1. Tues 4/4 English I
Everyone who was in class yesterday got full credit (15 points). Congratulations!
Today in Romeo and Juliet: strategizing the brawl for Weds. & Thurs.
Hand in to the front: Insults assignment from Mon. (Define 3 insulting words from list.)
Montagues and Capulets strategize brawl
All: read (the 1st part of the Brawl)
late or missing work accepted through Friday, April 7th
There will not be a 4th Q Book Report for Eng I

2. Tues 4/3 English I
Notes:
Make Copies of the prologue and insults (Handout 2) for both Freshman Eng classes

3. Important reasons to move: 1
Important reasons to move: 1. Change brings new opportunities with new people; 2. Some people could use a little more help; 3. Reduce distractions.
Your cooperation will be noted and rewarded.

4. Act I Scene i The Brawl in the Marketplace 1. 1
Act I Scene i The Brawl in the Marketplace NOTE We will mostly plan this today; and try to mostly practice it Wednesday, try for complete scene by Thursday
FIRST: M’s and C’s huddle up, choose their Act I Scene i (Fight scene) Directors, who will lead this period:
NEXT: Pass books, share, read , quickly out loud; take turns reading; everybody tracks (follows along);
NEXT: Directors recruit Assistant Directors and put them to work
Assistant directors’ tasks:
One AD just to take notes - who’s doing what
AD’s make working scripts: copies for actors, stack books neatly at end of period
Will help with scripts and lines
With Directors, AD’s will plan and help with blocking (where people enter, exit, stand, speak, swordfight)
Sword makers - send 1 M and 1 C to library, bring back colored contstruction paper; start experimenting with sword construction
AD’s ask for volenteer desk movers: move out, circle, move back
Directors ask for volunteers for casting:
Fighters (try and cast 3 of everybody)
Shop-keepers, shoppers, citizens
Montagu, Lady M., Capulet, Lady C.

5. Act I Scene i The Brawl in the Marketplace 1. 1
Act I Scene i The Brawl in the Marketplace NOTE We will mostly plan this today; and try to mostly practice it Wednesday, try for complete scene by Thursday
One Assistant Director note-taker for the day Tues. 4/4 tasks
Label your scroll: “Romeo and Juliet, (Capulets/ Montagues), 2nd period
Fold into 8ths (for 8 weeks)
Date the first one
Have everybody PRINT their name and their job for the day/week, like: Director, Balthasar, Lady Capulet, Swordmaker, Assistant Director, etc.;
Have an Assistant Assistant Director on notes also; particularly for group decisions on “blocking” the scene

6. Act I Scene i The Brawl in the Marketplace 1.1.1-50
Consider and discuss these questions as you read...
Where does the scene take place?
Where and how should Gregory and Sampson make their entrance?
Where have they been? Where are they going?
What should they do while they discuss the feud and their attitudes?
Where and how should Abram and Servingman make their entrance?
How do Gregory and Sampson react when they see Abram and Servingman?
How do the two sets of men react to each other during their verbal duel?

7. Mon 4/3 English I
This week in Romeo and Juliet: prologue, insults, sword fight
Today: 4th Q desk / seating change
Montagues and Capulets
Prologue read-aloud
Study Feuds, do Elizabethan Insults
Tomorrow: strategizing the brawl for Weds. & Thurs.
Late or missing work accepted through Friday, April 7th
There will not be a 4th Q Book Report for Eng I

8. So… how do we win at this? How are we graded?
The short answer is that you win at this and get good grades by “showing willing”; that is, by being a willing participant.
Romeo and Juliet will be highly participatory: Planned unit activities include:
Acting - main parts, supporting characters, crowds; everyone will be expected to take turns;
Directing - group process; all will take part;
Making masks, teaching dance, moving desks;
Taking notes / looking up words - take turns with this.
At least twice a week grades will be entered for your participation, on an A - F scale.

9. Participation Rubric, R & J - about half the 4th Q Grade
Offers leadership, volunteers, stays on-task, and supportive, looks for ways to include more people than just immediate friends; never disruptive. B
Good leader and follower, volunteers, on-task, supportive, includes others; almost never disruptive. C
With prompting will participate and stay on task without disruption. D
Struggles to stay on task, focus, or participate without being disruptive. F
Is disruptive or will not participate.

10. Hand out prologue. We’ll read this several times through. Workbook p
Divide Capulets and Montagues…
C’s and M’s organize readers; we read the Prologue aloud;
C and M men and women take turns.

11. Hand out insults….
Divide Capulets and Montagues…
C’s and M’s caucus; review insults; take turns; fall apart into chaos
Practice listening for Mr. Lamson’s cues
Start on Tues assignment:
Define your word - put up on R and J scroll for all to see and enjoy.

12. Tues. 3/21 English I
Romeo and Juliet
Set up notes:
Who
What
When
Where
How
why

13. 3/23
In about what century did Shakespeare write? __________________
In what language did he write? ______________________
What was Shakespeare’s country? ___________________________
What country is Romeo and Juliet set in? ________________________
What is their city? __________________________
What is the first big action in the movie? _______________________________
Where do Romeo and Juliet meet? ___________________________
In that first swordfight, who are the two fighters? _______________________________ _______________________________
Name _______________
Per __________
Date ______
9. Friar Lawrence helps Romeo and Juliet do what? _____________________________
10. Before their wedding night, Romeo gets in a swordfight. Who gets killed?
_______________________________________
11. Juliet’s parents pressure her to marry Paris, not knowing she is secretly married to Romeo. To get out of this, Juliet plans to do what? ___________________________________ _____________________________________ Romeo finds Juliet, thinks she’s dead, and does what? _________________________
13. How does it end? _______________________________________

14. 7. To judge or determine the worth or quality of
8. Elements or conditions that create a result
9. To join or combine into a single whole
10. To check in on, watch, regulate
11. Most frequent, common, or important
12. Related or pertinent to the matter at hand
13. A practice passed down from generation to generation
To separate or break into parts and examine
A quality, part, or element
Logical, consistent, or connected
To decide or infer by evidence and reasoning
To perceive or create a difference between
Special stress on something

15. Tues 3/14 English I-A
Done with your Editorial open letter outline? Turned in?
Done with your 1st draft? Turned in?
Start 2nd (final) draft: add detail, quote and cite sources (Jaquiss); fix errors. READ ALOUD FOR SENSE!
Check your grades. Are you missing assignments? Book reports? Journalism assignments? Work on catching up.
Book report 3: Review my notes, revise, print out as one single document; glue-stick into notebook, REVISION DUE THURS. 3/16
NO GAMING - NO FOOLING!

16. 7th Period English
Meet Mr. Lamson
In the Library