Romeo and Juliet Packet

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1 Romeo and Juliet Packet by William Shakespeare and Mr. Coia Includes: Unit Schedule 1 Create Your Own Shakespearean Insults 2 Handout 1: Prologue 3 Cast of Characters 4 Outline of play 5 Shakespearean Sonnets 6-7 Showcase Paper Criteria 8 Questions from the 5 Acts 9-23 Characterization 24 Cause and Effect Chart 25 Handout 10: Final Words 26 Handouts 12-14: Scene Performance 27 Vocabulary Act I Vocabulary Act II Vocabulary Act III Vocabulary Act IV Vocabulary Act V Repetition and Wordiness Appositives Figures of Speech 42-43

2 Romeo and Juliet Unit Guide English 1-2 Mr. Coia Mon 3/29 (Tues 3/30) Reading Work Sample Review RJ unit Wed 3/31 (Thurs 4/1) Pick up text Intro to unit Spelling Shakespeare Insults Prologue Questions Can teenagers really be in love? Fri 4/2 (Mon 4/5) Prologue Quiz Act 1 vocabulary Read Act 1 Act 1 questions HW: Finish reading and questions Tues 4/6 (Wed 4/7) Act 2 vocabulary Read Act 2 Act 2 questions Repetition and Wordiness sheet HW: Finish reading and questions Thurs 4/8 (Fri 4/9) Characterization sheet Act 3 vocabulary Read Act 3 Act 3 questions Showcase topics HW: Finish reading and questions Mon 4/12 (Tues 4/13) Act 4 vocabulary Read Act 4 Act 4 questions Showcase topics HW: Finish reading and questions Fri 4/16 (Mon 4/19) Act 5 vocabulary Read Act 5 Act 5 questions Appositive sheet Headlines (writing activity) HW: Finish reading and questions Tues 4/20 (Wed 4/21) Cause and Effect sheet Figures of Speech sheet Packet Due today Showcase paper work time Thurs 4/22 (Fri 4/23) R & J Performances Showcase paper due Mon 4/26 (Tues 4/27) R & J Performances Showcase paper due (no penalty) Wed 4/28 (Thurs 4/29) R&J Exam Bring text (no book=no exam) Showcase paper due (final date) Prologue Quiz Play questions Showcase #3 Performance Exam various sheets 20 points 50 points 50 points 25 points 100 points 30 points

3 Romeo and Juliet Showcase paper #3 English 1-2 Mr. Coia Your assignment is to write an expository essay on how the themes of Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet are relevant for today s teenagers. I ll give you a portion (I almost typed potion, which would be in line with the play) of the thesis for you to work with and write. Your job is to choose possibilities to compare the issues of the play with the issues of today. Step one: Formulate the thesis. Remember, this is the idea that provides the backbone of the entire paper. A good, strong thesis will help you write a good, strong paper. Here s what you ll use: Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet transcends time by addressing the issues of,, and, themes that modern-day teenagers face. Potential issues for discussion: fighting peer pressure love problems personality conflicts tragedy leadership weapons honesty death communication revenge hate religion law involvement trust parent-child relationships isolation Step two: Write your supporting paragraphs. Each topic that you choose should have 1-3 strong paragraphs that state the issue from the play and then show how that issue looks today. Be sure to have: a topic sentence for each paragraph clear statements and examples from the play and from real life a concluding sentence Step three: Write your introduction Take my advice on this. Write your introduction after you have the main body of your paper completed. Knowing what your paper is about will help you to have a clear, focused introduction. Open with an interesting story observation of the issues that you intend to discuss. Do not mention Romeo and Juliet in the first few sentences. You will then end your introduction with the thesis that you completed above. Step four: Write conclusion. Your conclusion should summarize your main points (in a different way that you did in the introduction). Include a new observation or insight, and end with a strong sentence. Make it interesting and clear. Step five: Reread. Look for errors, both in typing and thought. Have your parent read for suggestions. Give to a trusted friend to offer opinions. Step six: Make changes. Put in Showcase format. Print. If you follow all six steps, I can (almost) guarantee that this will be a quality piece of writing.

