Literary Quote of the Day: "Two Star-Crossed Lovers Take Their Life"

Mr. Shakespeare reminds us that teaching ELA is more than just hosting a book club. There is a place for reading for pleasure during SSR, for example, but the purpose of teaching ELA is to help students develop critical reading and thinking and writing skills. That’s why knowing the end at the beginning isn’t really a big deal. In fact, there’s a lot more to literature than knowing the plot.

In a Shakespeare play it’s what happens in between the beginning and the end that matter. Life is the same way. We all know how this ends. We die. It’s what happens before then where we find the true import of things. So what are you doing today–in the classroom or at the beach since it’s summer vacation–that will matter? 

Life Lesson

I’ve already touched upon the life lesson here that it’s what happens between the beginning and the end that really matters. We can also look at Romeo’s downfall as a series of bad luck combined with poor choices. Perhaps you can keep a running talley of Romeo’s poor choices and others’ poor choices that lead to his death (Spoiler alert).

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