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This is a reminder that all past due papers are due when we return from break.

Thanks Shakespeareans! 

Sometimes I feel like this.

I saw this and it sorta reminded me of class.  When we get back from break, let's have fun but let us learn to focus when others are talking. 

 

 

                        (Sarcasm heavily implied in the meme.)

Time to Catcheth Up and Celebrate!

Christmas break is upon us and it is now the time to catch up on any late assignments!  All papers are due on January 7th.  If you would rather turn them in via email during the break, that will be acceptable.  Montagues turn papers into Queen Leiloni and Capulets turn in papers to Queen Sage.  Every scholar must complete at least nine papers including the summary in order to complete the class and go on the class field trip.  If all of the necessary papers are turned in, please be working on vocabulary lists, plays and the set piece.  Also, make sure to be thinking of ideas for the parent night.

After our fun Christmas party today, we were able to discuss characters and costumes, finish our discussion of Romeo and Juliet and crown Queen Taylor Miller!!! Congratulations!!!

 

 

 

 

A corronation and then everyone dies.

In our class today we learned about mythology and the supernatural in Shakespeare.  Anyone who can bring an example of mythology or the supernatural in Romeo and Juliet (besides Cupid) will earn five bonus points for their "house".  Other things to work on at home this week includes any papers that have not been completed, vocabulary lists and the set piece.  Zachery did passed off his set piece, Sienna shared a wonderful presentation about work during the Elizabethan era and Archie was crowned as King of Shakespeare!  We were also able to discuss the play Romeo and Juliet.  Ask your scholar or discuss with your parents what it is that you discovered by reading Romeo and Juliet besides the fact that, "everyone dies."

 

 

 

 

Most of the day and then a Twelfth Night

Thank-you to the scholars who came to my home in order to watch two Shakespeare plays and then went over to Stadium High in order to see The Twelfth Night performed.  I hoped that you all got some ideas and insights for our spring play.  I did not get any photos of our field trip but here are a few photos of the scholars watching "As You Like It" and eating some snacks (or avoiding the camera).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Play Watching Opportunity

Today in class we learned about banters and quibbles, discussed Romeo and Juliet, played a vocabulary game and listened to presentations from Merry and Isaac.  Isaac even brought in his own "finger food" to share with the class. 

 

 

Stadium High School is presenting Shakespeare's Twelfth Night tonight, tomorrow night and Saturday night.  If you would like to view it with friends, we are going to see it on Saturday.  Feel free to drop off your Shakespearean scholars at my house at 2:30pm in order to watch As You Like It and Love Labour's Lost and then we will be going over to the school to see this play.  More details will be in email communication. 

Asides and Gender Roles

Today we learned about asides. Here are some examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa0N3JtEE3o&list=PL2JGuG0E9zco4rHM3C9ZRr5o6h7VGU9Zo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrpAHAI_C5k

I will try and post more throughout the week.  Look for asides like this in the Shakespeare plays that you read, watch or listen to as well as in other films. 

We also heard from Hannah today as she presented about gender roles at Elizabethan times.

 

 

Next week we will hear from Merry and Isaac.  We will also discuss Act IV, Scenes 4-5.  Please make sure to read this before coming to class and be prepared to turn in your paper on a mythological creature.  

To Monologue or Not to Monologue, That is the Question

This last week we learned about the difference between soliloquies and setpieces and monologues.  

This week everyone needs to read Act IV, scenes 1-3 in Romeo and Juliet and write on the topic: Is death ever a solution to problems?  Why or why not?

We will also hear a presentation from Merry and Hannah.

And we mustn't forget, our Isaac was crowned as the first king of Shakespeare for the year!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everything at Once

Now that the song that I posted yesterday is stuck in everyone's head, which one is your favorite simile?
When I asked this yesterday in class, I loved it when one of the students replied, "Strong as a family."

Families have power.  Similes and metaphors have power.  Words have power.

Yesterday we also discussed Romeo and Juliet.  Why do we read this play and dissect it?  It is not a romance, that is for sure.  We did talk a little about why people wrote sonnets and that was to woo women.  We were told by one student that he would remember that for when he is 24.  I love this class!  We read Romeo and Juliet as a cautionary tale.  We learn about human character weaknesses and strengths and what to do and what not to do.

This week everyone needs to read Romeo and Juliet Act III Scenes 3-5.  The paper that everyone needs to write is: "What is the definition of consequences?  Do all choices have consequences? Explain."  The bonus question is: "Which other play of Shakespeare's contains the story of Romeo & Juliet?"

Also. make sure to work on Sonnets and memorizing the set piece.  Maybe Taylor will grace us with her recitation of the set piece?!?  We will also see Issac crowned and hear presentations from Adam and Merry!

Set Piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3MiaSG1SMQ

Metaphor or Simile

We learned about metaphors and similes today.
Do you remember which is which?

What is she singing about in this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT7PsLIHCmo

Sonnet #1, by Emma Miller

Emma shared her sonnet she wrote with the whole class, and since it is so fantastic, I thought I'd put on the blog for posterity.

I welcome you to Shakespeare, meet my friends
Yes with Isaac the fun will never end
There's Eliana, she is beautiful
And zach and Zoey are both dutiful
There's Matthew with his wonderful blue crocs
And merry who's too nice to ever mock
Chandler fills the entire room with glee
And Hannah is the girl I'd like to be
There's Taylor whose always doing high kicks
And Archie who claims he's mentally six
There's Kaleigh who gets points taken away,
by cracking jokes and laughing all the day
Sage and Leiloni know all this is true......and to my dear Adam: I hate you too.

Couplet or Capulet?

Today we learned about couplets, quatrains and rhyme royals, worked on our vocabulary and discussed Romeo and Juliet.  We also listened to presentations from Kaliegh and Taylor and one of us learned what it may have felt like to get sucked on by a leach.  Next week Emma and Adam will present for the class.  Before then, everyone needs to read Act III Scenes 1-2 and write a paper on all the characters in the play and their relationship to Romeo.  

This week we all were the witnesses of Queen Emma being crowned and then she read to us her sonnet.

 

 

 

 

More Crowning and Prose!

Today's lecture was on blank verse, poetry and prose and we discussed Act II Scenes 1-3 of Romeo and Juliet.

At home, everyone needs to write a paper on "What is love? Is there a difference between love and friendship?" and to read Romeo and Juliet Act II Scenes 4-6.  These are due next week.

Also everyone should be working on their ten steps!

We were able to be honored by the crowning of two queens today as well!!! Both Merry and Kaleigh have either watched, read or listened to 17 Shakespeare plays!  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Iambic Pentameter Rap

You have got to see this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p226OX39OLs

But Soft, What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks

Today we talked about what an Iambic Pentameter is.  Iambic Pentameter is a line that is ten syllables with five being unstressed and five being stressed.  It just so happens that part of our set piece is in Iambic Pentameter:
"But Soft, What light through yonder window breaks. . . "

We also had our first crowning of the year today!  Congratulations to Hannah Owen who has either read, watched or listened to seventeen Shakespeare plays!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week's assignment is to read Act II, Scene 1-3 in Romeo and Juliet and to write the paper on: "What is love? Is there a difference between love and friendship?"  Also, be working on your set piece, Iambic Pentameter and vocabulary lists.