September 29th-October 3rd

No Fear, It's Shakespeare!!!!

Listen UP GUYS and GALS...This week  it's super important for you to keep up with the weekly reading and journal assignments. Last week we took an assessment for Act I. Friday of this week we will have an assessment that will cover what we have read for Act II. As mentioned in class at the start of this unit, it is your responsibility to keep up with what's going on with Romeo & Juliet. This is also the case if you are absent from class. If you are out, please know that you are still required to keep up with the reading and journals for each Act.

Suggestions for keeping up if you are absent for all or part of class:
1. Call or text a classmate to find out what you missed
2. Check the blog
3. Keep up with what we are doing daily, and read the next part of the play


Monday- Watch ACT I (1968) compare it to the text, musical predictions ACT II (8 square), read ACT i:i

Tuesday- 2nd and 4th Reality U, 3rd read Act ii: ii-iv; read vi for h.w., keep up with journals

Wednesday- 2nd & 4th Reality U evaluations; all classes article annotation (high school graduation article); complete ACT ii, flip books; journals

Thursday- Begin ACT III. Read up to scene ii. All journals for ACT II due tomorrow; quiz ACT II and journals due tomorrow.

Friday- Quiz ACT II; flip books; significant quotes activity. Begin ACT III.


If you do not have your own copy of the play, look it up online or go check out a copy from the media center...you can also find a copy of the movie online to help your understanding of the text...not as a substitution for reading of course. Check out www.shmoop.com

No Fear Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet

Please purchase your copy of No Fear Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet before September 22.

You will need a copy of the text in class daily. It can be purchased for a discounted fee at:

The Book House

480 Veterans Memorial Highway

 770-944-3275

You may also check your local public library and check out a copy if available.

Week of September 8, 2014

 Monday- How do I properly cite textual evidence? Students will revise exercises on citing textual evidence from the activities associated with The Cask of Amontillado.

Tuesday- All Shakespeare web quest assignments are due. 

Wednesday & Thursday- Hip Hop as a Sphere of Influence...students will make real world connections with Shakespeare and Hip-Hop.

Friday- Begin Pre-reading for Act 1 of Romeo 

Unit 1 & Unit 2:Extra Credit Opportunites

Option #1:
Create a digital storyboard for any of the short stories that we read in Unit 1. You will have to join my class using the URL below. Once there, follow the directions for joining and then creating your digital storyboard.

Please be prepared to present your storyboard in class on Wednesday September 10, 2014.

https://www.storyboardthat.com/classroom/join?teacherName=mrsrome
          

Register for Storyboard That
Sign Up Instructions: Go to https://www.storyboardthat.com/classroom Fill in the area marked "Register" Username: Choose a unique login name Password: Choose a private password Display Name: This is what your teacher calls you Class Name: mrsrome Access Key: brown15 Recommended: Record your user name and password

Option #2:

Work AHEAD!!!

Extra Credit Projects for Unit 2: Who's to Blame?

 Drama featuring Romeo and Juliet

Students can complete one project for additional points added to

A test grade and one project for additional points added to a quiz grade.

Limit= 2 projects

Please, note the items with an * can only be completed after we finish reading the play.

For a maximum of ten points added on to a test grade:

• Write and perform an original song or rap based on the play.*
• Create a front page of a newspaper and articles pertaining to the scenes.
• Create a diary for one of the minor characters in the novel. (10 entries minimum)
• Create a scrapbook for one of your characters; include poems, artwork, awards, newspaper articles, pictures, etc. (5 pages minimum.)
• Create an illustrated children’s version of the play.*
• Create a game board from the play.  Examples may include Monopoly, Clue, Pictionary, etc.  (at least 25 game pieces)
• Create a “quilt” out of paper depicting 12-16 scenes.  Use 1 scene for each panel.  Write a caption that explains each scene—don’t forget borders etc. (or string together like a clothesline.)
• Create a music video combining still pictures with music and words that would fit the theme
• Research and present examples of Italian cooking.
• Research and present some aspect of Italian life in the time or Romeo & Juliet (c. 1400) or the time of Shakespeare (Approx. 1600)

For a maximum of ten points added on to a quiz grade:

• Write a newspaper article over a major incident from the play, following the proper newspaper format.
• Write a resume for a character.
• Create a comic strip or storyboard of an important scene.
• Write a poem (15 lines minimum).
• Draw or create a 3-D map of important places – explain importance of each place.
• Create a model of something from the novel. (The balcony scene, etc.)

• Create five tangible or intangible gifts for a character and attach a card with an explanation of the gift.
• Write a eulogy for a character that died during the play.*
• Write epitaphs for all of characters that died during the play.*
• Create a mural/collage of the play overall.*
• Write a “Dear Abby” letter and response.
• Write a magazine interview with a character or author.*

• Create a mobile. (5 items minimum)
• Create a crossword puzzle. (with an answer key)
• Write a magazine review of the novel.*
• Choose 3 songs and relate them to your novel. (Choices need to be very clear and school appropriate.)*
• Write a character sketch of a character. (1 paragraph minimum)
• Create a timeline of the plot with at least one visual for each Act.*
• Write a letter to a friend recommending or not recommending this play.*

• Create an original book cover, including jacket-synopsis and author information.
• Create a timeline of the plot.*
• Write a letter to the author.
• Create a movie poster or a promo T-shirt.
• Write Friar Lawrence’s letter to Romeo or a letter between Romeo and Juliet. Remember to use language from the time period!

Unit 2: Shakespeare Webquest Directions

Please click the link below to begin the Shakespeare Webquest. You will be required to answer all of the questions in each section of the webquest. The webquest will prepare you for the group research project that we will complete, so make sure that you answer each question fully.

1.Please type or cut and paste the questions in a word document and add your answers in a different color. Make sure that you add the appropriate heading, title and sub titles.

2. Save your work under your student id and not on the computer. You cannot print the document today.

3. If the About Shakespeare link does not work, you may use google search engine to locate the answers in that section.

http://teacherweb.com/WQ/HighSchool/ShakespearesRomeoandJuliet/apt1.aspx


                                       
Word Document Page Set up:

                                                                                                               First and Last name
                                                                                                               Date
                                                                                                               Block

                                                  Shakespeare Webquest

About Shakespeare

1. William Shakespeare was born in what year?
(Your answer in a different color font)

2. What date do we recognize as his birthday?
(Your answer in a different color font)

Week of September 2, 2014

This week we will conclude our short story unit and begin the foundational work for Unit 2: Drama-Romeo & Juliet.

All students will need to purchase a copy of No Fear Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet by September 10, 2014. A copy of this text can be purchased from any local bookstore, downloaded on to an electronic device free of charge or checked out from the school's media center.


Monday-Holiday

Tuesday- How does the author's choices influence the theme of a text?
Students will continue to analyze The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar A. Poe.

http://vimeo.com/14854607     (video)


http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Poe/Amontillado.pdf   (copy of the text)

Students will partner read text and answer guided reading questions. All responses to the guided reading questions must include textual evidence.


Wednesday- Continue with Tuesday's task. See above
3rd & 4th- Short Story Projects are DUE!!!!
2nd- Short Story Projects & Presentations due 9/10/14


Thursday- Begin Shakespeare Webquest & Complete The Cask of Amontillado Activities:
-view film (see link above)
-complete constructed response
-begin Shakespeare Webquest

Friday- Common Assessment #2