Activities

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 * 1) =====On Monday, students will finish reading the last scene of Romeo and Juliet by reading out loud. Students will receive 1-5 points based on participation of active listening and/or effort reading out loud. Afterward, I will pass out have a fill-in-the blank worksheet for students to fill in during the lecture and use as a study guide. Answers to the blanks will be given in a PowerPoint presentation and through group discussion. Students should take note of the vocabulary words, key plots and characters, motifs, symbolism, and specifically pointed out lines of the play. This worksheet will be gone over at the end of the lecture and passed in at the end of the week for a total of up to 10 points based on completion. For the remainder of class, we will finish watching the last of the film "Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" (1996). Active listeners and watchers will be rewarded with 3 points. For readers reading out loud, points will not be taken off for mispronouncing or tongue tying words as long as as the student shows effort. Students not reading allowed should be following along and prepared to contribute to class discussion.=====
 * 1) =====Tuesday's assignment will be for students to create a front page of a newspaper consisting of articles taking place in the time of the Capulet and Montegues' brawl. Students will be taken to the media center to use the computer lab and have access to the internet, textbook, and media center books to complete the assingment. There must be at least three articles (one main cover story, and at least two mini articles) and two images. The cover story should be on one of the main events of the play (examples: the death of Tybalt, the death of Rome and Juliet, the Capulet's party) and the minor articles should be on either Shakespeare or other scenes or characters of the play (example: "Inside the Capulet Party" or "The Life and Times of Shakespeare"). The articles must somehow reflect what life was like in the middle ages and show that the student understands the scene they chose to write about. At least three vocabulary words must be used. Grades will be based on content, understanding, use of vocabulary, creativity, and application of knowledge from the lectures and movies. The total amount of points for the assignment is 20 points. To create the newspaper, open Microsoft Publisher and select a template from the "News Letter" section of the template selection menu.=====

3. Wednesday' activity will be for groups of five to translate and act out an assigned scene from the play. Groups of 5-6 will be given a video camera and a portable CD player with speakers and a music CD to take around campus. Students will have 20 minutes to paraphrase and translate the scene as best they can. It is encouraged to use your imagination to make the video creative and entertaining using props, setting, acting, and at least one part of a track from the CD. The CD will have 12 different tracks to choose from. Use the music to set a mood as background music or even get creative and work the music into film by creating a song, rap, or poem to go along with it. The clips will be viewed in class once the 20 minutes are up. When it is time to present, one person from each group will come up and attach the USB cable to the camera and the computer drive to load the film file on to Windows Media Player. Total amounts of points awarded can be up to 25. Points will be based on accuracy of scene translation/understanding, participation and creativity. Each group will be asked to write down on a piece of paper the members of the group and everyone's part in production.



4. Thursday's activity will be using the iClickers to play a unit review quiz game. The class will be divided into teams by their rows. The winning row will receive 2 extra credit points on their test or long response question (which ever helps the student most). Set up with students being able to select questions from categories ("'Jeopardy' style"), each team will have between 30 seconds and 1 minute (depending on level of difficulty of each question) to answer each question. The team will select a captain to announce their final answer for the question. Questions worth more points will have a longer time allowed to answer. If the team selects a "Double Point" question, they can bet points to up to double their score. If they accept the bet though, they can also lose as many points as they bet if answer incorrectly. Double Point questions will be more difficult than the others and the team has the choice of choosing a question at the level they selected for the points they selected or take the Double Point challenge. The team with the most points wins. Categories to chose from will be Vocabulary, Characters, Line Translation, and Symbolism.

5. After passing in their study guide worksheets, students will receive a Scantron and test at the begging of class. The class will have the entire period to finish the test and complete a long response question. The test will consist of 50 multiple choice/true and false questions for 2 points a question. The long response question will be it's own grade for 10 points. To receive all 10 points on the response question, students must translate the given line from the play and show they understand the importance of it to the play.

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