Alien Pedagogy » Wikipedia http://alienpedagogy.edublogs.org Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:06:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Introducing Romeo and Juliet http://alienpedagogy.edublogs.org/2008/12/06/introducing-romeo-and-juliet/ http://alienpedagogy.edublogs.org/2008/12/06/introducing-romeo-and-juliet/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:38:26 +0000 alienpedagogy http://alienpedagogy.edublogs.org/?p=79 Romeo and Juliet is tough, but fun. Here’s how I’m approaching comprehension of the text.

  1. Wikipedia Summary — Can it be trusted? There’s currently a vandalism notice on the site — score! We’ll return to this idea later.
  2. Storyboard — Students will graphically represent the plot of Romeo and Juliet in six scenes, based on the dubious Wikipedia summary.
  3. Film — We’re watching the film before reading the story. I know a lot of teachers watch the movie after reading the book, but it seems to me that that film is a great foundation for a difficult read.

We’ll approach the text analytically after the film’s finished, though that won’t be until after winter break. Analyzing Shakespeare is tricky, to say the least.

How can a teacher ask their students not to use Sparknotes? We’ll return to this question later.

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