9th Grade - Classes are all back on track with working through Act 3 of "Romeo and Juliet" in class, and completed reading Scene 3 as a group.
We related the events of the last section of the story to our conversation in class yesterday - namely, does the class feel that Romeo is really threatening to kill himself, or is he being overdramatic? Along the same lines, does the class feel that Romeo and Juliet have any kind of healthy relationship, or is the entire connection between the two of them damaged?
Finally, we talked about how absurd of a story "Romeo and Juliet" is. A common perception students seem to have at times is that this story is somewhat boring, and difficult to interpret because of the Elizabethan-era English. But when broken down . . .
in approximately 72 hours, Romeo has fallen in and out of love, become heartbroken, fallen in love again, married the new girl in under 24 hours, had his best friend killed, killed his wife's cousin, and gets banished from his city.
Rather intense.
10th Grade - Today was dedicated entirely to working on rough drafts of the essay assignment in class. Students had access to the laptop cart and were given time to start typing and developing their ideas as an actual essay, beyond outlining.
Students who signed up for conferences during class today spoke with me. Every student is expected to have a five-minute conference with me about their writing topic, what evidence they plan on using, and how to best incorporate it. We will continue drafting tomorrow and friday, and the rough draft is due friday at the end of class.
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