1. R&J Week 2
5/1-5/3

2. Bell Work 5/1, 5/2 for 6th hour
Think about all that we have read this school year…
Which outside reading book was your favorite?
Or did you like the short stories, the non-fiction texts, or possibly the poetry?
If you had to recommend one of these to the incoming freshmen, what would it be? Be specific.

3. Extra Credit Decorate my walls!
Recommend a novel (age level appropriate) that you read for outside reading by creating a colorful, organized, and “advertisement” like poster!
Due May 17th! 20 points!

4. Agenda 5/1 or 5/2 for 6th hour
Check your understanding/explanatory writing prompt (yesterday’s worksheet)
Class discussion.
Paraphrase an excerpt from act 1 scene 5. (TBD)

5. Bell Work 5/2, 5/3 for 6th hour
Please take out your homework from last night (paraphrasing act 1 scene 5).
Look over your paraphrasing and make any changes. Then on the back of the worksheet write a brief summary about what is happening in the excerpt.
We will go over the answers 5-7 minutes after the bell.

6. Agenda Bell Work Drama Term: Blocking Comparing Film and Theater
Comparing two version of film adaptations
Blocking the scene
Check your understanding
Argumentative Writing Prompt

7. Drama Term: Blocking & Theatrical Elements
Blocking is the way actors position themselves on stage in relation to one another, the audience, and the objects on the stage.
Theatrical elements are elements used by dramatists and directors to tell a story and create an interpretation on stage (or in a filmed version of a staged play)

8. Comparing Film and Theater
Complete questions 1 and 2.
Wait for the next instructions….

9. Party Blocking
Viewing the same scene from different film versions of Romeo and Juliet…
Baz Luhrmann version
Zeffirelli version

10. Bell Work 5/3
Which films have “star-crossed” lovers similar to Romeo and Juliet?
Why are some stories retold for centuries?

11. Literary Terms
In literature, an archetype is a typical character, an action, or a situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature. An archetype, also known as “universal symbol,” may be a character, a theme, a symbol, or even a setting.

12. Agenda Bell Work Finish the activity from 5/2 West Side Story excerpt
Questions
Written assignment

13. Complete #5 with your shoulder partner

14. Check Your Understanding and Argument Writing Prompt
Complete both of these final activities then turn in the worksheet to the needs grading bin.

15. Shakespeare’s Influence on Modern Works
Skip number 1.
Follow the purpose for reading, read about the author, then read/annotate the script.
Complete text dependent questions.
Complete working from the text.