TitleofProject:

Love,Passion,andDeathTwitter
RomeoandJuliet
140pages140words140characters

GuidingQuestion:
WhowouldRomeoMontagueandJulietCapuletbeinamodern,globalworld?

Overview&DesiredResults:
Theselessonsinvitesstudentstousetheirunderstandingofmodernexperienceswithdigitaltechnologiesto
makeactivemeaningofanoldertext,suchasShakespeares
RomeoandJuliet,
byaskingstudentstocreate
theirownmoderninterpretationofspecificeventsfromthedrama.Studentsfirstbrainstormwhatwould
happenif
RomeoandJuliet
weresetinamoderndayworldandiftechnologywasavailabletothecharacters.
Studentsworktocreatetechnologyprofilesforcharactersintheplay,whichtheywillusetorespond/discuss
thesummarizedscenes.Studentstweet/reimagineascenefromtheplaywithmoderntechnology.Finally,
studentssharetheirprojectswiththeclassontwitteranddiscusswhytheymadethechoicesthattheydid.

Tools,SitesandResources

Tools
Twitter(#romeo&juliet301)
YouTube(#romeo&juliet301Channel)
https://youtu.be/4I0kmqkiIeQ
https://youtu.be/vbkIiBZDQGY
EdPuzzle
https://edpuzzle.com/assignments/570beac82474dc3041121ae1/watch
https://edpuzzle.com/assignments/570bf6b96a5461e273dedcb1/watch

GoogleForms
http://goo.gl/forms/CYMgdVqDFu

Sites,Resources,andVideos
Readings:
Variousversionsof
TheTragedyofRomeoandJuliet
"DialoguewithaText,"RobertProbst

Sites:
Read,Write,Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/lessonplans/starcrossedloversonline857.html?tab=1#ta
bs
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson857/techlist.pdf
UrbanDictionary
https://g.co/kgs/70t4t
AbsoluteShakespeare
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/glossary/a.htm

Resources:
TweetDeck
GoGaurdian
https://teacher.goguardian.com/#/classrooms/active
Pocket
https://getpocket.com/a/queue/
https://getpocket.com/a/read/1253975233
https://getpocket.com/a/read/1253951834
https://getpocket.com/a/read/1253950388

InstructionalDetailsandGlobalCollaboration
FROMTHEORYTOPRACTICE
Thebestliteratureactivitiesencouragestudentstomaketheirownmeaningoutofwhattheyreadandto
discoverforthemselvesthebeautyofgreatliterature.Butachievingthisgoalconsistentlyiseasiersaidthan
done,especiallywithShakespeareantextswherestudentsstrugglewithlanguageandculturaldetailsthatare
quitedifferentfromthosethattheyencounterintheirdaytodayexperiences.In"DialoguewithaText,"Robert
Probstarguesthatauthenticmeaningmakingcannotbeachievedbyaskingstudentstolearnarangeoffacts
anddetailsaboutthetimeperiod,thetext,andtheauthor'slanguage.Rather,studentsmustengagewiththe
textandmaketheirownmeaning.Inpractice,thislessonallowsstudentstoexplorethetextinrelationshipto
theirownunderstandingoftheworldandtheirownexperiences.Asaresult,studentsnotonlyidentify
underlyingmeaningintheplayitselfbutalsofindechoesofthedrama'sthemeandsubjectinthemodern
world.

Studentsshouldhavecompletedreadinganddiscussing
RomeoandJuliet
beforethisactivitytakesplace
(includedonplanningcalendar).

PlanningCalendar
Time

Weeks
15

Agenda
AnticipationGuide
IntroductiontoActI
Act1Prologue(Sonnetreview)
MainIdeaMiniLesson/SupportingDetailsReview
HubrisExtendedDefinition
ActII
WholeClassDiscussion
ActIII
ActIV
MainIdeaMiniLesson
WholeClassDiscussion
ActV
Whostoblame?Essay
Session1
Explainthatyouareabouttobeginanexplorationofdigitaltechnology.
Askstudentstobrainstormalistoftechnologiesthattheyuse,see,orknowaboutintheirnotebooks,in
ordertogivestudentsafewminutestogathertheirthoughts.
Asstudentsgeneratedetailsandexplorethetechnologies,encouragethemtomakeconnectionstothe
waysthathumansareinvolvedwiththetechnologies.Establishthatnomatterhowefficienttechnology
becomes,itsuserequireshumanswhocanwrite,speak,read,listen,andunderstand.
Returntothetextthattheclassisexploring(inthislesson,
RomeoandJuliet)
.Askstudentstoimagine
whatwouldhappeniftheplayweresetinamoderndayworldandtechnologywasavailabletothe
characters.
Afterseveralminutesofdiscussion,assigncharactersfromtheplay.Askstudentstocreatea
technologyprofile
forthecharactertheyhavebeenassignedbystartingwiththe
CharacterTechnology
ProfileQuestions
asaGoogleForm.

