“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare
English 9R Schedule
Mr. McDonough and Ms. Becker/Ms. Mormando and Ms. Leonard/Ms. Madigan
Due Date
Assignment
Monday
May 1
Act I, scenes i-iii
Tuesday
May 2
Act I, scenes iv and v
Wednesday May 3
Act I Reading and Vocabulary Quiz (30 points)
 pernicious
 augmenting
 grievance
 transgression
 heretics
Thursday
May 4
Act I Character Journal Homework Check (5 points)
Friday
May 5
Film
“Write-Your-Own Sonnet” due (50 points)
A Checklist:
 14 lines (3 quatrains + 1 couplet)
 Rhyme scheme = ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
 Rhythm = Iambic Pentameter
(daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM)
(i JUST can’t THINK of AN y THING to WRITE!)
(good LUCK to YOU; don’t PA nic YOU’LL be FINE!)
 Focus on one theme/subject; keep your meaning clear
 Use imagery, figurative language, and creative words
 Proofread
 Have fun! 
Monday
May 8
Act II, scenes i and ii
Tuesday
May 9
Act II, scenes iii-vi
Wednesday May 10 Act II Character Journal Homework Check (5 points)
Thursday
May 11 Act II Reading and Vocabulary Quiz (50 points)
 kinsmen
 coying
 variable
 procure
 vile
 sallow
 waverer
 lamentable
 unwieldy
Friday
May 12 Film
Monday
May 15 Act III, scenes i and ii
Tuesday
May 16 Act III, scenes iii - v
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Wednesday May 17
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
May
May
May
May
May
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18
19
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23
24
25
Friday
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
May 26
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May 30
May 31
June 1
Friday
June 2
Act III Reading and Vocabulary Quiz (50 points)
 gallant
 fray
 martial
 agile
 exile
 tedious
 eloquence
 abhors
 fickle
Act III Character Journal Homework Check (5 points)
Film
Act IV, scenes i-iii
Act IV, scenes iv and v
Act IV Character Journal Homework Check (5 points)
Act IV Reading and Vocabulary Quiz (35 points)
 pensive
 vial
 enjoined
 loathsome
 prostrate
 solace
Film
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!
Act V, scenes i-iii
Act V Character Journal Homework Check (5 points)
Act V Reading and Vocabulary Quiz (35 points)
 remnants
 penury
 haughty
 sepulcher
 ambiguities
 peruse
Complete Character Journal due (100 points) Hand in Hard Copy AND
Submit to Turnitin.com. Minus five points each day not on turnitin.com.
The FINAL EXAM counts for 20% of your final grade for the year.
It will be given in class over three days in June.
Specific dates and details about the exam will be forthcoming.