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"Romeo and Juliet" English Lesson Plans
English lesson plans focusing on "Romeo and Juliet" can be a great way to introduce students to Shakespeare's plays.
Star Wars in the Classroom
"Shakespeare and Star Wars": Lesson Plan Day 1
"Now is the summer of our happiness/Made winter by this sudden, fierce attack!" Luke Skywalker meets Hamlet in a 10-lesson plan unit based on Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope. Using Star Wars® as...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 10
"O, I am fortune's fool!" As they continue their analysis of Act 3, scene 1, class members consider the role of fate in the events. The lesson concludes with a viewing of a brief portion of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, in which the...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 16
"Thus, with a kiss, I die." After viewing a film clip of the events leading up to Romeo's suicide, class members analyze Act 5, scene 3, lines 88-120, in which Romeo drinks the apothecary's poison.
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"Very tragical mirth:" Romeo and Pyramus, Juliet and Thisbe
Students analyze and compare the poetic tools Shakespeare uses in the death scenes of Romeo and Juliet to those of Pyramus and Thisbe in Midsummer Night's Dream.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Julius Caesar Curriculum Guide
You needn't beware using Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in your classroom. You, too, can be valiant and let loose your young actor's creativity, guided by the suggestions in a curriculum guide so filled with a delightful mix of elements...
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Attitude and Interest Survey
Are you about to launch into one of William Shakespeare's plays or a collection of his sonnets? If you doubt your class has read much Shakespeare, have them complete this attitude and interest survey. A lot of preconceived notions swirl...
Reading Shakespeare
Shakespeare Literature Circles Role Sheets
Tired of those blank stares after your class reads a particularly complex passage from a Shakespearean play? Help high schoolers untangle that prose with a literature circle activity. Ten different roles prompt class members to focus on...
Think Map
Shakespearean Idioms
How do you react if you're "hot-blooded?" What happens when you engage in a "wild goose chase?" And what are "salad days?" Use this worksheet and the online Visual Thesaurus to answer these questions and more. Based on...
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Let's Shake Up Shakespeare!
Stray from the traditional by trying this modern approach to exploring history's distinguished bard.
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Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, high schoolers respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act I, Scenes 2 3
Students discover what Shakespeare uses in Romeo and Juliet: Act I, Scenes 2-3 to develop the theme.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act Ii, Scene 2: Comparison
Students compare Romeo and Juliet: Act II, Scene 2 from three different versions of the story.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act Iii
React to Act III, scene 3 from Romeo and Juliet by exploring how Romeo acted in Act III, scene 3 when he sought counsel from the Friar?
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act I, Scene 1: Prologue
Students listen to lines 106-247 from Act I, scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet using Romeo and Juliet: The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition, to explore what emotion, other than hate, mentioned in the Prologue.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act Iii, Scene 4
Listen to Act III, scene 4 from Romeo and Juliet using Romeo and Juliet: The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition to establish our understanding.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act Iv
With a partner, review Act IV from Romeo and Juliet. Use the text theme understanding tool to determine and analyze the meaning of the text.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act Ii, Scene 4
Students react to Act II, scene 4 from Romeo and Juliet and explore what events develop the plot.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act I, Scene 5
Students gather and organize evidence to prepare for a discussion about themes that are developed in Act I, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet and various film adaptations.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act Iii, Scene 2
Reread lines 79 - 91 of Act III, scene 2 from Romeo and Juliet independently. During the reading, annotate the text for the pairs of images that Juliet uses in these lines.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Act Iii, Scene 1
Develop your response to the question to determine and analyze the meaning of Act III, scene 1 from Romeo and Juliet. Explore how Lady Capulet, Montague, and the Prince are used to develop a theme about hate or revenge.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Sentence Structure
Students analyze the structure of a sentence from the prologue of Act II of Romeo and Juliet to determine how understanding the sentence deepens our understanding of the text.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Character Development
Students read Act II, scene 3 from Romeo and Juliet and explore how Shakespeare develops Friar Lawrence's characteristics.
TES Global
Tes: Romeo & Juliet: Shakespeare's Love Language
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on a study of the Shakespearean Language in Romeo & Juliet's meeting scene in Act 1 Scene 5 with activites such as writing text messages between lovers and the difference between...