Ms. Bridges not here todayWatch Romeo and Juliet
Tuesday, May 10th:
BIC
8:00 – 8:20
What is Due Today:
The third and final
AR Test
The third and final
AR reading logs
The film questions
over Romeo and Juliet
All outstanding work
that you have not turned in
What is due tomorrow,
Wednesday, May 11th:
The Act 1 Open Book
Quiz over Romeo and Juliet
Blank Verse, Rhymed
Verse and Prose handout
Oxymoron Handout:
Examples of oxymorons: Pretty ugly, Bittersweet
Passed out Blank Verse, Rhymed Verse, and Prose
H 1.
Light - heavy weight
I 2. Vague - definition
R 3. Bitter – bittersweet
Please look at “Blank Verse, Rhymed Verse, and Prose”
Iambs are 2 syllables
They are unstressed/stressed
An iamb is the sound of a heart beat
How many iambs are there in a typical line of Shakespeare?
Five iambs are in a typical line of Shakespeare
So there are ten syllables in a line of Shakespeare
Five iambs are in a line of iambic pentameter.
Shakespeare usually wrote in iambic pentameter – ten
syllables in a line.
Penta means five
Meter means rhythm or
how many syllables there are in a line.
An iamb is two syllables – the first syllable is unstressed;
the second syllable is stressed.
“Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!”
(Oh, she) (doth teach) (the tor) (ches to) (burn bright)
Stress marks: a
straight line over a syllable – is unstressed;
A dash (‘)over
a syllable means the syllable is stressed.
Shakespeare wrote mostly in blank verse, which is unrhymed
iambic pentameter.
Thrice means three
Doth is the Elizabethan form of the modern word does
Strife means violence, conflict
Loins – groin
Worked on “Blank Verse, Rhymed Verse, and Prose” together in
class. This will be due tomorrow along with your Act 1 Romeo and Juliet Open
Book quiz.
Period 3:
What is Due Today:
The third and final
AR Test
The third and final
AR reading logs
The film questions
over Romeo and Juliet
All outstanding work
that you have not turned in
What is due tomorrow,
Wednesday, May 11th:
The Act 1 Open Book
Quiz over Romeo and Juliet
Blank Verse, Rhymed
Verse and Prose handout
Please look at “Blank Verse, Rhymed Verse, and Prose”
Iambs are 2 syllables
They are unstressed/stressed
An iamb is the sound of a heart beat
How many iambs are there in a typical line of Shakespeare?
Five iambs are in a typical line of Shakespeare
So there are ten syllables in a line of Shakespeare
Five iambs are in a line of iambic pentameter.
Shakespeare usually wrote in iambic pentameter – ten
syllables in a line.
Penta means five
Meter means rhythm or
how many syllables there are in a line.
An iamb is two syllables – the first syllable is unstressed;
the second syllable is stressed.
“Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!”
(Oh, she) (doth teach) (the tor) (ches to) (burn bright)
Stress marks: a
straight line over a syllable – is unstressed;
A dash (‘)over
a syllable means the syllable is stressed.
Shakespeare wrote mostly in blank verse, which is unrhymed
iambic pentameter.
Thrice means three
Doth is the Elizabethan form of the modern word does
Strife means violence, conflict
Loins – groin
Worked on “Blank Verse, Rhymed Verse, and Prose” together in
class. This will be due tomorrow along with your Act 1 Romeo and Juliet Open
Book quiz.
Wednesday, May 11th:
BIC Wednesday, May 11th:
8:00 – 8:20
Kahoot over “Queen Mab”
What is due today:
The Act 1 Open Book Quiz over Romeo and Juliet
The Act 1 Open Book Quiz over Romeo and Juliet
“Blank Verse, Rhymed
Verse and Prose” handout
Went over “Blank
Verse, Rhymed Verse and Prose” handout
Open your book to
page 764 in Romeo and Juliet
Read Act 2, Chorus,
Scenes 1, 2 and 3
Reread the chorus on
pages 764 and write what you think the chorus
is saying about the
events that have just occurred.
Who is the old
desire? Rosaline
Where is the old
desire laid to rest?
Who or what is the
young affection?
Gapes: yearns for
Who is compared to
Juliet and is now no longer attractive?
Who or what is Romeo
bewitched by?
