Tuesday: "Do you bite your thumb at me, Sir?"

Today we are getting good at making connections in the text (Act One, scene i) by answering text-specific questions.

15 minutes:  Finish listening to Act One scene i: http://goo.gl/TR1reS

5 minutes: Post questions to TODAYS MEET about this scene.

15 minutes: Using the Text-Specific Questions handout, answer two of the following text-specific questions:


1) Why does Sampson "bite his thumb" at Abram?
2) How is Tybalt different than Benvolio?
3) What is the prince angry about?
4) What stands out when we first meet Romeo?

10 minutes: Mrs. LaMonte models making an EVIDENCE-BASED CLAIM.