Romeo And Juliet - Ozark School District

Romeo and Juliet – Calendar and AssignmentsFeb 26 - AWhy Shakespeare?Background NotesBefore ReadingBegin Prologue27-B28-AWebquestContinue PrologueMarch2 - B3–AQuizBlog#1Anticipation GuideAct IQuestionsCharacter chart4-B5–AContinue Act IReader’s GuideVideo616 - ABlog #2Finish Act IQuestionsCharacter chart17 - B19 - B20 – ABlog #4Read/QuestionsAct II, Scenes iv-v23- B24 – ABlog #5Act II – VideoAct II – QuizRead/QuestionsAct III24 - B18 – ABlog #3Act I – VideoAct I – QuizRead/QuestionsAct II, Scenes i-iiiCharacter Chart25 - B26 – ABlog #6Act III – VideoAct III – Quiz27 - B25 – ABlog#8Read/QuestionsAct V26 - B27 – ABlog #9Act IV –V – VideoAnticipation GuideReview“What a Week!”23 - ABlog #7Read/QuestionsAct IV30 - B31-ARomeo and JulietTEST and ESSAYQuestions DUE!April 1-BRomeo and Juliet – Unit Grades6 Daily – Decorating Challenge, Character Chart, Act I Questions, Act II Questions, Act III Questions,Act IV-V Question4 Quizzes – Act I Quiz, Act II Quiz, Act III Quiz, Journals2 Tests – Test, Point of View Essay

Romeo and Juliet - Anticipation GuideName:Respond to each of the following statements before and after reading Romeo and Juliet.SA – Strongly AgreeA – AgreeD – DisagreeStatementSD – Strongly DisagreeBeforeAfterViolence can solve problems.Long-term neighborhood feuds can be solved peacefully.Teenage love is real love.There are times when secrets must be told.Love at first sight is possible.Luck is a figment of someone’s imagination.There is no such thing as luck.Your parents should have the final say about whom you date.You are the pilot of your own life.There is no greater force determining the outcome of your life.You determine your own destiny.Suicide is never a reasonable option.(Gallagher, Kelly. Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12. , Portland, Maine:Stenhouse Publishers, 2004.)

Romeo and Juliet – Blogger PostsIn approximately one-half to one page answer the following prompts on Blogger. Be sure to include textevidence to support your answers when required. Include a picture with your post.Blog #1 -Write about a time when you really wanted to do something, buy something, or gosomewhere, and your parents said, “NO!” What was your reaction? Who was right(honestly), you or your parents?Blog #2 -What character trait best described Romeo based on the first three scenes of theplay? Be sure to include text evidence to support your answer.Blog #3 -Based on Act I, do you really think Romeo and Juliet are in love? Be sure to include textevidence to support your answer.Blog #4 -Based on the beginning of Act II, do you think Friar Laurence is right to marry Romeoand Juliet without their parent’s knowledge?Blog #5 -Based on Act II, Scene iii, how does the character of the Nurse, fulfill the role of comicrelief? Be sure to include text evidence to support your answer.Blog #6 -Based on Act III, how does Romeo’s reaction concerning banishment reveal hischaracter? How is it different from Juliet’s reaction to the problem? Be sure to includetext evidence to support your answer.Blog #7 -As a group, re-write one scene in modern English. Consider the opening battle, theparty, the balcony, or another approved scene. You will reenact this scene for the classto demonstrate understanding.Blog #8 -Based on the end of Act II, what character trait best describes Juliet? Be sure to includetext evidence to support your answer.Blog #9 -What are some examples of dramatic irony in Act IV? How does this irony effect theaudience’s reaction to the play.Blog #10 -Who is the most responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? Why? Somepossibilities are Romeo, Juliet, Friar Laurence, Prince Escalus, Lord Capulet, or Nurse.Be sure to include text evidence to support your answer.

Romeo and Juliet - PrologueChorus:Two households, both alike in dignity,In fair Verona where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.From forth the fatal loins of these two foesA pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,Whose midadventured, piteous overthrowsDo with their death bury their parents’ strife.The fearful passage of their death marked love,And the continuance of their parents’ rage,Which but their children’s end, naught could remove,Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage;The which if you with patient ears attend,What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.Questions1. What is the place setting of the play?2. What is the relationship between the two households?3. What does Shakespeare mean by “star-crossed lovers”?4. What happens to the lovers?5. What is the subject matter of the play?6. What does the chorus ask of the audience in the last two lines? Why?7. What is the name of the poetic form which Shakespeare uses for the Prologue? How many linesare there?8. Mark the rhyming pattern.9. Underline examples of alliteration.