Period 3:
Kahoot over “Queen Mab”
What is due today:
The Act 1 Open Book Quiz over Romeo and Juliet
The Act 1 Open Book Quiz over Romeo and Juliet
“Blank Verse, Rhymed
Verse and Prose” handout
Went over “Blank
Verse, Rhymed Verse and Prose” handout
Open your book to
page 764 in Romeo and Juliet
Read Act 2, Chorus, and
Scene 1
Reread the chorus on
pages 764 and write what you think the chorus
is saying about the
events that have just occurred.
Who is the old
desire?
Where is the old
desire laid to rest?
Who or what is the
young affection?
Gapes: yearns for
Who is compared to
Juliet and is now no longer attractive?
Who or what is Romeo
bewitched by?
Thursday, May 12th: BIC
8:00 – 8:20
Reread the chorus on
pages 764 and write what you think the chorus
is saying about the
events that have just occurred.
Who is the old
desire?
_______________ is
Romeo’s old desire.
Where is the old
desire laid to rest?
Old desire
is___________________.
Who or what is the
young affection?
__________________ is
Romeo’s new affection.
Gapes: yearns for
Who is compared to
Juliet and is now no longer attractive?
Romeo has compared
_________________ to Juliet and no longer finds her attractive.
Who or what is Romeo
bewitched by?
Romeo is bewitched,
charmed, beguiled by___________ when he first_________ at the
____________________.
What must Romeo do
now that he has fallen in love?
According to
tradition, Romeo must_______________________.
What does “Being held
a foe, he may not have access / To Breathe such vows as lovers use to swear…”
mean?
What does “And she as
much in love, her means much less / To meet her new beloved anywhere…” mean?
What does passion
give Romeo and Juliet to do what?
Read Romeo and Juliet
Page 777; Act 2,
Scene 4
What is the important
plot point on page 777 which might determine the outcome of the play?
Tybalt sent a letter
to Romeo’s house to challenge him to a duel!!!!! Tybalt felt insulted by Romeo crashing the
Capulet party.
Look on page 781;
read lines 182 – 195. What is Romeo telling the Nurse to do?
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
Shrift: confession
Abbey: monastery or
church
“Cords made like a
tackled stair”: a rope ladder
Topgallant: a crow’s
nest on a ship
Go to the link "Romeo and Juliet: Act 2" for background information
Go to the link "Romeo and Juliet: Act 2" for background information
Convoy: a way to get
some place
For extra credit, you may draw four pictures illustrating four scenes from "Queen Mab" with lines from the monologue as captions. This will be worth 100 points.
Period 3:
Finish the questions
over the Act 2 Chorus:
Reread the chorus on
pages 764 and write what you think the chorus
is saying about the
events that have just occurred.
Who is the old
desire?
_______________ is
Romeo’s old desire.
Where is the old
desire laid to rest?
Old desire
is___________________.
Who or what is the
young affection?
__________________ is
Romeo’s new affection.
Gapes: yearns for
Who is compared to
Juliet and is now no longer attractive?
Romeo has compared
_________________ to Juliet and no longer finds her attractive.
Who or what is Romeo
bewitched by?
Romeo is bewitched,
charmed, beguiled by___________ when he first____ ____ at the
____________________.
What must Romeo do
now that he has fallen in love?
According to
tradition, Romeo must_______________________.
What does “Being held
a foe, he may not have access / To Breathe such vows as lovers use to swear…”
mean?
“Being held a foe”
means that Romeo cannot________________________.
What does “And she as
much in love, her means much less / To meet her new beloved anywhere…” mean?
“And she as much in love” means that Juliet does
not________________________.
What does passion
give Romeo and Juliet to do what?
Passion gives Romeo
and Juliet_________________________ to do________________________.
Passed out Act 2 Open
Book Test, Act 2 Vocabulary and Literary Packet, and “The Myth of Echo and
Narcissus”.
Read Romeo and Juliet
Act 2, Scene 2 and 3
(For tomorrow, finish
reading Act 2, Scene 4; go over “Echo and Narcissus”; go over the notes for Act
2; Figurative Language assignment)
Friday, May 13th:
Friday, May 13th:
Period 1
BIC
Passed out: Act Two Open Book Test, Act Two Vocabulary
Packet, and “Echo and Narcissus” handout.
Went over the myth of Echo and Narcissus for Act 2, Scene 2
The Act Two Test and Vocabulary Packet will be due on
Tuesday, May 17th.
Read Act 2, Scene 4 and 5
Acted out Act 2, Scene 1 and 2
Explained the scenes
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