4 Prologue from Romeo and Juliet Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross d lovers take their life; Whose misadventur d piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark d love, And the continuance of their parents rage, Which, but their children s end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours traffick of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

5 Romeo and Juliet questions English 1-2 Mr. Coia The Prologue 1. Explain Chorus. 2. What is the setting of the play? 3. Who are involved in an ancient grudge? 4. Who and what are star-crossed lovers? 5. What will cause the end of the grudge? 6. How much time will be required to perform the play? Act I, Scene I 1. List and describe all the characters in this scene. The Montagues: The Capulets: The Others: 2. Who begins the fight in Scene I? Why? 3. Who interrupts the fight? 4. Who causes the fight to resume? Why?

6 5. What proclamation does the Prince of Verona make? 6. Who interviews Romeo in order to learn the cause of his melancholy? 7. What explanation does Romeo give for his melancholy? 8. Who is Rosaline? 9. What advice does romeo receive from Benvolio? 10. What is Romeo s reply to this advice? 11. Romeo s resume: 12. What is an ALLUSION? Find one on page 743. Act 1, Scene 2 1. Who is Paris and what does he want? 2. What is Lord Capulet s reply to Paris s suit? 3. What list does Lord Capulet give to his servant? What is the servant told to do with the list?

7 4. Why does the servant approach Romeo and Benvolio? 5. Why does Benvolio encourage Romeo to attend the Capulet banquet? 6. What is Romeo s reply to Benvolio s urgings? Act I, Scene 3 1. Who is Nurse and Lady Capulet and what are their relationships to Juliet? 2. Who is Susan? 4. What does Juliet mean when she says, It is an honour I dream not of? 5. What is a METAPHOR? 6. Regarding Paris, what does Juliet agree to do? Act I, Scene 41. Where are the boys? 2. Who is Mercutio? 3. What is Romeo s attitude toward love?

8 4. What is Mercutio s attitude toward love? 5. Summarize briefly Mercutio s remarks in lines 53-94, the queen Mab speech. 6. What does Romeo mean when he refers to Some consequence, yet hanging on the stars? What does he fear? 7. As the scene ends, where are Romeo and his companion s going? Why are the masked? Why does Romeo resign himself to going along with his companions? Act I, Scene 5 1. Where does Scene 5 take place? 2. What s happening their? Who s directing the events? 3. When Romeo first sees Juliet, what does he compare her to? 4. What is the significance of this reaction in view of previous statements about love and the object of his affections? 5. Who recognizes Romeo? 6. According to Lord Capulet, what is Romeo s reputation in Verona? 7. Why does Lord Capulet prevent Tybalt from banishing Romeo from the banquet?

9 8. Explain the significance of the expression, You are a saucy boy. 9. What might be the dramatic intention of this exchange between Capulet and Tybalt? 10. What does Juliet mean by, You kiss by the book? 11. What religious terms do Romeo and Juliet use during their conversation in this scene? What is the significance of these terms in this context? 12. Based on her remarks to the Nurse as the scene ends, what is Juliet's attitude toward Romeo? 13. What was Juliet saying just a few hours earlier? 14. What is PERSONIFICATION? What is personified by many characters in Romeo and Juliet? Act 2, Scene 2 1. What is the setting for this scene? 2. What is Juliet doing at the beginning of this scene? 3. In his soliloquy, how does Romeo greet Juliet?

10 4. What imagery appears again that was first used in Act I, Scene 5? 5. In Juliet s soliloquy, how does she address Romeo? 6. Who proposes marriage? 7. Why is this scene the most poetic of the play? 8. Who interrupts the scene? 9. What line expresses their difficulty in parting? Who says it? Act 2, Scene 3 1. What is the SETTING of this scene? 2. Who and what is Friar Lawrence? 3. Why is Laurence suprised in seeing Romeo and where does he think Romeo has been? 4. Did the Friar know that Romeo was not in love with Rosaline, but that he was love-sick, in love with love? Explain. 5. What is the Friar s motive in agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet?

11 6. What warning does Friar give Romeo when the latter urges haste? Act 2, Scene 4 1. What has Tybalt sent Romeo? 2. How good is Tybalt as a duelist? 3. Why is the nurse searching out Romeo? 4.What is Romeo s plan? Act 2, Scene 5 1. What is Juliet doing? 2. How does the Nurse deliver the news from Romeo? Act 3, Scene 1 1. What does Benvolio say about the weather? 2. Tybalt and other Capulets enter. Is Benvolio s fear realized? 3. is Benvolio consistent in character? Explain.

