Apr. 26 - 29: Romeo and Juliet

***Superheroes Project due on Fri. Apr. 29***

***Romeo and Juliet Wedding Vows due Mon. May 2***

Fri. Apr. 29
- Blk. G: Finish watching the Romeo and Juliet movie.
- Write a page of Wedding Vows for Romeo and Juliet (10 marks). Include at least four different literary techniques (metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, apostrophe, etc.)
- Blks E and F:
- Guest speaker / author presentation in the library.


Thurs. Apr. 28
- Blk. G: Continue watching the Romeo and Juliet movie.
- Blks E and F:
- 20 minutes of silent reading
- Write a page of Wedding Vows for Romeo and Juliet (10 marks). Include at least four different literary techniques (metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, apostrophe, etc.)
April is National Poetry Month: What is a poetry slam?
A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work (or, more rarely, that of others). These performances are then judged on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience.

Poetry slam. (2010, February 26). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:51, March 19, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poetry_slam&oldid=346584632

View these examples and vote for your favourite:









- AK47 Team Poetry: This is a brilliant example of personification/extended metaphor in a poem presented at an event in Ottawa in 2009.



Wed. Apr. 27: Romeo and Juliet online play
- Blocks E and F: finish watching Romeo and Juliet movie
- Block G: last lab class to work on Superheroes Project


Tues. Apr. 26 
-  The lab is booked for today.
- Continue work on the Superheroes In Love project. (You will have 3 lab classes to work on this).
- Complete the following 6 tasks in the order below:

• Juliet image (sketch or use the HeroMachine)
• Romeo image (sketch or use the HeroMachine)
• Printing on school computers: K>Graphics>KSnapshot and print. 
• Fill out assignment sheet in point form (a description for every bullet point on sheet)
• One typed paragraph describing your Juliet
• One typed paragraph describing your Romeo
• Revise the prologue with at least ten changes to the text (highlight the changes made). Copy and paste prologue onto new document to make revisions.