Romeo & Juliet Unit 2/28- 4/1

2/28- Check out Romeo & Juliet, Learn about Shakespeare
3/1 -- Begin reading Romeo and Juliet
3/2 --Act 1
3/3 -- Act 1 Writing: How do your parents compare to the Capulets and Montagues?
3/4 -- Act 1 Writing: After reading Act 1, use textual to predict what will happen in the rest of the play?
3/7 -- Test on Act 1
3/8 -- Read Act 2
3/9 -- Read Act 2 Writing: Using Shakespeare's language, write a letter from one character to another?
3/10 -- Read Act 2
3/11 -- Finish Act 2, Introduce Romeo & Juliet Final Project due April 1st (No Fooling!)
3/14 -- Act 2 test, Preread Act 3 for homework
3/15 -- Sword fighting! Act 3 Write: a swordfighting scene
3/16 -- Read Act 3
3/17 -- Act 3 Test
3/18 -- Begin reading Act 4 Write: Character motivation paragraph Why does the character do what they do?
3/21-- Read Act 4
3/22 -- Act 4
3/23 -- Test on Act 4
3/24 -- Begin Act 5
3/25 -- Read Act 5
3/28 -- Read Act 5
3/29 --Test on R & J, Class debate -- Who is most responsible for Romeo & Juliet's death?
3/30 -- Day to work on projects
3/31 -- Timed essay -- Who is most responsible for Romeo & Juliet's death?
4/1 -- Presentation of Romeo and Juliet projects, Project papers due