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

**All homework must be signed by a parent.**

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

**All homework must be signed by a parent.**

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

**All homework must be signed by a parent.**

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

**All homework must be signed by a parent.**

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

**All homework must be signed by a parent.**

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?