Romeo and Juliet - Lesson One

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This lesson contains 23 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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What do you already know about Romeo and Juliet

Slide 2 - Open question

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?

Slide 3 - Slide

What was the relationship between Romeo and Juliet?

Slide 4 - Mind map

Look at the statements and rank them from which is the most to which is the least important thing to have in a relationship. 

Now  discuss your answers with a partner, justifying your answers.
Having things in common
Being from the same town/area
Being the same age
Getting on with each other’s family 
Being able to trust each other

Slide 5 - Slide

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

Slide 6 - Slide

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

Slide 7 - Slide

Slide 8 - Video

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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 two families make peace.
Romeo and Juliet secretly get married.
The Montagues and the Capulets hate each other.

Slide 9 - Drag question


The Montagues and the Capulets hate each other so much that they ...
A
don't speak to each other.
B
fight whenever they meet.
C
play horrible tricks on each other.

Slide 10 - Quiz

The Capulets organise a party to ...



A
introduce their daughter to a possible husband.
B
introduce Juliet to the Montagues
C
celebrate Juliet's fourteenth birthday.

Slide 11 - Quiz

Romeo and his friends ...

A
watch the party from a safe distance.
B
plan to cause trouble at the party.
C
go to the party in disguise.

Slide 12 - Quiz

When Romeo and Juliet meet

A
they fall in love immediately.
B
they don't like each other at first.
C
Juliet doesn't feel the same way as Romeo.

Slide 13 - Quiz

Romeo and Juliet go to a priest called Friar Lawrence to ...

A
get advice.
B
ask him to persuade their families to make peace.
C
get married.

Slide 14 - Quiz

Romeo kills Tybalt because ...
A
Tybalt wants to stop him seeing Juliet.
B
Tybalt is planning to kill Romeo.
C
Tybalt kills Romeo's best friend.

Slide 15 - Quiz

Juliet’s parents are angry because ...

A
she won’t marry Count Paris.
B
they think she is too friendly with the Montague family.
C
they find out about the secret wedding.

Slide 16 - Quiz

Friar Lawrence says he will help Juliet by ...

A
helping her to escape with Romeo.
B
giving her a drug to make people think she's dead.
C
talking to her parents.

Slide 17 - Quiz

The plan goes wrong because ...

A
Romeo doesn't get Friar Lawrence's message.
B
the drug is too strong.
C
Juliet's family don't believe that she is dead

Slide 18 - Quiz

Romeo drinks poison because ...

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he thinks Juliet doesn't love him.
B
he knows he has brought shame on his family.
C
he thinks Juliet is dead.

Slide 19 - Quiz

When Juliet wakes up ...

A
she realises she’s trapped in the tomb.
B
she commits suicide.
C
she shouts for help.

Slide 20 - Quiz

In the end, the Montagues and the Capulets ...

A
are united by their loss and make peace.
B
continue fighting until they are all dead.
C
think the tragedy is Friar Lawrence’s fault.

Slide 21 - Quiz

Discussion:
Are Romeo and Juliet’s deaths just a tragic accident? If not, who is responsible? 
Do you think the story of Romeo and Juliet is relevant to life today?

Slide 22 - Slide

Goals Recap
  • You can give some basic information about the story of Romeo and Juliet
  • You can  discuss whether you think the story of Romeo and Juliet is relevant to life today

Slide 23 - Slide