Thursday, January 17, 2013

Friday, January 17, R & J Act 1 quiz

Objective: By the end of class, students will be assessed on ACT 1 of Romeo & Juliet, begin character journal project and create wordles using Shakespearean language from Romeo & Juliet.

DO NOW

Quick review for Act 1 quiz. Now is the time to ask any questions and clarify information.

Direct instruction

Journal Directions

1. After each Act, you will write a journal entry from the perspective of one of the characters.  This entry should be written in the character's voice (YOU ARE THAT CHARACTER).  Your entry will reflect their thoughts, feelings, hopes, questions, expectations, desires, etc.

2. Choose a character from the list below:

Friar Lawrence
Nurse
Prince 
Mercutio
Benvolio
Tybalt
Romeo
Juliet
Lady or Lord Capulet
Lady or Lord Montague

3. Each Entry should be one page in length and written in Journal Format like a diary. Each Entry MUST be dated. Therefore, the first entry is Sunday, August 15, 1597.

4. After five journal entries, you will create a book jacket for your journal.  The jacket should reflect the personality of your character.

5. You will be provided a rubric for grading purposes.  Please pay attention to spelling and grammar in addition to accurate content that clearly reflects your character. 

Guided / Independent

1. You will receive a laptop when you are done with your quiz. Please type first entry on the laptop and email or share with me on google docs so i can print it.

2. Create a wordle using at least 25 words from Romeo & Juliet - in traditional SHAKESPEAREAN language.  Save as a PDF on desktop, and upload to google docs and share with me or just email it as an attachment. click here for wordle

Exit Pass

According to where the Acts fall on a plot structure, what happens in Act 2?  What does Act 2 lead to according to plot structure?


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