One of the final assignments for our Romeo & Juliet unit, before March Break, was to choose a drama or art project from the list. This included such things as drama interpretation of the play, or a scene or scenes (in 5 minutes!), fashion design (designing clothes or a charm bracelet for a character or characters), creating a rap or song about the play, or drawing a picture book or comic (among other choices). Students could also come up with their own option...as a pair of students did, making an animation of the Tybalt/Romeo fight (see below)
I know we were a bit pressed for time, but most students were able to come up with very interesting material and thus demonstrate knowledge of the play.
I also quite enjoyed the interpretative drama performance that put the story of R&J in Gingerbread land with unicorns, or the imaginative 'Juliet & Romeo' version, where everything was opposite...
Here are some photos of other R&J themed pieces: Facebook entries, costume design, and charm bracelets...
In one of our ART tasks, we created our own versions of Van Gogh's famous STARRY NIGHT painting. Students were to keep the feel of the original, but add their own interpretations.
These look really fantastic and are showcased in our hallway. I wanted to share them here! Everyone's in presented here, either right here on the blog or in one of the two videos.
The videos were created in animoto.com, where I have a free account to make 30 second videos. To fit them all into 30 secs, I created two different types of videos...which style do you like the best?
