Frosh Honors

Mr. Bovaird

Romeo and Juliet – Unit Web Page

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Note: Writing Portfolios will be due Tuesday, December 2!

Lecture Notes: (Note: Lecture Notes links will be disabled the day of the lecture.)

1. Introduction Lecture Notes	MS Word Format	PowerPoint Format	PDF Format
2. Sonnet Lecture Notes	MS Word Format	PowerPoint Format	PDF Format
3. Quoting from Shakespeare Lecture Notes	MS Word Format	PowerPoint Format	PDF Format

Study Guides:

1. Act I, Quotable Quotes I	MS Word Format	PDF Format
2. Act II, Quotable Quotes II	MS Word Format	PDF Format
3. Act III, Quotable Quotes III	MS Word Format	PDF Format
4. Act IV, Quotable Quotes IV	MS Word Format	PDF Format
5. Act V, Quotable Quotes V	MS Word Format	PDF Format
6. Requested Answers	MS Word Format	PDF Format

Other Files for Download:

1. Portfolio Instructions	MS Word Format	PDF Format
2. Portfolio Grading Rubric	MS Word Format	PDF Format
3. Final Unit Exam Study Tips	MS Word Format	PDF Format

Unit Objectives:

• Read and discuss the cultural and literary significance of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
• Explore the themes of love, pride, beauty, and youth
• Analyze contemporary music to understand thematic connections between the songs and the play
• Compose two written assessments addressing students’ understanding of the play and its themes

Vocabulary:

Aside – a line directed to the audience rather than the other characters on stage, such as “Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?”

Catharsis – the purging of emotions; the release from tension and renewal of spirits following a performance

Dramatic Irony – when the audience knows something that the characters in the play do not

Foreshadowing – the use of clues to hint at what will happen later in the plot

Hubris – excessive or exaggerated pride in a character

Oxymoron – a figure of speech in which two opposite words are combined in one expression, such as “loving hate” or “heavy lightness”

Paradox – a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense, yet is perhaps true

Soliloquy – an unusually long speech in which a character reveals his/her thoughts alone on stage

Sonnet – a type of poem consisting of three quatrains and a couplet

Tragedy – type of drama in which the hero doesn’t win

Ideas to Consider:

• What has William Shakespeare contributed to our society as far as our cultural standards, our art, and our understanding of humanity?
• How do we compare our feelings of love to other elements of our universe?
• Why do teenagers often feel that their parents never understand them?
• When must we put aside our pride and accept responsibility for our actions?

October 13 through October 17
Day:	Activities:	Assignments:
Monday (10/13)	Lesson #01: Introduction Journal: Chorus to Romeo and Juliet Activity: Shakespeare Anticipation Guide Lecture: Introduction Notes	None
Tuesday (10/14)	Animal Farm—Propaganda Project group presentations and reflections	None
Wednesday (10/15)	Lesson #02: Prof. Engel Lecture Lecture: “William Shakespeare” by Prof. Elliot Engel; students take notes Assessment: Open-note quiz over lecture	None
Thursday (10/16)	Lesson #03: Sonnets Journal: Why do people write about love? Lecture: Sonnets and Shakespeare, Sonnet 18 Discuss: Shakespearean Language	None
Friday (10/17)	No School – Teacher Work Day

October 20 through October 24
Day:	Activities:	Assignments:
Monday (10/20)	Animal Farm—Test and essay review
Tuesday (10/21)	Lesson #04: Quarrels Journal: Quarrels and Feuds Read: Prologue through Act I, scene I	Study Guide over Act I (Thursday, 11/16)
Wednesday (10/22)	Lesson #05: Marriage Journal: Marriage in Today’s Society Read: Act I, Scene ii	None
Thursday (10/23)	Lesson #06: Dreams Journal: Dreams that predict reality Read: Act I, Scenes iii-iv Listen: CD Recording of Mercutio’s “Queen Mab” speech and Romeo and Juliet’s “Pilgrim Sonnet”	None
Friday (10/24)	No School

October 27 through October 31
Day:	Activities:	Assignments:
Monday (10/27)	Lesson #00: Substitute Lesson Read: Reading Romeo and Juliet, Act I, scenes iii-v (teacher absence)	None
Tuesday (10/28)	Lesson #06: Dreams, continued Discuss: Act I, Scenes iii-v Listen: CD Recording of Mercutio’s “Queen Mab” speech and Romeo and Juliet’s “Pilgrim Sonnet”	None
Wednesday (10/29)	Lesson #07: Celestial Bodies Journal: Celestial Bodies and Symbolism Lecture: The Soliloquy in Drama Read: Act II, Chorus through Scene ii Assign: Study Guides over Act II Listen: CD Recording of the Balcony Scene Assign: “Satellite” Socratic Seminar Assign: Essay over Acts I-II	Essay over Acts I-II (due Monday, 11/17) “Satellite” Socratic Seminar (for Thursday, 10/30) Study Guide over Act II (due Friday, 11/21)
Thursday (10/30)	Lesson #08: “Satellite” Socratic Seminar: “Satellite”	None
Friday (10/31)	Lesson #09: Mentors Journal: Mentors in our lives Read: Act II, Scene iii	None

November 3 through November 7
Day:	Activities:	Assignments:
Monday (11/3)	Lesson #10: Young Lust Journal: “Wisely and slow” response Activity: Shakespearean Language Skit Read: Act II, scenes iv-v	Shakespearean Language Skit (due Thursday, 11/13)
Tuesday (11/4)	Lesson #10: Young Lust, continued Read: Act II, scenes iv-v	None
Wednesday (11/5)	Lesson #10: Young Lust, continued Read: Act II, scenes iv-v	None
Thursday (11/6)	Lesson #11: Emotions Journal: Love is like a roller coaster Discussion: Dramatic Irony in Romeo and Juliet Read: Act III, scene ii Assign: Study Guides over Act III, Socratic Seminar over “Teenager”	Study Guide over Act III (due Friday, 11/21) “Teenager” Socratic Seminar (due Wednesday 11/12)
Friday (11/7)	Lesson #11: Emotions, continued Read: Act III, scene ii	None

November 10 through November 14
Day:	Activities:	Assignments:
Monday (11/10)	Lesson #12: Names Journal: Romeo’s changing opinion of his name Read: Act III, Scenes iii-v Assign: Writing Portfolio	Writing Portfolio (due Monday, 12/1)
Tuesday (11/11)	Lesson #13: Tributes Journal: Write a tribute from one character in the play to another Read: Act IV, Scenes i-ii Assign: Study Guides over Act IV	Study Guides over Act IV (due Friday 11/21)
Wednesday (11/12)	Lesson #14: “Teenager” Journal: Parents just don’t understand Socratic Seminar: Better Than Ezra’s “Teenager”	None
Thursday (11/13)	Lesson #15: Shakespeare Today Presentation: Shakespearean Language Skits Read: “Valley Girls” rendition of Romeo and Juliet	None
Friday (11/14)