Fortune's Fool

Essential Question: Are we in control of our own fate?

Goal: to understand the role of fate in the play

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1. Read Romeo and Juliet 5.1-2
2. Considering Fate
1. "The best of men cannot defend their fate: The good die early and the bad die late." - Daniel Defoe, 18th century
2. "Our hour is marked and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined." Napoleon, 19th century
3. "What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide." Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3
4. English Journal # Fate
1. Write about a quote you really agree with OR one you strongly disagree with. How does fate come up in Romeo and Juliet?
3. Google Classroom discussion. Fate in 5.1-2. What is Romeo's mood? Highlight or underline examples of fate.
1. How does fate affect Romeo when he believe's Juliet is dead?
2. To what degree is fate responsible for the tragic turn of events?

Homework:
Read 5.3

Go Waken Juliet

Essential Question: Are we in control of our own fate?

Goal: to analyze who is responsible for Juliet's death.

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1. Share you plot outlines with a partner. Did you have any parts you didn't understand?\
2. Comic Relief
1. What parts of this scene are funny?
2. What parts of this scene are tragic?
3. How would the play change if these scenes were omitted? Why might a director want to omit them?
3. Brainstorm
1. Who is responsible for Juliet's death?
2. Research one of the characters and find lines that show they are responsible for her death.

Homework:
1. Read 5.2-3 at home

Cold Fear

Essential Question:

Goal:

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1. English Journal # Fear. Write about a time you truly felt afraid. How did this emotion affect you physically and mentally?
2. Read 4.3 aloud. Each half of the class will take a line.
1. Which images from Juliet's lines are the most vivid. Post your lines HERE
3. Building the tomb. Using Juliet's lines in 4.3 how can we recreate the tomb in class?
4. Role play: Warring consciences
1. Divide into groups of Five. One person will play Juliet. The other four will play her conscience.
1.  Juliet will say a line about taking the poison
2.  The four people playing the conscience will argue for and against taking the poison.
2. Discusson: Why is this scene important for the play?

Homework:
1. Read 4.4-5 Create a plot outline for these scenes.

Take Thou This Vial

Essential Question: Are we in control of our fate?

Goal:

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1. Subtext exercise
1. I'm Glad You're Here This Evening
2. Two Characters
1. Character 1: You're late
2. Character 2: I know. I couldn't help it.
3. Character 1: I understand.
4. Character 2: I thought you would.
5. Character 1: I have something to give you.
6. Character 2: Really?
7. Character 1: Yes, this.
3. How to convey subtext: Stress, Inflection, Pause, Nonverbal communication
4. Read 4.1-2 with a partner. Write a one-sentence summary.
1. Write a two paragraph journal entry for each scene.
1. For 4.1, select Paris, the Friar, or Juliet, and write a paragraph describing what you think your character's subtext is during this meeting.
2. For 4.2, select Juliet or her father, and write a paragraph describing what you think your character's subtext is during this meeting.

Homework:
1. Finish your journals at home.

Romeo is Banished, and All the World is Nothing

Essential Question: Are we in control of our fate?

Goal:

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1. We will finish Act 3 in a few different ways:
1. Watch Globe on Screen stage version of 3.2 (1:28:36)
2. Read 3.3 with a partner and watch the Carlo Carlei (2013) version. Fill out video performance tracker. (1:27:19)
3. We will act out 3.4. I will play Mr. Capulet.
4. We will end with the Globe on Screen version of 3.5

Homework:

1.  I am checking vocab on Monday
2. Finish your fourth book by finals week Dec. 10

And Bring in a Cloudy Night

Essential Question: Are we in control of our fate?

Goal: to understand Shakespeare's use of the word night

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1. go to Answergarden and enter words you associate with or are synonyms for NIGHT.
2. Use some of these words in a poem about NIGHT. Use the following poem as a model if you desire:

Stars glitter,

     dusting dreams with imagination

Darkness creeps,

     suffering sleep with nightmares

How quickly peace yields to chaos

1. Or try to use this Shakespearean sonnet as your inspiration CLICK HERE
1. I will read 3.2.1-33 to you out loud. Mark sections that are confusing. Underline any references to NIGHT.
2. Assign parts and read the rest of 3.2

Homework:
1. Work on your vocabulary
2. Read your independent reading book

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Tableaux Vivant Performance

Essential Question: Are we in control of our fate?

Goal: to demonstrate your understanding of Act 3.1

Reading: Finish 2/3 of your fourth book

Agenda:

1. Tableaux Vivants for Act 3.1
2. English Journal #11 Emotions
3. Character tracker

Homework:
1. Read your book
2. Work on vocabulary

Hold Friends, Day 2

Essential Question: Are we in control of our fate?

Goal: to show your understanding of a text by creating a tableaux vivant.

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1. Work on your tableaux
1.  Here is an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtkNGhKjREA
2. Work on your character tracker from last week.
3. Work on vocabulary

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary

Hold Friends, Day 1

Essential Question: Are we in control of our own fate?

Goal:

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1. Great Ideas: Emotion
2. Read 3.1. Create a 14-word summary.
3. What is a tableaux vivant?
4. Everyone in the group must have a line. You must memorize your line.
5. Fill out the Shakespearean Snapshots document on GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
6. Groups
1. 3.1.1-35 Benvolio and Mercutio say they should get off the street and avoid the Capulets, but they don't. (2)
2. 3.1.36-86 Benvolio and Mercutio encounter Tybalt and the Capulets. Romeo tries to break them up, but they fight. (4)
3. 3.1.87-120 Romeo steps between Tybalt and Mercutio as they fight. Tybalt wounds Mercutio by running his sword under Romeo's arm. (4)
4. 3.1.121-143 Benvolio reports Mercutio's death. Romeo vows revenge, slays Tybalt, and then flees. (3)
5. 3.1.144-207 Citizens of Verona summon the prince, who banishes Romeo. (5)

Homework:
1. Read your independent reading book at home
2. Finish the other 50% of your vocabulary

Catch Up Day

Essential Question: Are we in control of our fate?

Goal: track what characters most desire

Reading: Read your fourth book

Agenda:

1. Romeo and Juliet Character Tracker
1. What characters do we need to track?
2. For each character you need:
1. Fill  in the first few columns
2. You need at least one quote for each column. Cite your quotation (ex. 2.2.225)

Homework:
1. Read your book
2. Finish 50% of your vocabulary this weekend

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