Romeo+and+Juliet

__**Monday, June 9th and Wednesday, June 11th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__

__**Monda****y,** **Jun****e** **2nd and Wednesday, June 4th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can use our before, during, and after reading strategies to analyze a piece of text.
 * **Before Reading Strategy**: We can discuss previous knowledge of the text
 * **During Reading Strategy**: We can examine key words and phrases to dissect the tone and storyline
 * **After Reading Strategy:** We can examine personal ideas and view points of what the text is saying to us
 * We can question and reflect on personal responses and interpretations
 * We can use a visual representation (movie) of a specific text (Romeo and Juliet) for clarification of author's message
 * We can participate in partner, group, and whole class discussion to examine meaning of Romeo and Juliet

__** How we will learn it **__ __**Monday, June** **2nd**__: During this class we will be continuing to work through Act 4 of the play. Please don't forget that we have moved your quiz for Act 3 to Monday, June 9th.

__**Wednesday, June 4th**__: Continuing through Act 4! Let's get it done!

If you need a copy of the text for Romeo and Juliet, to view online, please CLICK HERE



__**Monday, May 26th and Wednesday, May 28th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can use our before, during, and after reading strategies to analyze a piece of text.
 * **Before Reading Strategy**: We can discuss previous knowledge of the text
 * **During Reading Strategy**: We can examine key words and phrases to dissect the tone and storyline
 * **After Reading Strategy:** We can examine personal ideas and view points of what the text is saying to us
 * We can question and reflect on personal responses and interpretations
 * We can use a visual representation (movie) of a specific text (Romeo and Juliet) for clarification of author's message
 * We can participate in partner, group, and whole class discussion to examine meaning of Romeo and Juliet

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, Ma****y**__ **__26th and Thursday, May 28th__:** It's been awhile! Today we are going to get through more of Act 3 and hopefully be done it all by the end of Thursday's class! I'll also be giving your the study questions for Act 3. We will watch the Act 3 part of the movie next Monday and we will also have your quiz!

Here are the Act 3 questions, if needed:



If you need a copy of the text for Romeo and Juliet, to view online, please CLICK HERE

Have a great weekend! :)



__**Monday, May 12th and Thursday, May 14th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can use our before, during, and after reading strategies to analyze a piece of text.
 * **Before Reading Strategy**: We can discuss previous knowledge of the text
 * **During Reading Strategy:** We can examine key words and phrases to dissect the tone and storyline
 * **After Reading Strategy**: We can examine personal ideas and view points of what the text is saying to us
 * We can question and reflect on personal responses and interpretations
 * We can use a visual representation (movie) of a specific text (Romeo and Juliet) for clarification of author's message
 * We can participate in partner, group, and whole class discussion to examine meaning of Romeo and Juliet

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, Ma****y**__ **__12th__:** Hope you all had a great weekend! Today is your quiz for Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet. Once everyone has completed the quiz, we will take it up as a class so you know your mark before the end. We will then continue on into Act 3.

__**Thursday, May 14th**__: We will continue on with Act 3 from where we left off on Monday. Here are the study questions for you to download, if you need them:



If you need a copy of the text for Romeo and Juliet, to view online, please CLICK HERE

We will finish up Act 3, next week and move onto Act 4. Just two more acts and will be completed! EXCITING!

Have a great weekend!



__**Thursday, May 8th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can use our before, during, and after reading strategies to analyze a piece of text.
 * **Before Reading Strategy**: We can predict what the text will be about in an upcoming scene
 * **During Reading Strategy**: We can note key ideas and what supports them (what the text says and what it means)
 * **After Reading Strategy**: We can recall, paraphrase and summarize the text of the author's message
 * We can question and reflect on personal responses and interpretations
 * We can use a visual representation (movie) of a specific text (Romeo and Juliet) for clarification of author's message
 * We can participate in partner, group, and whole class discussion to examine meaning of Romeo and Juliet

__** How we will learn it **__ Today's class was pretty straight forward as we took up Act 2 questions and watched the video for Act 2. Please remember that your quiz for Act 2 will be on Monday, May 12th. The format will be similar to the Act 1 quiz. Please be prepared!

If you need a copy of the text for Romeo and Juliet, to view online, please CLICK HERE

Have a great weekend!



