Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet

• Drama
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Shakespeare R&J

Today

• Take a closer look at the work of Shakespeare through the play of Romeo & Juliet
   (practising language skills, video & discussion)
• Start the assignment of this week
  'Tragic love scene'
  

Romeo & Juliet

What do you already know about Romeo and Juliet

Lesson Goals

In this lesson, we are going to watch a video about Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. 
By the end of the lesson you will be able to:

1.  Understand the story 
2. Be able to discuss whether you think the story of Romeo and Juliet is relevant to life today
3. Start the this week's assignment 
   

Does anyone know what the problem was in Romeo and Juliet's relationship? 

Match the vocabulary with the correct definition a–h with the numbers 1-8

1........ to take place

2........ to step in

3........ to be keen for something

4........ lifeless

5........ in disguise

6............. poison

7........ a priest

8........ a tomb

a. to really want something 

b.to happen

c. wearing different clothes so that people don’t know who you are 

d. a minister of the church who performs ceremonies, like marriage e. to get involved

f.space under the ground or inside a stone building to bury a dead person

g. dead

h. a substance that causes illness or death

Put this in the correct order

Romeo and Juliet secretly get married.

Juliet wakes up, sees Romeo dead and kills herself.

Romeo thinks Juliet is really dead. He takes poison.

Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love.

Juliet takes a drug to make people think she’s dead.

The Montagues and the Capulets hate each other

The two families make peace.

Romeo and Juliet

The Montagues and the Capulets hate each other

Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love.

Romeo and Juliet secretly get married.

Juliet takes a drug to make people think she’s dead.

Romeo thinks Juliet is really dead. He takes poison.

Juliet wakes up, sees Romeo dead and kills herself.

The two families make peace.

Balcony scene

• The so-called balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet is probably Shakespeare's most famous scene.

• In this scene, where Romeo and Juliet, meet at night, they declare their love for each other and decide to get married...
  

even though their families are in a fight together and will never allow the marriage.

We are going to watch three different versions of this famous scene....

Tragic love

The love of Romeo & Juliet is called a 'tragic love'. Tragic love means a love does not go smoothly and/or ends up bad. It could end in a break up or even in death (like in the story of R&J). 

Romeo and Juliets families do not like each other - their love is forbidden - they may not be together!

Forbidden love 2024

This weeks assignment:

'Tragic Love scene'

Write a tragic love scene in groups of 4. 
Use the 'writing process guide' in the document. 

This weeks assignment:

'Tragic Love scene'

Work out a tragic love scene in groups of 4. 

Decide on the 5 w's 
Who:     characters (each character has a name, other than your own) 

What:    the tragic love conflict; what is the problem in your scene?

Why:      why is this a tragic love?

Where:  location of the performance  

When:   time 

Also think about...

HOW CAN YOU END YOUR PERFORMANCE IN A TRAGIC WAY?

Good luck!

Last ten minutes...

I would like to hear some of your scenes so far....
Who wants to read them out loud?

Shakespeare R&J

Today

• Recap the 'tragic love' assignment
  
  
• Finish your script
• Time to rehearse!

Lesson aims

1. You can structure your script
2. You can write a script and explain why it is a tragic love story
3. You can decide who is best to play which part
4. Working effectively as a group

This weeks assignment:

'Tragic Love scene'

Write a tragic love scene in groups of 4. 
Use the 'writing process guide' in the document. 

This weeks assignment:

'Tragic Love scene'

Work out a tragic love scene in groups of 4. 

Decide on the 5 w's 
Who:     characters (each character has a name, other than your own) 

What:    the tragic love conflict; what is the problem in your scene?

Why:      why is this a tragic love?

Where:  location of the performance  

When:   time 

Structure

Beginning	Middle	End
- Introduce characters, - How do they relate to each other? - No real problem to begin with	-What changes - Something changes - A problem is experienced - What is the result?( Conflict! )	- Here we see why it's tragic love. - How does the story end? - Do we see other characters reactions - or something else?

Script structure

Script structure

1 Title

2 Setting: where are they? (each new place they are in)

3 Character name: their text (facial expression/gesture)

4 Stage directions

gesture: a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning

When I come to your group

Explain why it's a tragic love story?

Explain your backstory

Last ten minutes...

I would like to hear some of your scenes so far....

Who is best suited to each character?

Lesson aims

1. You can structure your script
2. You can write a script and explain why it is a tragic love story
3. You can decide who is best to play which part
4. Working effectively as a group

Good luck!