Raft Card 1:
ROLE (student)
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AUDIENCE
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FORMAT
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TOPIC
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Row
1
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Researcher, writer
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Teachers, classmates, internet readers
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Persuasive essay (posted on class wiki)
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Do the themes presented in Romeo and Juliet hold true today? Can
modern teenagers learn from their mistakes?
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Objective:
Write a well-researched persuasive essay explaining
why you think that the themes and messages presented in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet either do or do not
hold true in today’s society and why teenagers either can or cannot learn from
their mistakes.
Student Role:
Researcher, writer
Audience:
Teacher, classmates, internet
Format:
Persuasive essay (posted on class wiki)
Topic:
Do the themes presented in Romeo and Juliet hold true today? Can
modern teenagers learn from their mistakes?
1.
Create rough essay
outline using readwritethink.org (listed below)
2.
Research relevant material –use facts that would be
convincing to a teenager
3.
Remember to balance logos, ethos, and pathos
4.
Type essay
5.
Submit to “peer review” discussion board via class wiki
6.
Edit according to peer review comments
7.
Type final essay – use Purdue OWL (listed below) to check
format
8.
Submit final essay to Mrs. Miller by March 30, 2015 via class
wiki “Published Student Work” page.
Resources:
Assessment:
Submit final
persuasive essay to Mrs. Miller by March 30th, 2015 via class wiki
“Published Student Work” page.
Essay will be
graded by according to rubric passed out in class. 30% of grade will be reliant
on appropriate format, citations, grammar, sentence structure, and spelling.
Essay worth
150 pts.
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Raft Card 2:
ROLE (student)
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AUDIENCE
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FORMAT
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TOPIC
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Row
2
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Actor (as necessary), translator,
editor, script writer
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Classmates, teachers,
Internet dwellers
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recorded performance uploaded to
YouTube/class wiki,
translated script emailed to Mrs.
Miller
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Objective:
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Determine how time period affects script, costume, actor
posture, tone
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Change script, costume, setting, posture, tone without
impacting message or order of events
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Identify themes of work, decide if themes and messages still
hold true in varying social situations and time eras
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Interpret Shakespeare in complete detail
Student Role:
Actor (as necessary), translator, editor, script
writer
Audience:
Classmates, teachers, denizens of the internet.
Recorded performance uploaded to YouTube/class wiki,
translated script emailed to Mrs. Miller
Topic:
Would the message and themes of Romeo and Juliet still hold true if the
story had been written during a different time and social setting?
Directions:
1.
Students will be split into groups assigned by Mrs. Miller
2.
Students will read through scene assigned by Mrs. Miller
3.
Select appropriate time period and setting to set scene in
(1960’s war protest, meeting of the founding fathers, moon landing, 1920’s jazz
party)
4.
Students must interpret scene and re-write scene with
appropriate phrasing – write the scene how it would have been written if it was
set in your setting
5.
Students compile costume and filming location as well as
camera to record
6.
Students act out and record their scene translation.
7.
Use free online video editor (listed below) to edit video
8.
Email translated script to Mrs. Miller by March 30
9.
Upload final video to Mrs. Miller’s YouTube Channel and class
wiki under “Student Collaborative Work”
Resources:
Assessment:
Students need to complete and upload their video by March
30, 2015.
Please e-mail typed copy of translated script to Mrs. Miller
by March 30, 2015.
Videos will be uploaded to class wiki and to Mrs. Miller’s
YouTube channel.
Project is worth 200 pts. 30% of that grade will be for
historical accuracy (costumes, setting, phrasing), 60% for accurately
interpreting and rephrasing the script. 10% for professionalism.
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Raft Card 3:
ROLE (student)
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AUDIENCE
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FORMAT
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TOPIC
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Row
3
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Advertiser, photo editor
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Everyone
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Advertising poster (picture collage)
(originally posted to class wiki and
school website, potentially printed as hard copy and used as real
advertisement)
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How would you convince people to come
see your performance of Romeo and
Juliet using only the themes of the play in images?
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Objective:
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Identify theme and concepts portrayed in Romeo and Juliet
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Create convincing advertisement of written work using only
images
Student Role:
Advertiser, photo editor
Audience:
Everyone
Format:
Picture collage (advertising poster) (originally
placed on class wiki and school website and potentially printed as hard copy
and used as real advertisement)
Topic:
How would you convince people to come see your
performance of Romeo & Juliet using only the themes of the play in images?
1.
Students will identify underlying themes and messages
conveyed in Shakespeare’s Romeo and
Juliet.
2.
Students will then use online databases of free-use and
copyright free images (listed below) to compose and aesthetically pleasing
picture collage of images that convey the themes and messages
3.
Using a free online photo editor (listed below), students
will design an advertising poster for Romeo
and Juliet.
4.
Students will post finished result to class wiki by March 30.
5.
Students will e-mail finished product to Mr. Miller by March
30.
Assessment:
Students will determine the underlying theme and messaged of
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Students will then use copyright free and free use images from online databases
to compile a picture collage.
Students will use a photo editor to turn their collage into
a poster advertising Romeo and Juliet.
Finished product should be posted to class wiki and e-mailed
to Mrs. Miller by March 30th.
Assignment is worth 100 pts. 40% of grade is for correctly
identifying the themes of the piece. 30% of the grade is for choosing images
appropriate for conveying the theme. 30% is for creating an advertisement that
is aesthetically pleasing and convincing.
As an added bonus, the poster voted most efficient and
pleasing will be printed and used to advertise the school’s upcoming
performance of Romeo and Juliet in
the fall and will be placed all over the school and surrounding community
gathering places.
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