Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Romeo & Juliet essay

Reading Romeo and Juliet freshman year is a task that all freshmen have to complete. Though there are many ways that the teachers can teach their students to learn the story.  Some may think that teachers should have their students to read Romeo and Juliet, but others would say that acting out the play would benefit the students more. Acting out the play the students receive valuable learning experiences. Some of the learning responsibility is responsibility, out of the class work, communication, and emotional aspects. The students having to use responsibility they have to be on their job and take charge. Working out side of the class room is another way that the students have to give their full concentration or they will be forget thing and do everything right. The use of communication in this project will help the students get to know one another, will benefit the student  in the feature on business trips and job applications.  With all of these in one project Mr.Provenzano is not only making his students do a project he’s getting his students ready for the real world.
With acting out the play students must read the book because different students have different jobs that they have to do. They can’t just go to their friends and ask them what happened in act or scene because they might skip over valuable details that they didn’t think were important, but was important to them. Students must also have their work completed when due so that the other students can do their job as well. If a student doesn’t complete their job it affects other student’s jobs. Let say if a writer didn’t complete their job that affects other students in other job areas, like the custom designer, props, and most definitely the actors and actress. Everyone needed to be on their job and not slacking. Responsibility is a good reason for acting out the play, but out of the class work is a better reason.
            With out of the classroom the students have to be on your job.  Yes, they can fool around a lot more but there isn’t a teacher looking over their students shoulder making sure they do their work. It’s up to them to be able to do the work at handle without someone constantly telling them to do their work. With Mr.Provenzano around the freshmen will not use their creative side to in the project. Without him they could get a little creative with the job at hand. Instead of sticking to a basic way of do the project they can add their own personal style. With these jobs we want the students to give it their all while having fun doing it how they see it being done in their head. Exploring out of the classroom work is fun, but communication with others is a great lesson being learned as well.
            Communication is one of the needs to know in life. By participating in this project Mr.Provenzano is getting his students ready for the real world. He has his students using Skype to have conversation with the Van Meter students whom are also participating in this project as well. Blogs are also being use to keep in touch with each other. Using these instruments to connect with one another is letting the students share their thoughts and combine them to make a greater than before. The students also have to learn how to plan out meetings that everyone can participate and voice their options. This shows how well the students communicate with each other.
              Acting out the play is going to be more memorable then reading the book. The reason is because with acting out the play the students will remember how much fun they had while making the film. Just reading the play the students are less likely to remember. Of course some people might disagree, but not everyone agrees. In the feature the students will recall being pushed and pushed to do their best with no excuses.  They’ll probably remember when they had to act out the scenes how goofy and silly they acted. Some will probably say that how acting out this play brought on more friends that most likely wouldn’t of had happened if Mr.Provenzano didn’t make them do the filming.
             Many people have voiced their options on whether or not teachers should have their students make a film of the play Romeo and Juliet. Working with others is one of the best ways to learn. While working together on the project the students learned responsibility, out of the class work, communication, and emotional aspects. Mr. Provenzano showed his students a great way of learning is working together.

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