Romeo and Juliet

1. Romeo and Juliet 9th Grade Honor’s English

2. Romeo and Juliet • Today students will use their understanding of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, to create their own modern interpretation of specific events from the drama using social media format. • Students will • explore the literary elements of a character, their conflict, and resolution within the text of Romeo and Juliet. • analyze Romeo and Juliet for highlights and significant passages. • compose original reactions to text within the confines of 140 characters forcing students to synthesize responses to text. • participate in active learning, taking the responsibility for making meaning of text.

3. Common Core Standards for 9th grade RL.9-10.3Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. RL.9-10.7Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment W.9-10.2Write explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. W.9-10.2(b) Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience's knowledge of the topic. W.9-10.2(d) Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. W.9-10.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

4. Rip Van Winkle How would life be different if you had fallen asleep in 1985 and woke up in 2015?

5. Shakespeare’s the POET! • Shakespeare often gets slammed by students for his antiquated language and complex plots • Shakespeare was a POET, sometimes called a wordsmith. He not only worked with language, but he manipulated the sounds and rhythm of words (think music) • These rhythms helped the actors performing the plays to remember their lines more easily • One of many poetic devices Shakespeare employed was a device called Iambic Pentameter

6. Iambic Pentameter • Poets and Songwriters use poetic meter to create rhythm in their words. Poetry has specific terminology to describe different types of rhythm. It is a lot like the way music uses different beats and measures. It is very much a formula or a recipe if you will. • Iambic Pentameter is dependent upon stress. Not physical or emotional STRESS but the emphasis upon syllables of words. The word desert. Desert is an arid piece of land. But dessert is a delicious sweet treat after a meal. The stress of the syllable makes the difference in the meaning of the word. • Iambic Pentameter is a rhythmic device. An iamb consists of two syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed. If a pentagram is a symbol that has 5 corners then you can reasonably conclude that iambic PENTAMETER consists of 5 iambs. Since an iamb is 2 syllables, how many syllables are in a line of iambic pentameter?

7. Iambic Pentameter • Shakespeare used iambic pentameter for his most passionate and stirring lines and sonnets. Just think how you feel when you see that cute crush of yours: You smile and your heart beats faster. You can remember iambic pentameter by realizing that Shakespeare relied on iambic pentameter for his most soulful lines from the heart. • Now put your hand over your heart and feel the beat • ta Data Data Data Data Da(5 complete beats = iambic pentameter) • Shakespeare’s most heartfelt words follow the beat of the heart. • Now get the rhythm ta DA ta DA ta Da ta DA ta DA Chant it and tap it out • shall IcomPARE thee TO a SUMmer’sDAY? • a-RISE fair SUN and KILL the ENV- iousMOON.

8. Iambic Pentameter Iambic pentameter does not pay attention to word divisions or spelling. It’s all about the sound, bout the sound, not spelling! Think of iambic pentameter as a type of formula. Another way to remember it is this sentence I am a pirate with a wooden leg I am- sounds just like the words I AM in iambic Now clap on the stressed syllables. I AM a PI-rate WITH a WOOD-en LEG How many syllables? How many iambs?

9. Social Media- Tweeting Tweeting basics- Tweeting is a platform wherein users share their thoughts, news, information and jokes in 140 characters of text or less. Twitter makes global communication cheap and measurable. Profiles are (usually) public — anyone in the world can see what you write.. Users "follow" each other in order to keep tabs on and converse with specific people. Tweet: A 140-character message. This is finite and therefore a formula. Feed: The stream of tweets you see on your homepage. It's comprised of updates from users you follow. Handle: Your username. Hashtag (#): A way to denote a topic of conversation or participate in a larger linked discussion (e.g. #BartlettAcademy, #TonightShow). A hashtag is a discovery tool that allows others to find your tweets, based on topics. You can also click on a hashtag to see all the tweets that mention it in real time — even from people you don't follow. Think of it as keyword searching.

10. Your Assignment (Yes! There is a rubric for a grade) Work with the person sitting next to you to develop a twitter feed from the unique point of view of one of the character’s from Romeo and Juliet. Just like Shakespeare worked with the formula of iambic pentameter, you will work within the confines of Twitter and the constraints of 140 characters to express in modern language the story line of the character you identify with. You will in tweet format tell the story of Romeo and Juliet chronologically from your characters point of view. Remember You MUST stay in character and only write tweets from that character. You MUST tell the story as it applies to the character you choose. You MAY write as many tweets as you would like, but each tweet may only be 140 characters in length including hashtags.

11. Your Assignment (Yes! There is a rubric for a grade) Go to my website using the Macbook Air http://ba.bartlettschools.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=435559&type=u Select the twitter file for the character you have selected and download it. The files are located at the bottom of the Tweeting Romeo and Juliet resource page. Open the file in Word and move it to the side of the screen. Save it as your names. Open the Twitter character counter at on the Tweeting Romeo and Juliet Resource page and move it to the other side of your screen. http://www.twitter-character-counter.com

12. Your Assignment (Yes there is a rubric for a grade) 7. This character counter will not let you go over your 140 characters in your modern day formula. So you will create your tweet in the counter and copy and paste it into your downloaded character feed. To copy and paste: Highlight the desired text in the counter. Command C for copy, Move it to the tweet box and Command V for paste. Starting with the beginning of the story, tweet in succession from the beginning of the story until the end of the story (or your character’s death, whichever comes first, the story line of Romeo and Juliet staying within your character’s point of view and using today’s language. Do not use profanity. Do not be inappropriate. You can get your point across without being dirty minded. You may use slang and texting conventions and abbreviations. (Unlike tweeting- The downloaded format will go in linear format from first to last tweet… which is opposite the way a twitter feed would read) 9. Watch as I show you how to do this.

13. End of Assignment and Exit Ticket After you finish your tweets, print off your tweets, save them to a flash drive and/or email them to Mrs. Crossett at lcrossett@bartlettschools.org Rubrics for the grades are located on the tables Under the table markers are some exit tickets in tweet format. Please tweet feedback for the lesson in the spaces provided, please leave it on the media cart as you leave.