Unit 3 Romeo and Juliet wk 2

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  Unit 3 Romeo and Juliet 

week 2

Describe this image in two English sentences.

Background information about the play:
(Cornell notes)

Do you know stories about a family member telling someone not to date someone?
Why could they not date?

Unit 3 : Romeo and Juliet 

         Global context: orientation in space and time

         Key concept: time, place and space

        

         Related concept: empathy and meaning

statement of inquiry

Feeling empathy through universal themes 

in existing work

leads to 

your own interpretation and a new meaning of the existing work. 

Language Aqcuisition

Period 3

Arts

Period 4 

&

You create your own work with 

a new interpretation and new meaning. 

=

Interdisciplinary Unit: 

The Prologue

• speech given before the play really starts
• it helps to set the scene

The Prologue

• speech given before the play really starts
• It helps to set the scene

When is the play set?

Where is the play set?

Why does the action in the play happen?

How does it end?

Who is the play about?

What is the play about?

Use the prologue to answer the questions.

The structure of a play

Goal today

• To understand the key plot points and characters from Act 1, scene 1. 

Succes Criteria

• To create some Shakespearean insult.
• To understand the setting at the start of the play. 
• To take notes on the key characters from Act 1, scene 1.

The opening Act 1, scene 1

Shakespearean insults 

Create your own insult: "You ... .... !

nosweatshakespeare.com

Shakespearean insults 

Shakespearean insults 

1. What does the Prince threaten unless they immediately stop the fighting?

 2. How many public fights have there been between the families?

3. What will happen if there will be a new fight?

Goal today

• To understand the key plot points and characters from Act 1, scene 1. 

Succes Criteria

• To create some Shakespearean insult.
• To understand the setting at the start of the play. 
• To take notes on the key characters from Act 1, scene 1.

I understand the key plot points of Act 1, scene 1:

010

I know the characters of Act 1, scene 1:

010

Back to your sticky note

Go back to the sticky note from a week ago. 

What information can you add after today's class?

Homework

Go to this website: https://nosweatshakespeare.com/plays/modern-romeo-juliet/act-1-scene-2/

                        and read Act 1, scene 2.

Write down the names of the characters in this scene. 

Write down who they are in one or two sentences.

For example: count of Paris : important rich man who wants to marry Julliet. 

How was today's class connected to learning?

thinking

communication

research

social

self-management