Assessment Assessment(s) Student learning is assessed via a Quick Write at the end of the lesson. Students respond to the following prompt, citing textual evidence to support analysis and inferences drawn from the text: How does Shakespeare introduce Romeo in lines 158–202? High Performance Response(s) A High Performance Response should: Identify aspects of Romeo’s character (e.g., romantic, sensitive, dramatic). Analyze how Shakespeare introduces Romeo’s character (e.g., Shakespeare introduces Romeo as romantic through his manner of speaking: Romeo uses a great deal of figurative language to describe his feelings about love. Shakespeare also introduces Romeo as sensitive and dramatic through his use of metaphors. Romeo describes love as a powerful emotion: he compares love which is “vexed” or unsatisfied to “sea nourished with loving tears” (line 190). Love is also a bittersweet emotion: it can be a “choking gall” (line 192), or a “preserving sweet” (line 192), suggesting the intensity of love’s impact on him.). Vocabulary Vocabulary to provide directly (will not include extended instruction) morrow (n.) – morning tyrannous (adj.) – unjustly severe propagate (v.) – to increase in number or amount vexed (adj.) – tormented, troubled nourished (v.) – strengthened, built up gall (n.) – something bitter Vocabulary to teach (may include direct word work and/or questions) coz (n.) – cousin Additional vocabulary to support English Language Learners (to provide directly) thou (pn.) – you thine (pn.) – yours wilt (v.) – will
Assessment Assessment(s) Student learning is assessed via a Quick Write at the end of the lesson. Students respond to the following prompt, citing textual evidence to support analysis and inferences drawn from the text: How does Shakespeare introduce Romeo in lines 158–202? High Performance Response(s) A High Performance Response should: Identify aspects of Romeo’s character (e.g., romantic, sensitive, dramatic). Analyze how Shakespeare introduces Romeo’s character (e.g., Shakespeare introduces Romeo as romantic through his manner of speaking: Romeo uses a great deal of figurative language to describe his feelings about love. Shakespeare also introduces Romeo as sensitive and dramatic through his use of metaphors. Romeo describes love as a powerful emotion: he compares love which is “vexed” or unsatisfied to “sea nourished with loving tears” (line 190). Love is also a bittersweet emotion: it can be a “choking gall” (line 192), or a “preserving sweet” (line 192), suggesting the intensity of love’s impact on him.). Vocabulary Vocabulary to provide directly (will not include extended instruction) morrow (n.) – morning tyrannous (adj.) – unjustly severe propagate (v.) – to increase in number or amount vexed (adj.) – tormented, troubled nourished (v.) – strengthened, built up gall (n.) – something bitter Vocabulary to teach (may include direct word work and/or questions) coz (n.) – cousin Additional vocabulary to support English Language Learners (to provide directly) thou (pn.) – you thine (pn.) – yours wilt (v.) – will
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