Loud+and+Proud

Grade Level: Ninth Grade

Unit: Romeo and Juliet

Assignment type:  Summarization of acts

Lesson objectives (include 2 or 3):
 * Student will understand language of Shakespeare
 * Student will be able to summarize scenes from Romeo and Juliet
 * Student will understand conventions of drama

Time required to complete this lesson: Reading of scenes in play, and about thirty minutes to complete homework

Title of lesson: Loud and Proud

Resources/materials needed: Internet access, blabberize Lexipedia teacher example: media type="custom" key="7384853" Description of lesson. Students will read the scene in class, or if need to at home to finish. Then the student will find an image of a character in the scene just read. They will then proceed to blabberize the image with a summary of the character's part in the scene. Each product will be presented to the class. The students will also select a line from the play, visit lexipedia, and input the words one by one into the site. Student will understand Shakespeare's language better by identifying synonyms. 

Assignment : The reading should be done in class, and the other par should be able the take place at home or computer lab. Students will "translate" as homework. 

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