Beginning Act One of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Sally Ride's "Single Room, Earth View"

Wednesday 4 December 2013 for Periods 5 & 6 and Thursday 5 December 2013 for Periods 1, 2, & 7

Quiz: Sally Ride's "Single Room, Earth View"

Mr. Stone described the sonnet (fourteen line, rhymed, iambic pentameter lines) and blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter lines) forms (unrhymed used in Act One of Romeo and Juliet. He also introduced oral reading strategies for reading blank verse (avoiding sing-song, pausing for punctuation, and reading through the end of unpunctuated line endings).

Utilizing the cast assignments from the last class period, students read scenes i and ii of Act One and part of scene iii.

Students are receiving behavior and participation points for during the periods when the class is reading the play. Students receive ten points for maintaining appropriate audience and cast member behaviors:

--remaining silent while other actors read their lines

--following the script to read assigned lines at appropriate times

--reading lines at an appropriate pace, volume, and clarity

Homework: Read Isaac Bashevis Singer's "The Washwoman" (650-655). A quiz will be given at the beginning of the next class period.