1. Shakespeare’s sonnets and Romeo and Juliet
Friday 11/12/15
What prior knowledge do you have about Shakespeare? What have you read previously? What do you remember?

2. Quickwrite
What prior knowledge do you have about Shakespeare? What have you read previously? What, if anything, do you remember?
tragic writing(R&J) - choice of words(diction)
British playwright who also wrote Hamlet
Greek plays - tragedy and comedy
theater group
different English
influenced many, even today

3. cont’d
plays, poetry
The Tempest
Macbeth
studied in drama
well-respected author

4. Q -Why is Shakespeare hard to read and understand ?
Using the handouts, with the person in front of you or behind you, read and discuss why Shakespeare is hard to understand

5. A - Reasons why Shakespeare is tough
written in Early Modern English
we speak Late Modern English
subject- verb agreement
words we know now, but had different meaning then

6. What you need to understand Shakespeare
Dictionary
Lit terms handout
Your book and the annotations the editors have given you
Notes from class mini-lectures and discussions

7. What to expect from this unit before Finals
quizzes to check your understanding of the text
freewrites
2 tests
in class reading and group performances
1 final take home essay about Romeo and Juliet (including rough draft, peer review draft, and final draft)

8. SOAPSTone activity
take notes on your handout as we review SOAPSTone
in pairs, you will read the sonnet and prepare a SOAPSTone to be collected and graded

9. Sonnet - your SOAPSTone

10. Quickwrite - Why relate sonnets to plays?

11. Things you should know for next week
Homework for Monday - read and annotate intro pages
Bring your book or earn a referral
Vocab test, taken from Romeo and Juliet, on Wednesday

12. Vocab for Wednesday’s test - copy and define
8. depart
9. fray
10. portentous
11. grief
12. forswear
13. bound
grudge
civil
thrust
quarrel
brawl
disturb
canker