Week
67

Askstudentstopreparetheirprofilestopresenttotheclassonchromebookstobepresentedthrough
GoGaurdian.
Providefeedbackandassistanceasstudentswork.
Forhomework,askstudentstoreflectonthetechnologyprofilesintheirdigitaljournals:"Whatsurprised
youthemostaboutthemoderndayinterpretationsofthecharactersfrom
RomeoandJuliet?
Why?

Shareanyobservationsthatyoumadeasothergroupsinclasssharedtheircharacters'profiles.Be
suretoindicatewhetheryouagreedwiththeirprofile,andreflectonanydetailsthatyouwouldhave
changedifyouwereprofilingthecharacters."
Sessions23
Passoutcopiesofthe
TwitterRomeo&JulietProject
handoutandthe
RubricforTwitterRomeoand
Juliet
.
Readthroughthedirectionandassignsectionsoftheplayfortwittersummarizing,andexplainusing
technology(specificallyhashtags).Gooverthe
Rubric
,anddiscussthegoalsandassessmentofthe
projects.

 WorkthroughtheProjecthandoutasaclass,andaskstudentstosharepossiblemodernday
interpretations.
Explainthatstudentswillhavetherestofthesessionaswellasthenexttwosessionstoworkontheir
projects.

Rereadyouractandscene
Summarizeyoursection(dontlimityourself)
Edit,edit,edit(1)
Edit,edit,edit(2)
Tweetit
Checkoutfinalposting

Ifstudentswillworkontheprojectingroups,arrangetheminsmallgroupsandallowthemtimeto

discusstheprojectbeforethesessionends.Ifstudentsareworkingindividually,askthemtofreewrite
abouttheprojectstheyaremostinterestedintryingduringtheremainingtimeorforhomework.
Session34
ReviewtheTwitterRomeo&JulietProjecthandoutandansweranyquestionsthatstudentshave.
Allowstudentstoworkfreelyontheirprojectsduringtheclasssessions,sharingtheirworkwithpartnersor
classmatesastheyneedfeedbackorsuggestions.
Asstudentswork,pointindividualsorgroupstorelevantinteractivesthattheycanuseastheypreparetheir
projects.
Pointoutanyadditionalonlinetoolsthatstudentscanuseastheyworkontheirprojects.Possibleresourcesare
listedinthe
Resources
section.
Remindstudentsoftheassessmentcriteriaincludedinthe
Rubricfor
TwitterRomeoandJulietProject.
Circulateamongstudentsastheywork,providingsupportandfeedback.Ifstudentsareusingstudent
interactivestoprepareordraftpartsoftheirdisplay,bepreparedtohelpthemwithanytoolstheyareunfamiliar
with.

Session56
Givestudentsseveralminutesatthebeginningofthesessiontosetuptheirprojectsandcomplete
finishingtouches.
StudentswillinputtweetsonTwitterusing#romeo&juliet301inorder.

Asstudentsdelivertheirtweetstotheclass,promptthemtodiscusswhytheychosetheparticular
interpretationsthattheydid.
Asthestudentsarepresenting,theteachercanassesstheirworkusingthe
rubric
.
StudentswillreturntotheirCharacterTechnologyProfileandreply/retweetinresponseasthere
character.(StudentswillhavecreatedappropriatetwittersigninsasaperviousDigitalLiteracy
lesson.)TweetDeckwillbeusedsostudents(andteachers)cankeeptrackofclasstweetsoftheplay
andtheircharacterresponses.
Forhomework,askstudentstofreewriteintheirjournalsabouttheirprojectsandthewaysthatthe
themesandsubjectsfromtheoldertextcomparetomoderndayequivalents.

Standands