__**Monday, April 29th and Thursday, May 1st, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can use our before, during, and after reading strategies to analyze a piece of text.
 * **Before Reading Strategy**: We can predict what the text will be about in an upcoming scene
 * **During Reading Strategy**: We can note key ideas and what supports them (what the text says and what it means)
 * **After Reading Strategy**: We can recall, paraphrase and summarize the text of the author's message
 * We can question and reflect on personal responses and interpretations
 * We can use a visual representation (movie) of a specific text (Romeo and Juliet) for clarification of author's message
 * We can participate in partner, group, and whole class discussion to examine meaning of Romeo and Juliet

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, April**__ **__29th__:** Today and Thursday, we will be continuing on with the play as we look at Act 2. We will finish up scene 1 and 2, if we haven't already done so, and we will continue on into scene three and four. So, Romeo and Juliet have decided to do something pretty outrageous and the questions we have to answer is "is this a good thing or a bad thing?" What do you think? Would you tell your friends and family? Are they too young to make this decision? Is this really love? We will continue working through this on Thursday!

__**Thursday, May 1st**__: Today we will continue work getting through Act 2 by working on scenes 3 and 4. Obviously our two main characters have decided to get married because the "love" each other so much (you know why we use quotation marks on the word "love"). As we continue through the next few scenes, take note of how fast this engagement is going. We know why Friar Laurence wants to marry Romeo and Juliet. Do you believe it is a good enough reason for these two characters to get married? Please remember, your study questions are key for success on the Act 2 quiz.

Here are the study questions for Act 2:



Next week we will finish up Act 2, view the part of the movie for Act 2, have our quiz, and begin on one of our projects for the book!

If you need a copy of the text for Romeo and Juliet, to view online, please CLICK HERE

Have a great weekend!



__**Monday, April 7th and Wednesday, April 9th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can use our before, during, and after reading strategies to analyze a piece of text.
 * Before Reading Strategy: We can predict what the text will be about in an upcoming scene
 * During Reading Strategy: We can note key ideas and what supports them (what the text says and what it means)
 * After Reading Strategy: We can recall, paraphrase and summarize the text of the author's message
 * We can question and reflect on personal responses and interpretations
 * We can use a visual representation (movie) of a specific text (Romeo and Juliet) for clarification of author's message
 * We can participate in partner, group, and whole class discussion to examine meaning of Romeo and Juliet

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, Ap****ril**__ **__7th__:** Hope all of you had an awesome weekend. Today we are going to be looking at a visual representation of Romeo and Juliet by using the old 1960s version of the play. Our objective is to be able to view all of Act 1 on the movie without being able to use the scripts that we have been using in class and for use to know what is going on within the story. Also, it would be great to see if you could find some differences between the movie and the script (we will discuss in the class after). We will also be taking up the Act 1 questions in class. ** Don't forget that your first quiz for Romeo and Juliet (Act 1 Quiz) will be on Wednesday, April 9th! **We will be taking up our Act 1 study questions before viewing the movie. Again, you WILL SEE those questions appearing on your quiz! TRUST ME!

__**Wednesday, April 9th**__: Today is your quiz for Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet. You knew about this quiz since last week. We will be having the quiz at the beginning of class and correcting them after you are done. Please make sure to read the questions carefully. Once we have corrected the quiz we will move onto Act 2.

I hope you all have an AWESOME Easter break with your friends and family!

If you need a copy of the text for Romeo and Juliet, to view online, please CLICK HERE

__**Monday, March 31st and Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can use our before, during, and after reading strategies to analyze a piece of text.
 * Before Reading Strategy: We can predict what the text will be about in an upcoming scene
 * During Reading Strategy: We can note key ideas and what supports them (what the text says and what it means)
 * After Reading Strategy: We can recall, paraphrase and summarize the text of the author's message
 * We can question and reflect on personal responses and interpretations
 * We can use a visual representation (movie) of a specific text (Romeo and Juliet) for clarification of author's message
 * We can participate in partner, group, and whole class discussion to examine meaning of Romeo and Juliet

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, M****a****rch**__ **__31st__:** Today, we continued working through Act 1, scene 2 and 3, as a class. Tomorrow you will be receiving a package of study materials from me for you to complete as we are working through the play. You will receive a study package for each of the Acts (which there is 5 of) tomorrow. You will be given some class time to work on the study questions/activities. I would suggest you have those completed as they will be on your quiz at the end of the Act.

