Romeo and Juliet - Year 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Shakespeare’s Month

Year 2

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet,
What do you know already?

Reading the novel

The teacher is the storyteller 

You can get assigned roles

Romeo and Juliet stories in real life

Bosnia: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/08/opinion/in-america-romeo-and-juliet-in-bosnia.html  

Afghanistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/world/asia/2-star-crossed-afghans-cling-to-love-even-at-risk-of-death.html?action=click&contentCollection=Asia%20Pacific&module=RelatedCoverage&region=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article 

Dear Juliet...

"Dear Juliet: Let Me Tell You About My Problem" explains the letter-writing phenomenon more recently featured in the film Letters to Juliet. The Club of Juliet is a private organization that receives, translates and answers Juliet's mail; she now receives 50,000 letters a year.

Website: http://www.julietclub.com/en/ 

Assignment R&J in real life

• You heard about 3 real-life Romeo and Juliet stories. Now it is up to you: 

Choose 1 of the 3 exercises below here: 

1. An interview with a member of Bosko or Admira's family 

2. A brochure with information about honor-killings 

3. Write a movie review or a letter to Juliet about your own love life

Why can families argue and not get along? Any reasons?

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

What do you think about teenagers becoming upset about lost love?

Do you think Romeo and Juliet would be an okay couple if the parents were not involved?

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Does love at first sight exist?

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Go through the play yourself

Go to this website: https://myshakespeare.com/romeo-and-juliet 

Fill in vocab assignment

Post-it Assignment 

Answer with a post-it on these 4 questions and hang them in the correct place in the classroom. (real-life) 

Or answer in the next slide. 

1. Do you believe in love at first sight? 

2. Can loyalty ever go too far? How important is loyalty?

3. What age is too young to marry and why? 

4. What would you do if your parents don't like your girl/boyfriend? 

Post-it answers
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robertspage.com

How would you write a 

Whatsapp

message between Romeo and Juliet? 

A Romeo and Juliet Quiz

To which city does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona?

1. Padua
2. Rome
3. Mantua
4. Venice

Why is Romeo exiled?

1. For killing Tybalt
2. For marrying Juliet
3. For killing Mercutio
4. For publicly saying he is an atheist

Who marries Romeo and Juliet?

1. Friar John
2. Friar Lawrence
3. Father Vincentio
4. Mercutio

Who is the fairy that Mercutio says visits Romeo in dreams?

1. Puck
2. Queen Mab
3. Beelzebub
4. Jack o'the Clover

Who kills Mercutio?

1. Benvolio
2. Sampson
3. Romeo
4. Tybalt

The morning after they get married, Romeo hears something, what does he hear?

1. The owl
2. The dove
3. The nightingale
4. The lark

In the balcony scene, what does Romeo compare Juliet to?

1. The moon
2. The stars
3. The morning sun
4. A summer's day

Why can Friar John not deliver Lawrence's message to Romeo?

1. He is killed by a Capulet servant
2. He is attacked by bandits
3. He is held in quarantine
4. Romeo is not in Mantua

On what day do Romeo and Juliet meet?

1. Saturday
2. Tuesday
3. Sunday
4. Wednesday

How does Chorus call the lovers?

1. Ill-fated
2. Death-doomed
3. Star-crossed
4. Demon-haunted

The End!

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