05.09 - Romeo and Juliet Kick Off

At the beginning of class today, those people who had not taken the unit 3 roots and prefixes quiz took the quiz. Those who were done with the quiz and then others as they finished the quiz signed out a copy of Romeo and Juliet and then took a copy of the Romeo and Juliet Anticipation Guide (see handouts below) and filled out the questions. If there was extra time, individuals explained one of their agree/disagree ratings from the anticipation guide.

We then read through the agree/disagree statements from the Anticipation Guide and took a moment to discuss individuals' reactions. These questions helped us develop some perspective on various issues that will come up through the play. I collected these sheets at the end of the day. We will take a look at them later in the play.

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We then discussed the prologue to the play, reviewed the actions of Act I, Scene i and then we started watching two versions of the play to get a sense for the action of the play. This will help us envision moments from the play as we read it and will help connect Shakespeare's language with the actions of the play. In watching film versions of the play we will be using Zeffirelli-directed version (1968) and the Baz Luhrmann-directed version (1996). We will resume with this focus next Monday.

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Handouts:
Romeo and Juliet Anticipation Guide (agree/disagree statements)


Homework:

Complete section 3 of your public figure project if you have not done so already.
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Complete or revise any assignments scoring below a 3.

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