Shakespeare

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Theatre week 8 Shakespeare

Today

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

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 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........ taking 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.

Discuss

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? 

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). 
Some examples of famous tragic love stories...

Titanic
Brokeback mountain
Pocahontas
Orpheus & Eurydice
Cleopatra & Antony

This weeks assignment:

Open the document in studiewijzer
'Tragic Love Dialogue'

Write a tragic love dialogue (in pairs!). 
Use the 'writing process guide' in the document. 
Upload your dialogue in: 
magister opdrachten --> week 8 theatre dialogue

Good luck!