One of my favorite stand-by fun lessons is to allow students to create Shakespearean insults. The Folger Library’s Shakespeare Set Free series volume with lessons on Romeo and Juliet has a handout I’ve used since 1997, when I first taught the play, to create insults. Though I consider myself fairly technologically savvy, I found out [...]
Entries Tagged as 'romeo and juliet'
Week in Reflection: March 10-14, 2008
March 15th, 2008 · 15 Comments · Movies in English Class, Reflection, Web 2.0
This week, one of my ninth grade classes finished The Catcher and the Rye, and we began discussing it in class. We also studied adjective and adverb phrases. The students really enjoyed the discussion of the novel, and I think they liked the book a great deal. That novel always seems to be popular, especially [...]
Tags: catcher in the rye·death of a salesman·freedom writers·moodle·reflection·romeo and juliet·student blogging
Week in Reflection: February 25-29, 2008
March 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Reflection
The Lamppost Blogger recently mentioned a weekly goal to be reflective about the week’s teaching. I love the idea and decided to steal it, and I meant to start yesterday, too, but the day got away from me. I am really happy with the unit I have written on Death of a Salesman. My main [...]
Students 2.0
January 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Web 2.0
I was thrilled today when my 9th grade students told me they created a study group on Facebook to keep up with work in my class and help each other as they study Romeo and Juliet. When they told me, they were almost sheepish, as if they were afraid they were doing something wrong. I [...]
Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet
January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Assessment, Recommended Reading, Teaching Literature
I just finished writing UbD units for Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet at the UbD Educators wiki. As I finished writing the unit for Hamlet and saved the page, I lost half the work I had done, and I am still not sure how it happened, so I had to re-do it. Word to the [...]
Tags: hamlet·romeo and juliet·shakespeare·ubd·understanding by design
