unit plan-romeo and juliet

7/23/2019 Unit Plan-Romeo and Juliet

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Unit PlanUnit Plan

William Shakespeare: RomeoWilliam Shakespeare: Romeoand Julietand Juliet

* Created by: Cara Patterson


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DirectionsDirectionsq This is a guided PowerPoint lesson. Every slide will provide

you with the resources and directions you will need tocomplete this unit. Hand in all materials when finished.

Materials:

vComputer

vProvided Worksheets

vYour Textbook

vAt least 3 sheets of paper

vPen

vPencil


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Who is William Shakespeare?Who is William Shakespeare?

Use the websites below to help you complete the Internetscavenger hunt worksheet. Click on the links below to get

started.

http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/

http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/facts/facts.htm

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/theatre.htm
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/facts/facts.htmhttp://shakespeare.mit.edu/http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/theatre.htmhttp://shakespeare.palomar.edu/theatre.htmhttp://shakespeare.mit.edu/http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/facts/facts.htmhttp://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/


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What is a tragedy?What is a tragedy?

Use your textbook or the internet tocomplete this task. Put your answers on aseparate piece of paper.

3. Define the term tragedy.

4. List five typical characteristics of a tragedy.

5. Find an example of another tragedy besides,Romeo and Juliet. List the title, author and a briefdescription of why it is a tragedy.


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The PrologueThe Prologue

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=d690

qClick on the link below to watch a clip of the Prologue from the modernRomeo and Julietmovie. Feel free to watch the clip again to further yourunderstanding. After you are finished with the clip move onto the next slide tobegin working on the Prologue worksheet.
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=d6906654fd9190feeb80&page=&viewtype=&category=http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=d6906654fd9190feeb80&page=&viewtype=&category=


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VocabularyVocabularyv The Prologue gives us a lot of key information about the

play. Now that you have listened and watched the clip youmay begin working on the worksheet. Your first task is todefine unfamiliar vocabulary. Use the link below to help youdefine these words.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

v After you have finished defining the words continueanswering the questions on the worksheet. The link belowmay help you with some of the questions.

http://www.sonnets.org/sharp.htm

v You will be grade by a rubric created by your teacher, so besure to complete all sections of the worksheet. Hand theworksheet in when finished.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/http://www.sonnets.org/sharp.htmhttp://www.sonnets.org/sharp.htmhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/


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Literary TermsLiterary Terms

Simile

ForeshadowSoliloquy

Oxymoron

Personification

Dramatic

Monologue

Aside

Prologue

Imagery

Dialogue

q Now use the terms from above to fillin the blanks on your Literary TermActivity Worksheet. Use your


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Crossword Puzzle Literary TermsCrossword Puzzle Literary Terms

qUse the clues listed on the next slide to complete the crossword puzzle below. Putyour answers on a separate sheet of paper. Be sure to indicate Across and Down and the

appropriate number on your piece of paper. Turn your paper in as soon as you finish fora reward!

* Source: http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/


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CluesCluesAcross:3. Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books.

7. Romeo: "I would I were thy a bird." Juliet: "Sweet, so would I."

8. Mercutio:I conjure thee by Rosalines bright eyes, by her high forehead andher scarlet lip

10. Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Down:1. Juliet: Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.

2. Friar: So smile the heavens upon this holy act.

4. Romeo hiding from Juliet:Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

5. With purple fountains issuing from your veins.6. Romeo looking at Juliets window: But soft! What light through younderwindow breaks?

9. Chorus: Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we layour scene

* Dont forget to turn your answers in for


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Journal EntryJournal Entryq Read the following compliant:

Kids these days! They think that love conquers all, that nothing mattersexcept how they feel about each other. They have no sense ofresponsibility to their families, no respect for tradition, no regard for thosewho are older and wiser. They dont know the problems theyre going tohave that all the love in the world wont solve for them.

q Now respond to this compliant: On a separate piece of paper

What do you think of this compliant? Have you heard older people

say these things about kids today? How would you respond to thisspeaker? Do you believe in love at first sight? Do you think Romeo and

Juliet rushed into a marriage and made some wrong decisions? Howwould society today respond to a real life Romeo and Juliet situation?

q Tomorrow we will be sharing these will the class to have a group discussion.

* Source: Wood, Laura. (2005)Elements of Literature: Third Course. Austin: Holt Rinehart Winston


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Compare and ContrastCompare and Contrast

Think about all the authors we have read in class so farthis semester. Pick one of those authors and compare andcontrast them to Williams Shakespeare. Be sure to thinkabout their writing styles, literary genres, personal life,and physical characteristics. Create a graphic organizer toshow these similarities and differences. Do this on a

separate piece of paper.


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Congratulations!Congratulations!

vYou have successfully finished the unit.Hand in all your materials to your teacher.Staple and turn in all worksheets. Make sure

you have put your name on all your work.

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