WEST SIDE STORY AND ROMEO AND JULIET

8/15/16 homework

Dear Students,

Answer the following question in complete sentences.

Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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West Side Story vs. Romeo and Juliet

How were the endings similar and how were they different?

Enjoy your vacation!!  See you September 8th at the school!!

8/12/16 homework

Dear Students,

Read Act II, Scenes 4 and 5 and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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6.      Why does she say this? 

7. What is the setting of Scene V?  

8. What is Tony's dream about the future?

9. How does Doc finally shatter that dream? 

10. What does Tony intend to do now?  

8/11/16 homework

Dear Students,

Read Act II, Scenes 4 and 5 and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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1.  What is the setting of Act I Scene 4?  

2.      Where is Tony and what is he waiting for? 

3.      Why has Anita come? 

4.  How is she treated by the Jets? 

5. What final message does she leave with the Jets?  

8/10/16 homework

Dear Students,

Read Act II, Scene 3 and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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3.  What two things does Anita do for Maria that shows that she is now on Maria's side?

4.  Why has Officer Schrank come to Maria's apartment?  How do we know Maria is not going to cooperate with him?

8/9/16 homework

Dear Students,

Read Act II, Scene 3 and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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1.  What is the setting of this scene?  In what way have Tony and Maria finally "married" each other?  What are their immediate plans for the future? 

2.  The song "A Boy Like That" is an argument between Anita and Maria about Maria's loyalty to Tony.  Summarize, in your own words, each side of the argument.

8/8/16 homework

Dear Students,

Read Act II, Scene 2 and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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1. The word "juvenile" means young and the word "delinquent" means a person who does wrong or breaks the law.  Society characterizes members of the Jets and Sharks as juvenile delinquents.  In the song, "Gee, Officer Krupke", the Jets make fun of how the different authorities within society treat juvenile delinquents.  What are the four different authorities that the gang members pretend to be in the song?  What are some of the reasons or excuses used by the juvenile delinquent to explain his bad behavior?  How do the authorities treat the juvenile delinquent?

RISING TO THE CLIMAX OF WEST SIDE STORY

8/5/16 homework

Dear Students,

Read Act II, Scene 1 and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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3.  What do you think Chino intends to do?  Is Maria aware of his plans?  How do you know?

4.  Explain why Maria is emotionally torn upon seeing Tony?  Why did Tony come to see Maria?

8/4/16 homework

Dear Students,

Read Act II, Scene 1 and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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1.  What is Chino's physical condition and emotional state as he enters?  What news does he have for Maria?

2.  What angers Chino about Maria's reaction to the news?  How is that anger shown through Chino's next few actions? 

8/3/16 homework

Dear Students,

Read Act I, Scene 9 and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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1.  What is the result of the rumble?  In your opinion, whose fault is it that Tony's attempt at peacemaking ended up in such tragedy?  Support your answer thoroughly.

2. Even though this scene settles some conflicts, what other conflicts now arise from the results of the rumble?

8/2/16 homework

Dear Students,

Read Act I, Scene 9 and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment
Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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This scene is a climax of the many conflicts presented throughout Act I.  Explain how the playwright shows the following conflicts in this final scene of Act I:

             a) Tony vs. both gangs

            b) Bernardo vs. Tony

            c) Riff vs. Tony

            d) Riff vs. Bernardo

            e) Jets vs. Sharks

8/1/16 homework

Dear Students,

Read Act I Scene 8 is presented almost entirely in song and contains most of the characters in the musical.  It is divided into five different singing sections, each located in a different part of the neighborhood.  Use your imagination, what you already know about each character, and the words each one is singing to figure out where each group or person might be singing, what they are probably doing while they are singing, and what they are looking forward to tonight.

Level 1: Please answer 1 row to complete the assignment
Level 2: Please answer 3 rows to complete the assignment
Level 3: Please answer 5 rows to complete the assignment

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Singer(s)	Possible Location in Neighborhood	Possible Actions While Singing	Expectations for the Coming Night
Jets Gang
Sharks Gang
Anita
Tony
Maria