Tuesday, April 22nd:
Read ROMEO and JULIET; Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2
Reading log
For homework: Read through the "balcony scene" in Scene 2; find as many examples of metaphor, simile, personification, allusion, alliteration as you can; write them down; list who is speaking and what the character is speaking about; and what the figurative example means literally and figuratively.
Example:
"It is the East and Juliet is the sun!"
Metaphor
Romeo is speaking about Juliet stepping onto the balcony.
He is comparing her to the rising of the sun and it is as if she is the sun which is turning his life into light and a new day.
Thursday, April 25th:
Homework is due today.
Read ROMEO and JULIET; Act 2, Scenes 3 and 4
Reading log
Pass out Act 2 ROMEO and JULIET Test
For homework:
Go through ROMEO and JULIET and find all the examples of lightness and darkness Romeo refers to from the beginning of the play to Act 2, Scene 3. List all the many references to darkness that Romeo makes about himself, and others make about him in Act 1 until the moment he sees Juliet. Please find all the references Romeo makes to light after he meets Juliet.
Please be aware that this is the preparatory work for a major essay you will be writing for this class.
Friday, April 26th:
Read ROMEO and JULIET; Act 2, Scene 5
Reading Log
Find one quotation you particularly like and illustrate it, using the quotation as a caption.
Begin outline and rough draft of the essay.
Your Act 2 reading log and Act 2 test will be due on Monday, April 29th. Your essay will be due on Tuesday, April 30th.
Monday, April 22, 2013
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