. 28th
Love Sonnet (50 marks) due Oct. 1st
MISSING: Beren
Balcony Scene Sentences (5) due Oct. 5th
MISSING: Beren,Clayton, Qamar, Asher
Friday, Oct. 9th
We read, discussed, and viewed III.i.-iii. today, adding notes on key quotations, particularly those that reveal Juliet's character.
ASSIGNMENTS: If your name appears below, please come to the catch up session on October 22 , 3:30- 4:30 p.m.
Act One Literary Devices (10 marks) due Sept. 28th
MISSING: Beren, Aaban, Lucas, Jack, Leo, Asher...Sept. 28th
Love Sonnet (50 marks) due Oct. 1st
MISSING: Beren
Balcony Scene Sentences (5) due Oct. 5th
MISSING: Beren,Clayton, Qamar, Asher
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, Oct. 7th
We finished reading, discussing, and viewing ACT II of Romeo and Juliet. This included noting quotations on Juliet's character. We will continue these notes in the upcoming classes. We did a review of Acts I and II today, giving you a glimpse at the types of questions you will be getting on the end of unit test.
ASSIGNMENTS: If your name appears below, please come to the catch up session on October 22 , 3:30- 4:30 p.m.
Act One Literary Devices (10 marks) due Sept. 28th
MISSING: Beren, Aaban, Lucas, Jack, Leo, Asher...Sept. 28th
Love Sonnet (50 marks) due Oct. 1st
MISSING: Beren
Balcony Scene Sentences (5) due Oct. 5th
MISSING: Beren,Clayton, Qamar, Asher
Monday, Oct. 5th
The love sonnets were returned today. We read and discussed II.ii. to II.iii. today.
If your name appears below, please come to the catch up session on October 22 , 3:30- 4:30 p.m.
ASSIGNMENTS
Act One Literary Devices (10 marks) due Sept. 28th
MISSING: Beren, Aaban, Lucas, Jack, Leo, Asher...Sept. 28th
Love Sonnet (50 marks) due Oct. 1st
MISSING: Beren
Balcony Scene Sentences (5) due Oct. 5th
MISSING: Beren,Clayton, Qamar, Asher
Thursday, Oct. 1st
Sorry to miss you today. You should have written your love sonnet today and handed it in at the end of class.
See you on Monday!
ASSIGNMENTS
Act One Literary Devices (10 marks) due Sept. 28th
MISSING: Beren, Aaban, Lucas, Jack, Leo, Asher...Sept. 28th
Love Sonnet (50 marks) due Oct. 1st
MISSING: Beren
Monday, Sept. 28th
We wrote an example of each of the literary devices we reviewed from Act One and handed this in.
Please bring the LYRICS of the love song you have chosen to class on Thursday. You will need it for the love sonnet you will be writing.
We started reading, viewing, and discussing the famous balcony scene , II. ii., and noting references to the sun, moon, family, boldness, reticence, plans, religion, and fears. We will finish this in the class after next class.
ASSIGNMENTS
Act One Literary Devices (10 marks) due Sept. 28th
MISSING: Beren, Aaban, Lucas, Jack, Leo, Asher...Sept. 28th
Wednesday, Sept. 23rd
We looked at our playlists and found song lyrics that express LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, UNREQUITED LOVE, and THWARTED LOVE , and shared these with the whole class. The lists are on Teams. Your HOMEWORK is to choose one of these songs ( or find one of your own) and PRINT OUT/ COPY OUT the lyrics. Bring this to class on October 1st.
We read and discussed the PROLOGUE at the beginning of Act Two and reviewed the criteria for a SONNET. The opening prologue in Act One is another example of a sonnet. I also showed you three pop songs that had been turned into sonnets. You will be doing this on Oct. 1st. The first step is to find the lyrics of a song( see your homework above).
At the end of class, we reviewed some of the definitions of LITERARY DEVICES in Act One of Romeo and Juliet. We will continue with this next class.
Monday, Sept. 21st
We read, discussed, and viewed I.iv. and I.v. of Romeo and Juliet today. Hopefully, you wrote down the key lines from these two scenes as we went over them. At the end of class, we listed the literary devices we have discussed so far. We will continue with this and do some creative writing next class.
Thursday, Sept. 17th
After going over the basic PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE, and looking at an example of how to integrate supporting quotations, we finished our paragraphs on Romeo behaving like a courtly lover. We read and discussed I.ii.-iii., highlighting key lines and devices.
Have a good weekend!
Tuesday, Sept. 15th
We went over the concept of COURTLY LOVE, and we did a review of key figures in CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY. Then we read and discussed the rest of I.i. from line 101 onwards. At the end of class, we started answering the question of how Romeo acts as a courtly lover in this scene. You should answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES and use SUPPORTING QUOTATIONS. I collected what you have written so far and will give you comments and suggestions. You will get another 15 minutes on Thursday to finish your response.
Please bring Romeo and Juliet with you to every class.
Friday, Sept. 11th
We made observations on the form and techniques used in the PROLOGUE (17). Then we read I.i.1-101 and discussed it. We watched and discussed Franco Zefferelli and Baz Luhrman's versions of the fight scene, and noted the CHARACTER FOILS in Tybalt and Benvolio. As an introduction to yet another foil, Romeo, we did a "psychology test" to figure out what kind of lover we might be. We will apply all this to Romeo next class.
Have a good weekend!
Wednesday, Sept. 9th
After an introduction to the course (refer to the COURSE OUTLINE posted on Teams), we did a writing sample on two prompts which were worked into the introduction to Romeo and Juliet. We read and discussed the PROLOGUE to Act One, and signed up for parts in I.i.1-100 which we will read next class. If you signed up for a part, please read over your lines. If there are any questions or difficulties, please let me know on Friday.