Shakespeare

• Drama
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Guess how the film called?

Now you are going to watch a trailer of the famous play, which was written in the 16th centuries.

Write your answer

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 assignment of this week
   

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

Forbidden love 2023

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

learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org

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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.

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). 

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!