Romeo and Juliet - VocabularyTermSonnet –Stanza –Couplet –Blank verse –Stage directions –Rhyme scheme –Comedy –Foil –Soliloquy –Aside –Allusion –Foreshadow –Narrator –Tragedy –Definition

Romeo and Juliet - Character ince EscalusLord CapuletLady CapuletLord MontagueLady MontagueRomeoCounty ParisNurseJulietMercutioFriar LaurenceBalthasarApothecaryFriar JohnRelationshipPersonality

Romeo and JulietAct I QuestionsScene 11. What insult by whom (servant from which family)starts the fight between the servants?2. Who attempts to stop the fight amongst the servants? Why isn’t he successful?3. Who finally does stop the fight, and why is this person so angry?4. What consequences will the families face if they fight again?5. Where has Romeo been during the fight, and what is wrong with him?6. What is an oxymoron? Who uses them? Why? Give examples.7. What is Benvoilio’s advice to Romeo at the end of the scene?Scene 28. When Paris asks for Juliet’s hand in marriage, what is Capulet’s response? (Two parts)9. Why does Romeo end up reading the invitation to the Capulet party?10. Why does Benvolio want the two of them to attend the masquerade?11. Why does Romeo agree to go?Scene 312. How old is Juliet?13. What does Juliet’s mother encourage her to do?Scene 414. Who is Queen Mab?15. What sort of dream does Romeo have?16. What is foreshadowing?Scene 517. Who first notices Romeo at the party?18. Why does Capulet not want to do anything about Romeo being there? (Two reasons).19. What is Romeo’s request when he first speaks to Juliet?20. What is Juliet’s first response to his request?21. What don’t Romeo and Juliet realize when they first meet?

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Romeo and JulietAct II QuestionsScene 11. Where is Romeo in this scene?2. What do Romeo’s friends still believe at this point?Scene 23. What does Romeo mean by the line “He jests at scars that never felt a wound”?4. What is this scene most commonly referred to as?5. What is Juliet’s problem with Romeo’s name?6. What does Romeo compare Juliet to?7. What is Juliet’s first concern about Romeo’s presence? What is her second concern?8. Who brings up marriage first?9. By what time will Romeo have the plans?10. Where does Romeo plan to go for help with the marriage plans?Scene 311. What is Friar Laurence doing at the beginning of the Scene? What does he say about thenature of plants and humans?13. Technique-wise—what is unique about this scene?14. Why does Friar Laurence agree to perform the wedding ceremony?15. What is the Friar’s warning?Scene 416. What do Romeo’s friends still think?17. What does Mercutio know that Romeo does not?18. What is an epithet? Give an example from this scene.19. What does Mercutio say about Tybalt’s style of fighting?20. Give an example of an allusion used in this scene. (There are several)21. Who does Juliet send to get info about the wedding plans?22. What is Juliet’s excuse to leave the house?23. How will Romeo get up to Juliet’s room for the wedding night?Scene 524. Why is Juliet so impatient at the beginning of this scene?25. Why is Juliet annoyed with the nurse after she returns?Scene 626. What is the Friar’s advice to Romeo about love? What is the Friar’s foreshadowing?27. What happens in this scene?

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ROMEO and JULIET Questions - Act IIIScene 11. Why does Benvolio want to leave the square at the beginning of this scene?2. Why doesn’t Romeo want to fight Tybalt?3. Why does Mercutio fight Tybalt?4. Why does Mercutio curse both of the houses?5. Why does the Prince just exile Romeo?Scene 26. Who does Juliet think is dead at first?7. What technique does Juliet use to show the chaos her mind and heart are in after she hears what hashappened? Give an example.8. In what way does Juliet’s initial reaction to the news that Romeo has killed Tybalt change almost immediately?9. What does Juliet send with the nurse to give to Romeo and what does it represent?Scene 310. Why is Romeo so upset about being banished? What does he want to do?11. What reasons does he give him that he has to be happy”?12. What is the plan that Friar Laurence gives Romeo?Scene 413 What is Paris’ excuse for not being able to “woo” Juliet?14 Why does Capulet agree now to let Paris marry Juliet?15 When will the marriage take place?16 Why can they not have a large celebration?Scene 517 Why does Juliet say it was the nightingale and not the lark they heard singing?18 Where is Romeo’s place of exile?19 What news does Lady Capulet come with?20 Give one example of a double-meaning line Juliet uses and tell how she means it and how her motherinterprets it.21 What does Capulet threaten to do if Juliet will not agree to the plans?22 Where does Juliet plan to go for help? What excuse does she give to the nurse for why she is leaving thehouse?23 Why does Juliet no longer trust the nurse?24 What is Juliet prepared to do herself if she cannot find help with her situation?

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