Day 9 R&J

Do Now: Please take out your paragraph on the article about different definitions of love. Share your response with your group and be prepared to offer some of your thoughts and connections to the play.

Today's Learning Target(s): 
I will be able to recognize and apply some reading strategies to use with Romeo and Juliet.
I will know that I have hit the learning target when...
-I can select an appropriate reading strategy to help better understand a confusing passage from I.i.
-I can think about what strategies I already use and which ones I should add to my "toolbox" of reading strategies.

Agenda:

1. Sharing paragraphs 
2. Love is a many-splendored thing
3. Beginning Act II

HW: Read II.i-ii and choose either 1) one line from which you can infer what a character wants, 2) one line in which you recognize a literary device and explain what it emphasizes, or 3) one line that is either enjoyable or confusing and why. Include your line and question/explanation on the blog. reynoldsrandj.blogspot.com

Day 8 R&J

Do Now: Having finished reading act one, what challenges with Shakespeare's language have you overcome? What challenges still remain?

Today's Learning Target(s): 
I will be able to recognize and apply some reading strategies to use with Romeo and Juliet.
I will know that I have hit the learning target when...
-I can select an appropriate reading strategy to help better understand a confusing passage from act I.
-I can think about what strategies I already use and which ones I should add to my "toolbox" of reading strategies.

Agenda:

1. Rosaline v. Juliet (in words)
2. The hidden sonnet
3. Big ideas addressed in the first act
4. Exit Ticket: What is your favorite part of Act I?

HW: Read and annotate "The Ancient Greeks' Six Words for Love" article. Of the six types of love defined in the article, what are some that have shown up in Romeo and Juliet so far? Respond to the question in a 5-7 sentence paragraph that includes at least one example from the play.

Day 7 R&J

She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes
In shape no bigger than an agate-stone
On the fore-finger of an alderman,
Drawn with a team of little atomies
Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep.

Do Now: Please read the two excerpts about imagination and talk to your group about them. Make at least one connection to your life and/or Romeo and Juliet.

Today's Learning Target(s): 
I will be able to recognize and apply some reading strategies to use with Romeo and Juliet.
I will know that I have hit the learning target when...
-I can select an appropriate reading strategy to help better understand a confusing passage from I.iv.
-I can think about what strategies I already use and which ones I should add to my "toolbox" of reading strategies.

Agenda:

1. literary devices
2. I.iv
3. film adaptation
4. Exit Ticket:If the nurse's lengthy speech in I.iii revealed her gift of gab and warm feelings towards Juliet, what then does Mercutio's Queen Mab speech suggest about his character? 

HW: read I.v and look for one of the following 1) a line from which you can infer what a character wants, 2) a line in which you recognize a literary device and explain what it emphasizes, or 3) a line that is either enjoyable or confusing and why. Include the line/explanation on the blog.  http://reynoldsrandj.blogspot.com/ 

Full text of Neil Gaiman's lecture: https://readingagency.org.uk/news/blog/neil-gaiman-lecture-in-full.html

Day6b R&J

Do Now: Compare and contrast Romeo and Juliet. How do their "entrances" establish them in different ways? What are their attitudes towards love?

Today's Learning Target(s): 
I will be able to recognize and apply some reading strategies to use with Romeo and Juliet.
I will know that I have hit the learning target when...
-I can select an appropriate reading strategy to help better understand a confusing passage from I.iii.
-I can think about what strategies I already use and which ones I should add to my "toolbox" of reading strategies.
-I can explain how noticing an author's use of literary devices can aid my understanding of the work.

Agenda:

1. I.iii
2. What characters want
3. Setting up I.iv and the Queen Mab Speech
4. Exit Ticket: What character most interests you so far? Why?

HW: Read I.iv and comment on the blog.

Day 6 R&J

Do Now: Look over the literary devices handout. What literary devices have you noticed so far? Select one line to share and explain what it emphasizes.

Today's Learning Target(s): 
I will be able to recognize and apply some reading strategies to use with Romeo and Juliet.
I will know that I have hit the learning target when...
-I can select an appropriate reading strategy to help better understand a confusing passage from I.i.
-I can think about what strategies I already use and which ones I should add to my "toolbox" of reading strategies.
-I can explain how noticing an author's use of literary devices can aid my understanding of the work.

Agenda:

1. literary devices
2. I.ii
3. lines of the day
4. Exit Ticket: What character most interests you so far? Why?

HW: Read I.iii and choose either 1) one line from which you can infer what a character wants, 2) one line in which you recognize a literary device and explain what it emphasizes, or 3) one line that is either enjoyable or confusing and why. Include your line and question/explanation on the blog. reynoldsrandj.blogspot.com

Day 5 R&J

Do Now: Did you use any of the strategies we covered? If so, which one did you find helpful and for what line(s)? If not, then how did you make sense of the text?

Today's Learning Target(s): 
I will be able to recognize and apply some reading strategies to use with Romeo and Juliet.
I will know that I have hit the learning target when...
-I can select an appropriate reading strategy to help better understand a confusing passage from I.i.
-I can think about what strategies I already use and which ones I should add to my "toolbox" of reading strategies.

Agenda:

1. Reading comprehension (Full article about Tina Packer here: http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2015/features/dramatic-stress.html)
2. I.i
3. What characters want / conflict
4. Exit Ticket: What are your initial reactions to reading Shakespeare?

HW: read I.ii and choose three lines you find interesting, confusing, enjoyable, etc. Explain what you think is going on in each selection and why you chose it. Post one of your lines and explanations on the blog (http://reynoldsrandj.blogspot.com/).

Day 4 R&J

Do Now: Take out your sonnet and share it with your group. What were some challenges of writing with this sort of form? What did you learn about yourself as a writer?

Today's Learning Target(s): 
I will be able to recognize and apply some reading strategies to use with Romeo and Juliet.
I will know that I have hit the learning target when...
-I can select an appropriate reading strategy to help better understand a confusing passage from I.i.
-I can think about what strategies I already use and which ones I should add to my "toolbox" of reading strategies.

Agenda:

1. Big Ideas
2. Reading strategies ("Dramatic Stress" article)
3. Beginning the play
4. Exit Ticket: What strategy makes the most sense to you?

HW: Write a short paragraph (5-7 sentences) about how one of the big ideas we discussed during today's class relates to something you've read, witnessed, or experienced.

HW: For Thursday, finish I.i and bring in at least one question.