1. Rhythm poems. To practice revising rhythm poems, we worked as a class on this: Revising Rhythm Poems. Each syllable and accent is broken down so students can fit the correct words in the boxes to form a meter.
2. Pass in revisions of poems. These were due today.
3. Background of R & J. Students received a Romeo and Juliet Reading Guide. Download side one here: Romeo and Juliet RG. Download side two here: Timeline RJ.
We took notes on side one about the setting and characters. We also talked about citing Shakespeare.
4. Scene i. We listened to part of Scene 1.
HW: Reread what we listened to in class.