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Lesson |
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A Quest Upon the Web
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In this Quest upon the Web you and those with whom you
journey will be given certain tasks to perform. One of
you will be the Actor and discover what it was like in
Shakespeare's day. Another of you will take on the role
of Alchemist, determining the extent of scientific
knowledge during the period as compared to today. Yet a
third will be the historian whose job will be to book a
trip to London. Finally, there will be the play critic
whose task it will be to critically examine Romeo and
Juliet. |
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Sonnet Writing |
Sonnet writing. |
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Romeo and Juliet Webquest |
Students will prove that Shakespeare's stories can be
transferred to almost any time period, including the
Wild West, the Civil War, the 'Teens', the Roaring 20s,
50s Suburbia, the 60s Counterculture, the Disco 70s, and
the Totally Awesome 80s.. |
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Star Crossed Lovers |
This lesson invites students to use
their understanding of modern experiences with
technology to make active meaning of an older text, such
as Shakespeare’s Romeo and
Juliet, by asking students
to create their own modern interpretation of specific
events from the drama. The lesson provides a range of
possible projects that students can complete, including
writing headline news stories, rewriting dialogue or
monologues to include one form of interactive
technology, and creating digital artifacts for
modern-day versions of the characters from the play. |
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Romeo and Juliet Theme Song |
The students will be creating and
composing a theme song for Romeo and Juliet. They will
be required to compose both music and lyrics that either
summarize or focus specifically on one act of the play. |
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Constructing New Understanding Through Choral Readings of Shakespeare
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As the culmination of their study of
Romeo and Juliet, students explore theme and character by working in small groups to compose a 50 line choral reading made by cutting and rearranging lines from the play. They then choreograph, rehearse, and perform the choral reading for the class. This activity engages students in thinking about the relationships among language, character, and theme, and it offers an authentic performance activity different from more traditional speech or scene presentations.
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Become a Character |
In this activity, students "become" one of the major characters in
Romeo and Juliet and describe themselves and other characters, using lists of accurate, powerful adjectives. In class discussion, students support their lists with details from the novel. |
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Characters for Hire! |
Students create a resume for a character in a play. This activity allows students to focus on one particular character within a Shakespearean drama and follow descriptions of that character throughout the play to determine the character’s education, skills, extracurricular activities, previous employment, and possible references. The lesson can be extended to include online background and job searches and creation of personal resumes. |
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You Kiss by the Book |
Explore with your students the techniques that Shakespeare uses to capture the magic of the couple's first meeting and to make that meeting so memorable. This lesson plan complements the study of plot and characterization in Romeo and Juliet in its focus on lyrical form and convention that heighten the impact of the action on the stage. |
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