1. Friday, May 15, 2015 Objectives:
Students will listen to a masterful read of the text before performing an individual close reading of Romeo and Juliet: Act III, scene ii.
Students will respond in writing to text- dependent questions, choosing which responses they want to have evaluated for a summative grade.

2. Standards Addressed/Assessed
RL Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
RL Analyze 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.

3. Academic Vocabulary: Romeo and Juliet; Act III, ii
Use the Footnotes
Here’s a Definition
Phoebus
Phaeton
Cockatrice
General doom
Apace – quickly
Baiting – coursing; running through
Sober-suited – subdued; serious
Matron – a mature woman
Mantle – a loose cape or cloak
Amorous – expressing love
Eloquence - well-spoken
Bedaubed - smeared with; soiled
Forsworn – to reject or deny
Dissemblers - liars