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Welcome to Mrs. Hines Shakespeare Page A Study of Romeo and Juliet

Guiding Questions

 * How does Shakespeare's use of different lyric forms and conventions heighten the action in //Romeo and Juliet// ?
 * How do these lyric forms and conventions differentiate and strengthen characterization in //Romeo and Juliet?//
 * How can a play written by Shakespeare impact your life today? As you study this think how the setting/characters/language would be today.
 * What are the themes of the play? How do we see them today? Do they compare to other plays, movies, books?
 * What were the strategies employed by the plays director to set mood, character plot and themes? Rising action, tensions, tone, mood etc

Learning Objectives
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
 * Recognize and understand Shakespeare's use of poetic conventions as a principle of dramatic structure in //Romeo and Juliet//
 * Recount and explain the first meeting between Romeo and Juliet as an enactment of figurative language in a context of competing poetic styles
 * Identify and explain the use of poetic forms to impart perspective in later episodes of the play
 * Examine other Shakespearean plays, using close reading techniques, including analysis of verse structure and imagery

 

Resource page for all things Shakespeare
Link to Quia Activities Link to Student Handouts and Tutorials We are using a wiki to access and organize resources and information. This is a public site and is available by accessing the URL address at the top. No passwords or special login. A handout for using wikis is available on the library wiki page.
 * Click here to find list of United StreamingDiscovery Learning clips for Romeo and Juliet.
 * Link to 'Romeo and Juliet' by William Shakespeare [|Script of Play]
 * Activities for teaching and understanding Romeo and Juliet - [|Sequencing] events of the play, [|Headline News]
 * Link to [|Folgers Shakespeare Theater] for additional information
 * Teacher Resources from Folgers Shakespeare Theater and [|Romeo and Juliet]
 * Link to background information on and links '[|You Kiss by the Book']
 * Link to the Boz Lehrman clip of [|movie with Leonardo de Caprio] from You Tube
 * A webquest - [|In Search of Romeo and Juliet]
 * [|Where the Book Ends Webquest]
 * Webquest - [|R & J Star Crossed Lovers]
 * An interactive site with lots of great information [|Interactive]
 * Link to [|Shakespeare Insult Kit]