Students create a soundtrack for Romeo and Juliet choosing one song to represent each scene. They write a paragraph explaining their song choices.

Students develop questions they would have liked to ask an author about their written works. They read an article about their forefathers and research a back story to a written work of their choice. They create posters to illustrate the...

Students brainstorm the names of Shakespeare's plays and read an article about a new theatre. They complete worksheets about the plays. In groups, they play a game where they give clues about films or plays and others try to guess the...

This lesson uses drama games and role playing to enhance the reading and understanding of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It includes pre-reading role play and information about Shakespeare's life and times, during reading drama games,...

This site shares a two-day instructional activity that will help students prepare for reading Romeo and Juliet. Students will read and perform the prologue of Romeo and Juliet and engage in the analysis of the play's meaning, get to know...