Setting Up The Capulet Party

Today, we watched a clip from the old R&J film. Just the part that went with Act I.i. On something called a "video cassette."

Then, we got volunteers to read I.ii out loud in class, stopping to explain difficult passages.

Tonight's HW:

• Read I.iii-iv
• Here is a link to the Online Textbook
• And here is a link to the Sparknotes translation. 
• As well as these two Reading Guides:
• Guide to I.iii
• Guide to Mercutio's "Queen Mab"Speech

Romeo and Juliet: Act I, Scene I

Behold the power of translations:

Here's a modern-English rendition of the play, side-by-side with the original Shakespearean.
(Thanks, Sparknotes.)


And FURTHERMORE, here's a Word document with a translation of Act I, Scene I, that I wrote myself.


Use any/all tools at your disposable to assist you in your HW, which was to read I.i for Monday.

See you then!

No Powerpoint? No problem!

Can't see those sweet animations I put in that powerpoint?

Images blocking your notes?

Check out this video I made of the whole show run-through:

http://www.screenr.com/8SUN

Hope this helps, guys (and Hannah.)

AND FURTHERMORE!

Here's a link directly to the .mp4 video, on the off-chance that the web-based link doesn't work.

ODY: Part Two Review Powerpoint

Sorry, Caitlyn. And sorry Kendreya. And sorry, all of the other thoughtful students who pointed out that this hadn't been posted last night.

Here is the link to the new-and-improved ODY Part TWO RVW powerpoint. (.pptx)

It's not as awesome as the first one, but it's OK.

For best results, download the file and play it through Powerpoint, so you can see the animations.

Test on Odyssey Part Two tomorrow.

ODY: Part One Review Powerpoint

Don't act like it's not amazing.


Link to Powerpoint file (.pptx.)


Test on Monday

• Characters
• Adventures
• Lit terms
• Qualities of Epic/Epic hero
• Lessons

Q3: Every End is a New Beginning

Today, student were given a new seating arrangement for the third quarter. I will help you find your seat if you didn't get it assigned in class.

Then students had the opportunity to revisit DEA Test A. We took this early last semester. I distributed the Individual Student Reports (you may have already had this mailed to your house by the district) which contained, at the bottom, students' answers to test questions. I also gave everyone a Test Correction grid, and instructed classes to take another look at questions they had previously missed.

During the last 10 minutes of class, I presented the best approaches to finding the correct answer to the questions that were MOST FREQUENTLY MISSED: Questions 6, 13, 16, and 18, were the most problematic. Between 1/6-1/3 of each class answered these correctly.

Note: If you don't have your DEA Individual Student Report, that's OK, I can print one for you in class.

Note: If you weren't in today's class, and missed the opportunity to re-examine wrong answers, that's OK too -- tomorrow we're taking another look at DEA Test B.


HW: Make sure to bring your Individual Student Report to class tomorrow. I will have a new Answer Correction sheet to distribute.

7th pd: Exams have been posted

7th Period:  Your exams have been posted.  You may now check your grades on Gradespeed.