Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Thursday, March 22, Shakespeare

-Objective: By the end of class, students will demonstrate comprehension of Shakespeare and Elizabethan England in early 1600's.

DO NOW

Complete one side of handout provided using pages 776-777 of holt text.

1. Read 781 - 782 together and be able to identify couplets, end stops and run ons and practice speaking in this manner. Who speaks in PROSE (not poetry) in Romeo and Juliet?

2. Read Background information on page 784. After reading, write a paragraph - "How important do you think FATE is in determining what happens to us? How much do we actually CONTROL our own destiny?"

3. Anticipation GUIDES. Complete and discuss.

4. Romeo and Juliet were just 14/15 years old and claim they were in love. They end up dying for each other. Have you ever felt that committed to someone else? If not, do you ever think you will? If your friends and family told you this person was a bad influence, would you stop seeing him/ her? What would you say to them? And then, what would you actually do?

Exit Pass

Do opposite side of "do Now" handout using pages 778-780 to find answers.


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