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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
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: Compare to Film Adaptations
Publish your final work to express understanding of Romeo and Juliet compared to film adaptations.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Compare to Film Adaptation
View minutes 1:39 to 1:49 from Romeo and Juliet (Luhrmann) to determine the details were changed, added, or removed from this adaptation of the scene.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Compare to Film Adaptation
View minutes 1:59 to 2:12 from Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli) to determine what details were changed, added, or removed from this adaptation of the scene.
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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: 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: Act I, Scenes 2 3
Students discover what Shakespeare uses in Romeo and Juliet: Act I, Scenes 2-3 to develop the theme.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Compare to Film Adaptation
Students view minute 0:40 to minute 7:45 from Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli) to explore some choices that a director can make when he/she creates a film adaptation .
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Prepare to Write
Students prepare to write by previewing the culminating task for the Romeo and Juliet guidebook unit.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Compare to Film Adaptation
Students view minute 23 to minute 34 from Romeo and Juliet (Luhrmann) to determine what could be added to or changed about this scene by the director.
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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: Compare to Film Adaptation
View minutes 0:57 to 1:13 from Romeo and Juliet (Luhrmann) and determine what details were changed, added, or removed from this adaptation of the scene.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Review Your Claims
Review your claims from the prompt: determine a theme that is developed in the last scene of Romeo and Juliet. Compare and contrast the way that theme is developed in the text and how that theme is developed in the film.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Setting
Students build their knowledge of a text's setting by reading background information and answering questions to prepare to read Romeo and Juliet.
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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: Character Development
Students read Act II, scene 3 from Romeo and Juliet and explore how Shakespeare develops Friar Lawrence's characteristics.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Theme
Students view minutes 0:35 to 0:45 from Romeo and Juliet (Luhrmann) and explore the director's choices to develop themes within the film.
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Theme
Students view minutes 0:40 to 0:52 from Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli) and explore the director's choices to develop themes within the film.
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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.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
What do you know about Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet?" Explore this informative resource filled with links to lesson plans and activities.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: A Guide to "Romeo and Juliet" [Pdf]
If you're looking for interdisciplinary ideas for Romeo and Juliet, or wondering how to approach the language of the play with students, this 15 page .pdf guide will be especially helpful. Includes other features as well.
TES Global
Tes: Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet Plot & Characters
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides a number of activities for the introduction of Romeo and Juliet. Students will dig more deeply to aspects of the plot and characters of Romeo and Juliet. Translations of phrases...
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Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Prepare to Write
Prepare to write by previewing the culminating task for Romeo and Julie to help understand the task.