Thursday, May 24

Silent reading.

Students finished reading aloud 2.4.
Read along with audio recording of 2.5 and 2.6.  Discussed the Nurse as a foil for Juliet, and the wedding: how what happens with powder and fire "kiss" fits the story of Romeo and Juliet.

Due Date
Mondays: Weekly Reading logs due: 2 1/2 hours silent reading.  (At least 1 hour must be in a book; textbooks DO NOT count!)   
Fridays: Make up writing for any absences.

Wednesday, May 24

Silent reading.

Students read "Setting the Stage" (page 24 of the Workbook).
Students read audio version of 2.3, discussed Friar Laurence as a foil for Romeo.
Students completed Workbook pages 24--25.
Began reading aloud 2.4.  (Up to line 64, on pages 96/97.)

Due Date
Mondays: Weekly Reading logs due: 2 1/2 hours silent reading.  (At least 1 hour must be in a book; textbooks DO NOT count!)   
Fridays: Make up writing for any absences.

Tuesday, May 22

Silent reading.

Students completed Workbook page 22.
COLLECTED workbook pages.
Watched Zeffirelli version of 2.2.

Due Date
Mondays: Weekly Reading logs due: 2 1/2 hours silent reading.  (At least 1 hour must be in a book; textbooks DO NOT count!)   
Fridays: Make up writing for any absences.

Monday, May 21

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Read aloud 2.2.
Students completed Workbook page 21.
COLLECTED workbook page.

Due Date
Mondays: Weekly Reading logs due: 2 1/2 hours silent reading.  (At least 1 hour must be in a book; textbooks DO NOT count!)   
Fridays: Make up writing for any absences.

Friday, May 18

Students read "Setting the Stage" on page 21 of workbook.
Silent reading.
Returned most recent worksheets; accepted late worksheets without penalty.

Students took notes on Shakespeare and Love.
Found the sonnet in Act 1, scene 5.

Watched 1.5 in Luhrman movie version.

Due Date
Mondays: Weekly Reading logs due: 2 1/2 hours silent reading.  (At least 1 hour must be in a book; textbooks DO NOT count!)   
Fridays: Make up writing for any absences.

Thursday, May 17

Students read "Setting the Stage" on page 14 of workbook.
Silent reading.

Finished reading 1.5, the party at the Capulets.
Examined closely the religious imagery in Romeo and Juliet's first words to one another.

Students completed workbook pages 14--16 (but skipped response log).
COLLECTED workbook pages.

Due Date
Mondays: Weekly Reading logs due: 2 1/2 hours silent reading.  (At least 1 hour must be in a book; textbooks DO NOT count!)   
Fridays: Make up writing for any absences.

Wednesday, May 16

Silent reading.
Listened to audio version of 1.4, between Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio, including the Queen Mab speech.
Watched Luhrman version of the scene.
Students completed workbook pages 12.
COLLECTED workbook page.
Began reading 1.5, the party at the Capulets. (We have reached line 95, on page 58.)

Due Date
Mondays: Weekly Reading logs due: 2 1/2 hours silent reading.  (At least 1 hour must be in a book; textbooks DO NOT count!)   
Fridays: Make up writing for any absences.

Tuesday, May 15

Returned workbook packet with page 11.
Students read "Setting the Stage."
Silent reading.

Read out loud 1.3, between Lady Capulet, Juliet, and her nurse..
Students completed workbook pages 11.
COLLECTED all workbook pages (yesterday's and today's).
Discussed character of Mercutio, and coming scene, 1.4.

Due Date
Mondays: Weekly Reading logs due: 2 1/2 hours silent reading.  (At least 1 hour must be in a book; textbooks DO NOT count!)   
Fridays: Make up writing for any absences.

Monday, May 15

This lesson taught by a sub.
Silent reading.
COLLECT weekly reading logs.

Read 1.1 with audio recording of the scene through the end.
Read "Setting the Stage," page 9 in workbook.
Students read 1.2 with the audio.
Students completed workbook pages 6--7 and 9--10.
COLLECTED all workbook pages.

Due Date
Mondays: Weekly Reading logs due: 2 1/2 hours silent reading.  (At least 1 hour must be in a book; textbooks DO NOT count!)   
Fridays: Make up writing for any absences.

Friday, May 11

Distributed side-by-side Shakespeare texts and Shakespeare workbooks.
Assigned short reading, "Setting the Stage" on page 6 in workbook.
Silent reading.

Read 1.1 through line 90 (Prince Escalus' speech).
Watched Luhrman film of the scenes.

Students completed questions 1--3 on page 6, but did NOT hand it in yet.  (Will answer remaining questions at our next lesson.)

Due Date
TUESDAY, MAY 8: Dioramas due.
Mondays: Weekly Reading logs due: 2 1/2 hours silent reading.  (At least 1 hour must be in a book; textbooks DO NOT count!)  
Fridays: Make up writing for any absences.

Thursday, May 10

NOTE: Grades close for progress reports Thursday, May 10!
Distributed side-by-side Shakespeare texts and Shakespeare workbooks.
Assigned short reading, pages 1, 2, and 5 in workbook.
Silent reading.

Finished Shakespeare notes.
Read the modern and Elizabethan English versions of the Prolog; discussed what a prolog is, and analyzed it as a sonnet according to our definition.

Students completed the worksheet on page 5 and handed it in for credit.

Due Date
TUESDAY, MAY 8: Dioramas due.
Mondays: Weekly Reading logs due: 2 1/2 hours silent reading.  (At least 1 hour must be in a book; textbooks DO NOT count!)  
Fridays: Make up writing for any absences.

Wednesday, May 9

NOTE: Grades close for progress reports Thursday, May 10!
Silent reading.

Began Shakespeare notes.
Watched introduction to Shakespeare's life from the Reduced Shakespeare Company.

Due Date
TUESDAY, MAY 8: Dioramas due.
Mondays: Weekly Reading logs due: 2 1/2 hours silent reading.  (At least 1 hour must be in a book; textbooks DO NOT count!)  
Fridays: Make up writing for any absences.