Week 9 Syllabus: May 21
WHY DO ROMEO AND JULIET GO FROM MEETING-AT-THE-DANCE to “let’s-get-married” in less than 24 hours? The Friar seems to think that marrying them might resolve the long-standing family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. But is that realistic? After all, the Prince has ordered that anyone caught fighting in the streets will “be put to death,” but that hasn’t prevented Tybalt from sending Romeo a threatening letter to his house, challenging him to a duel. Likewise, Mercutio seems ready to fight as well. Why can’t Romeo and Juliet—while either together or apart—see their situation with more clarity? Is their love realistic? In what way is their love doomed to fail from the beginning?
TUESDAY, May 21
Finishing our independent reading presentations. Once done, we will turn our attention to Act 2.
Watching the end of act two in R&J.
Small group work on Act 2 worksheet/annotation guide.
HW: If you have NOT finished the study guide questions for act one, do them tonight! Otherwise, you should make sure all the study guide questions for act two are completed.
WEDNESDAY, May 22
Today, we return to independent reading!
Passing back grades on the oral presentations.
6th period will watch the end of act two: scene 5, in which Juliet gets news from the Nurse from Romeo, about what Romeo says, and scene 6, in which Romeo and Juliet go see Friar Lawrence to get married.
Both classes will spend time working on the R&J Study guide.
HW: If you haven’t finished the study guide questions for act three, do that. If you have, work on the first questions for act three.
FRIDAY, May 24
Act 3! We will both watch the fight scene in 3.1, and the aftermath of Romeo’s exile, Juliet’s wedding to Paris, and the suicidal teens desperate search for a way to be together, despite their parents.
HW: Read act four for class on Tuesday. Also, work on the study guide questions for that same act.