Remix! Romeo & Juliet
Description
Overview of Guiding Elements
CA State Standards:
History Social Studies
7.8 Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance
Reading Standards:
RL7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.7
Writing: Narratives (remixing scenes from "Romeo and Juliet")
W.7.3
EQ:
How does a community effectively create a lasting contribution?
Does "Romeo and Juliet" primarily revolve around themes of loyalty or passion?
How do the techniques of different mediums impact the telling of a story?
Class Text: "Romeo and Juliet" (Act 1 Scene 5; Act 2 Scene 2; Act 3 Scene 1; Act 5 Scene 3)
Various film adaptations
Themes/Topics:
Using different mediums to tell stories
Love vs Obsession
Rewrite a scene from "Romeo and Juliet" as a narrative, putting your own spin on it.
Create an additional media piece to add to the reader's understanding of the story. Defend your use of techniques in that medium.
Process
Building Background Knowledge
For homework, watch a version of "Romeo and Juliet."
With your assigned lit circle group, complete this slide deck together.
Weekly HW:
Read assigned scene from assigned medium/text. Each person in the lit circle reads the corresponding scene from one of the four different texts.
Take notes on theme, vocabulary, and medium impact as you read. Write a summary of the scene on completion.
Thursday Quick Writes:
Remix Quick-Write (with skill focus) (link slides)
Friday Lit Circle Discussions:
Meet with your lit circle group and discuss the week's scene, differences in the various texts students engaged with that week, and the impacts of different mediums used to tell the story.
Discussions graded as a quiz, individually or as a small group
Grade Scale: 0 = ; 1 = ; 2 = ; 3 = ; 4 = ; 5 = ; 6 =
Final:
link models / examples from students
All Unit 1 Slides:
24/25 Hum - Unit 1 PptComplete Unit 1 Overview:
Unit 1 Overview: Humanities