Romeo and Juliet is the play to read for 9th grade.
| Day One:
Introductory R & J power point R and J Introduction PowerPoint(1) Background Reading Guide Background Reading Guide with Blanks
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Day Two:
Shakespearean Insults Shakespearean Language Insults _ Compliments Love Survey to be used throughout the play for theme and POV: Love Survey Anticipation Guide Anticipation guide for Romeo _ Juliet Give students Reading Study Guide: Theme Reader’s Journal: |
| Day Three:
Read Prologue Re-writing the prologue: Creating Puns
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Day Four-Five:
Read Act 1 Act 1 Cumulative Activity Analyzing Setting in Act 1:
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| Day Six-Seven:
Read Act 2 Act 2 Activities What’s in a Name? poem What’s in a Name Poem with Questions |
Day Eight-Nine:
Read Act 3 Act 3 Activity Breaking Down Juliet’s Soliloquy group work |
| Day Ten-Eleven:
Read Acts 4 and 5 Irony and Theme Dramatic Irony ws Constructed Response Practice: RJConstructedResponseRomeoandJuliet |
Day Twelve:
Station Work on R&J
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| Day Thirteen-Fourteen:
Character Essay Romeo and Juliet Character Decision Essay |
Day Fifteen:
R&J Test |
| Other Resources:
News article on real life Romeo and Juliet found in Mantua Archaeologists Extracting Ancient Lovers Projects for R&J Create a License Plate for R&J Group Work Background Research on R&J: PosterofShakespeareBackgroundResearch |
Audio on Libravox for each Act of play
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