Romeo and Juliet LessonLab

Teacher/Team:

9 College Prep English

Grade Level:

Ninth Grade

School:

Solon High School

Ohio Graduation Competencies:

·        Utilize multi-step directions to accomplish a task (1)

·        Recognize an author’s purpose and attitude (3)

·        Support an interpretation by locating specific information (4)

·        Draw inferences (7)

·        Evaluate the effectiveness of resource material for a specified audience/purpose (12)

Project/Task:

Students will be presented with real world problems and will create multimedia-enhanced presentations that will make connections from the play to modern times. 

Assessment:

Traditional:  quizzes, daily homework assignments, study guides, paragraphs, class participation, exam, essay

PBL:  multimedia-enhanced, web based, nonlinear presentation, assessed according to multimedia rubric

Learning Strategies:

1.    Read the play in class

2.    Discuss literary and poetic terms used in work

3.    Periodic assessment:  quizzes, study guides, paragraphs, etc.

4.    Great Lakes Theater Company—actors

5.    Introduce PBL unit

website resources

Tools:

Computers, digital cameras, digital camcorders, scanners, web directories