Romeo+and+Juliet

English 9

William Shakespeare Agenda

=Useful Links= http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/randj/story/synopsis.html http://www.field-trips.org/tours/lit/shake-t/_tourlaunch2.htm http://www.rsc.org.uk/romeo/teachers/game-of-fate.pdf Romeo and Juliet Board Game http://www.rsc.org.uk/romeo/teachers/staging.html http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/MYSPACE%20profiles.doc Fun Projects http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/MediaRomeoandJuliet.txt Introduce drama (pp.704-705) ||
 * **State Standards:** MO.CO.R.HS.1, MO.CO.R.HS. 1.E.1, MO.CO.R.HS. 1.H.4, MO.CO.R.HS. 1.H.5, MO.CO.R.HS.1.H.6, MO.CO.R.HS.2.A.1, MO.CO.R.HS.2.A.2.c, MO.CO.R.HS. 2.B.1, MO.CO.R.HS. 2.C.1.a, MO.CO.R.HS.2.C.1.e, MO.CO.R.HS.3.B.1, MO.CO.W.HS. 1.A.1 ||
 * **Over the course of this unit, students will:**
 * 1) understand some of the characteristics of drama
 * 2) read, comprehend, and analyze plays
 * 3) build vocabulary
 * 4) analyze and respond to literary elements
 * 5) apply grammar skills
 * 6) develop writing proficiency ||   ||
 * **Week 1** ||
 * **Day** ||
 * **Assignment** ||
 * **1** ||
 * Introduce the Unit author: Gary Blackwood (pp. 702-703)
 * **Week 1** ||
 * **Day** ||
 * **Assignment** ||
 * **1** ||
 * Introduce the Unit author: Gary Blackwood (pp. 702-703)
 * **1** ||
 * Introduce the Unit author: Gary Blackwood (pp. 702-703)
 * Introduce the Unit author: Gary Blackwood (pp. 702-703)
 * **2** ||
 * Read: //from The Shakespeare Stealer// (pp. 707-718) – complete as homework
 * Read: //from The Shakespeare Stealer// (pp. 707-718) – complete as homework

Introduction to William Shakespeare (pp.724-729) Begin: //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act I (pg. 730-753) ||
 * Assignment: Answer selection questions 2, 3, 4, & 5 Due next class period** ||
 * **3** ||
 * Reading and Vocabulary Skills Preview (pp. 722-723)
 * Reading and Vocabulary Skills Preview (pp. 722-723)
 * **4** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act I (pg. 730-753) ||
 * **5** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act I (pg. 730-753)
 * **5** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act I (pg. 730-753)


 * Assignment: In your Reader’s Notebook, answer each of the following: Due next class period**
 * 1. How are Romeo & Juliet’s personalities similar and different?**
 * 2. Do you think that Shakespeare’s description of Romeo’s behavior in Act I accurately portrays a teenager in love? Explain.**
 * 3. Use text aids to restate in your own words Capulet’s scolding of Tybalt in Act I, Scene v, lines 77-87.** ||


 * **Week 2** ||
 * **Day** ||
 * Assignment ||
 * **1** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act II (pg. 757-779) ||
 * **2** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act II (pg. 757-779) ||
 * **3** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act II (pg. 757-779) ||
 * **4** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act III (pg. 783-809) ||
 * **5** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act IV (pg. 815-829) ||
 * **Week 3** ||
 * **Day** ||
 * Assignment ||
 * **1** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act IV (pg. 815-829) ||
 * **2** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act IV (pg. 815-829) ||
 * **3** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act V (pg. 833-847) ||
 * **4** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act IV (pg. 815-829) ||
 * **5** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act IV (pg. 815-829) ||
 * **Week 4** ||
 * **Day** ||
 * Assignment ||
 * **1** ||
 * Renaissance Festival ||
 * **2** ||
 * **3** ||
 * **4** ||
 * **5** ||
 * **3** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act V (pg. 833-847) ||
 * **4** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act IV (pg. 815-829) ||
 * **5** ||
 * //The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet//, Act IV (pg. 815-829) ||
 * **Week 4** ||
 * **Day** ||
 * Assignment ||
 * **1** ||
 * Renaissance Festival ||
 * **2** ||
 * **3** ||
 * **4** ||
 * **5** ||
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 * Renaissance Festival ||
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