12 4. Romeo now enters. Does Tybalt deliberately insult Romeo? 5. Why is Tybalt so incensed against Romeo? 6. How does Romeo react? 7. Why does Romeo try to soothe Tybalt? 8. What does Mercutio say to Romeo? 9. What does Romeo try to so when the two men fight? 10. What results from this attempt? 11. How does Mercutio take the fatal wound? 13. In his soliloquy, what opinion does Romeo express of these events and his own deep feelings? 14. What fact is announced by Benvolio give Romeo? 15. When Tybalt returns, what happens? 16. What warnings does Benvolio give Romeo?

13 17. What does Romeo say to himself? line Is this true? Why? 19. Who now enters? 20. Who begs for revenge? 21. What does Lord Montague say? 22. What sentence does the Prince pronounce upon Romeo? Act 3, Scene 2 1. What does Juliet long for? Why? 2. Who tells Juliet of Tybalt s death? Act 3, scene What is the effect on Romeo of the announcement by the Friar of the Prince s doom? 2. What is the effect on Romeo upon receiving Juliet s ring?

14 3. What plan has the Friar outlined for Romeo s future? Act 3, Scene 4 1. What arrangement for Juliet s marriage to Paris does Lord Capulet make? 2. What day is it now? 3. What is the dramatic effect of the well-interested, but ill-advised action by lord Capulet? Act 3, Scene What day is it now? 2.What does Juliet foresee? 3. What joyful news does Lady Capulet bring Juliet? 4. Why does Juliet refuse to marry Paris? 5. What is the effect on Lord Capulet of her refusal? 6. How does Lord Capulet sum up his disgust and anger toward Juliet s determination not to marry Paris?

15 7. How does Lady Capulet reply to Juliet s plea to delay the marriage? 8. Why does juliet appeal to the Nurse? What is the nurse s advise? 9. What does Juliet decide to do? Act 4, Scene 1 1. Where does the opening scene take place? 2. has the coincidence of the meeting of Juliet and Paris been provided for? 3. What traits of character does Juliet reveal in her conversation with Paris? 4. After Paris leaves, what different revelation does she make of her thoughts and feelings? 5. If the Friar cannot help her, what does she intend to do? 6. What does the Friar offer her? 7. Does Juliet agree? Why? 8. Friar Laurence s plan?

16 9. How does Juliet receive this plan? 10. What immediate action does the Friar take? Act 4, Scene When Juliet appears, how does she act? 2. Why does she promise obedience to her father? Act 4, Scene 3 1. In Juliet s soliloquy, what does she reveal of her thought and feelings, hopes and fears? Act 4, Scene 4 1. What s happening in this scene? Act 4, Scene What is Juliet s condition when the nurse attempts to awaken her? 2. What two things are in conflict in this scene? 3. how can the Friar speak as he does?

17 4. What final advice does the Friar give? 5. What is dramatic irony? Act 5 Scene What is the SETTING of this scene? 2. What is the dramatic purpose of Romeo s dream? 3. What news does Balthasar bring from Verona? 4. What is the immediate effect upon Romeo of this news? 5. What is the immediate effect upon romeo of this news? Act 5, Scene 2 1. What character makes his entry? 2. Upon what mission had Friar John been sent? 3. What comment does friar Laurence make on Friar John s report?

18 4. What does he instruct Friar John to do? 5. For whose safety is he most concerned? 6. What information is a soliloquy does Friar Laurence give regarding his purpose? Act 5 Scene 3 1. What orders does Paris give his page? 2. Who now arrives at Juliet s tomb? 3. What does Romeo send to his father? 4. Has this letter been FORESHADOWED? Explain. 5. What does Paris say to Romeo? 6. What is Romeo s answer? 7. What is the dramatic purpose of the dual between Romeo and Paris? 8. What is a lantern as used in this drama?

19 9. Does Romeo still think he is the victim of fate? Explain. 10. Who now enters the churchyard? 11. Whom does the Friar find in the tomb? 12. Whom does Juliet say on awakening? 13. What urgent request does the Friar make of her? 14. Does Juliet agree? Note what she says to her dead husband. 15. What does Lord Montague say caused the death of his wife? 16. What final words does the Prince address to Lord Capulet and Lord Montague? 17. Does the Prince take any of the blame of what happened? Explain. 18. What do Lord Capulet and Lord Montague decide to do besides being friends?