__** Wednesday, Apri **** l **__** __2nd__: ** Today, you received a copy of study questions for Act 1 and you were given some class time to work on this. We also worked on getting through the rest of scene 3 and a bit of scene 4 as a class. If you need an extra copy of the study questions, you can download them here:



Are your study questions all caught up? On Monday, if we have completed all of the scenes for Act 1, we will be watching Act 1 of the movie, Romeo and Juliet. This is will be used to help give you a visual representation of the play. Your quiz for Act 1 will then be on **Wednesday, April 9th**. Please remember, if you need an extra copy of the script to look at, you can use the link below

If you need a copy of the text for Romeo and Juliet, to view online, please CLICK HERE

Have a great weekend!



__**Monday, March 24th and Tuesday, March 25th, 2014**__
 * We can use our before, during, and after reading strategies to analyze a piece of text.
 * **Before Reading Strategy**: We can predict what the text will be about in an upcoming scene
 * **During Reading Strategy**: We can note key ideas and what supports them (what the text says and what it means)
 * **After Reading Strategy**: We can recall, paraphrase and summarize the text of the author's message
 * We can question and reflect on personal responses and interpretations
 * We can use a visual representation (movie) of a specific text (Romeo and Juliet) for clarification of author's message
 * We can participate in partner, group, and whole class discussion to examine meaning of Romeo and Juliet

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, March 24th and Tuesday, March 25th**__: Today, we did a quick review of the story up till before we stopped at the beginning of the break. After the review we continued on and finished Act 1, scene 1. We then started into Act 1, scene 2. We will be continuing to work through this scene tomorrow as a class and moving into scene 3.

Remember, we are using this time to get into the story of Romeo and Juliet. Like we have said from the beginning, your job is to show up, be on task, asking questions, and contributing to the class discussion. My job is to guide you through the script. Missing a whole bunch of classes **WILL** contribute to you falling further and further behind in your understanding of the story. If you need any extra help, please ask me! I am available at lunch and after school, if you need help.

Next week, I will have some study questions read for you. Your Quiz #1 will take place after we have finished the first Act.

If you need a copy of the text for Romeo and Juliet, to view online, please CLICK HERE

Have a great weekend!



__**Monday, March 17th and Thursday, March 19th, 2014**__
 * __What are we learning?__ **
 * We can use our before, during, and after reading strategies to analyze a piece of text.
 * **Before Reading Strategy**: We can predict what the text will be about in an upcoming scene
 * **During Reading Strategy**: We can note key ideas and what supports them (what the text says and what it means)
 * **After Reading Strategy**: We can recall, paraphrase and summarize the text of the author's message
 * We can question and reflect on personal responses and interpretations
 * We can use a visual representation (movie) of a specific text (Romeo and Juliet) for clarification of author's message
 * We can participate in partner, group, and whole class discussion to examine meaning of Romeo and Juliet

__**Monday, March 17th**__: Today we began looking at the life of Shakespeare (the playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet). We then started looking at the beginning of the play by looking at the Prologue. This is the beginning of the play where we find out everything that will happen in the story. We began by breaking down the prologue into sections, hooking up with partners, discussing the lines, then coming back together as a class to discuss. It will be your job tonight to go through the prologue and put it into your own words. It is a quick write-up so you will be given 10 minutes at the beginning of class to write it up and hand it in. Tomorrow we will start into the play on Act 1, scene 1.
 * __How we will learn it__ **


 * Here are copies of the handouts you received today if you need them: **



__**Wednesday, March 19th**__: For the next three classes, we will begin looking the beginning of the play, Romeo and Juliet. We will be using the scripts (books), an audio recording of the play (with actors speaking the parts), and I will be explaining certain lines the overall story to you as we are going through. There will also be study questions for you to look at as we are going through so that you keep the story fresh in your mind. Please remember what we talked about in class. At the end of every Act (which there are 5 of in this play) you will be having a quiz. that means there are 5 quizzes throughout the play instead of one huge test at the end. Your job is to keep up with the class and ask questions if you need any clarification on what is happening within the story. If you get stuck, ASK FOR HELP! You might as well ask now instead of getting into the middle of the play and get really lost. Remember, that is you job and responsibility!


 * Please remember that your "Prologue Write-Ups" are due, Monday, March 24th. They will be handed in!**

If you need a copy of the text for Romeo and Juliet, to view online, please CLICK HERE