Weekend Homework - Due Monday of Week 2

You have a couple of things to do over the weekend girls.

1. Catch up on any work that is incomplete from earlier homework. This includes going back into your posts and proof-reading and editing if I have made a comment about this on your blog.

2. Complete your character map that was started in class on Thursday - most of you have already finished this but I would like to see them first thing next week. This will obviously be done on paper not your blog.

3.Based on what we have listened to and read so far, I would like you to start two character profiles. One for Romeo and one for Benvolio. In your character profile, I would like you to consider the following things:

* How would you describe this character's personality?
* How is this character viewed by other people in the play?
* What relationship does this person have to others in the play?
* What does this character's main role seem to be?
* Are there any specific themes that you can identify that are linked to this character?

As your develop your character profiles you should be aiming to include quotes to support your claims and explain why the quotes are significant (I.e. Synthesize) While you will obviously keep going in and editing these profiles as the play develops you need to be publishing each time you make an addition so that we can share ideas as a class. Make sure that you reference quotes with the Act Number, Scene Number and Line Numbers (Act V, Scene III, Line 33-35 OR V, III, 33-55 OR V.II.33-35)

As I mentioned in class yesterday, I would strongly recommend that after each lesson you go back over what we have read in class that day. You can either read directly from your text book or you may prefer to use the No Fear Shakespeare site. This site provides two versions of the play, side by side, so that you can see the original version next to a contemporary interpretation. This may help you to develop your understanding. However, make sure that when quoting you use the original.

The link to the site is:http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/