The Northwestern University Collaboratory Presents

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The Northwestern University Collaboratory
Presents

• Romeo and Juliet Insight Out.
• Essay Excerpts
• Symbolic Scene Slides
• Media Space facilitated discussion and allowed
  for school and community presentation.

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Products - Essay Excerpts

• Media Space
• Microsoft Word
• PhotoShop
• Public Domain photos
• (The illustration was scanned and modified from
  The Play Pictorial Romeo and Juliet, London,
  1912. )

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Romeo Juliet Insight Out Essay Excerpts

• Honors English often equals lengthy essays.
• Review their work and publish condensed version.

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Goals for Essay Excerpts

• Careful examination of word choice and
  supporting evidence.
• Creation of graphics to enhance publication.

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Completed Student Examples

• Students create their own graphics rather than
  rely on image search.
• The finished product is original and - very
  importantly - legal!

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Excerpts Generate Reaction

• One student traveling in Australia was able to
  insert his comments after reading excerpts.

• Romeo is melodramatic and very romantic in his
  speech as well as actions. When first met in the
  play, Act one,Scene one, he is talking of love,
  cupid, and sorrow. On page six, Romeo says, "Out
  of her favor where I am in love." This quote
  shows his constant mulling over love. Romeo loves
  to love and falls to cupid's arrow quickly. He is
  an average teenager.

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Products - Symbolic Slides

• Media Space
• Microsoft Word
• PhotoShop
• Digital Pictures
• (Students used Sony Mavica cameras because disks
  could be removed and sent home for students to
  modify. )

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Goals for Symbolic Slides

• Explore use of storyboards.
• Creation of symbols related to Romeo and
  Juliet.
• Team discussion of the plays meaning.

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Team Work

• Groups assigned an act to symbolize through five
  slides.
• Set the play in "Verona High School.
• Match quotes with graphics.

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Symbolic Slide Showcase

• Samples were loaded on Media Space and sequenced.
• Symbolic Slides reviewed the story in a dramatic,
  personalized way.

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Benefits

• Students create and share original work.
• Products are available 24/7. ?

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Romeo and Juliet Insight Out

• Collaboratory made the process convenient and
  enjoyable
• Thanks to the team of Northwestern for a valuable
  learning resource.
• Sheryl Hinman
• Galesburg High School
• Galesburg, IL ?