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Star-Crossed Lovers Online: Romeo and Juliet for a Digital Age
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| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Five 50-minute sessions |
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PRINTOUTS
- Possible List of Technologies and Technology Terms
- Character Technology Profile Questions
- Modern-Day Interpretation Projects
- Rubric for Modern-Day Interpretation Projects
WEBSITES
- Google News
- Yahoo News
- AIM Acronym Dictionary
- AIM Smiley Dictionary
- Blogger
- LiveJournal
- Wikipedia on Podcasting
- Apple on Podcasting
- iTunes
- Windows Media Player Playlist How To
- Presenting with PowerPoint
- Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations
PREPARATION
- Students should have completed reading and discussing Romeo and Juliet before this activity takes place.
- Make copies of the Character Technology Profile Questions, Modern-Day Interpretation Projects, and the Rubric for Modern-Day Interpretation Projects for students, or make overhead transparencies to share the information with students.
- If desired, complete the ReadWriteThink lesson Paying Attention to Technology: Writing Technology Autobiographies prior to your unit on Romeo and Juliet to expand students' awareness of the technologies in the world around them.
- Review the List of Technologies to familiarize yourself with the possible items. Students will brainstorm their own list in Session One, so this list is available only to help you predict students' responses and enable you to encourage them to include a wide-range of digital tools.
- Review the available Web-based resources suggested in the Website section to ensure which pages to share with students.
- Test the ReadWriteThink Printing Press, Persuasion Map, ReadWriteThink Webbing Tool, Drama Map, and/or Letter Generator on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tools and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.