r&j—act1

Based on Holt McDougal Literature Grade 9, Unit 10

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DRAMA TEKS

• explain how dramatic conventions (e.g., monologues, soliloquies, dramatic irony) enhance dramatic text.[4A]

Introduction to Romeo & Juliet

• Orientation Presentation, including video trailer (online)

Act 1Scene 1

Pp. 1038 – 1046

Act 1, Scene 1: Pre-Read

• Consider the Big Question, p. 1034

Prologue

• Close-read the Prologue — p. 1038

Prologue

• Prologue (Video Clip: Baz Lehrman)• Prologue (Video Clip: Franco Zefferelli)

Act 1, Scene 1: Pre-Read

• Read the Overview of Act 1 — p. 1035• Study the cast of characters — p. 1036• Preview Act 1, Scene 1 — pp. 1038 – 1048– Read the synopsis at the beginning– Read the Margin Notes throughout the scene

Act 1, Scene 1: Vocabulary

• Augment• Adversary• Chaste• Exquisite• Forfeit• Grievance• Pernicious

Act 1, Scene 1: Literary Elements

• Scene 1 contains examples of these elements:• Character Development• Dialogue• Pun • Imagery• Couplet• Oxymoron

Act 1, Scene 1: Video

• Act 1 fight scene

Act 1, Scene 1: Close Read Lines

• 36 – 75 — The street fight• 76 – 98 — Prince’s speech to the

families after the fight• 111 – 150 — Benvolio & Montague’s

conversation about Romeo’s sadness• 155 – 234 — Benvolio questions

Romeo about his sadness

Act 1, Scene 1: Questions

• QUESTION to answer on notebook paper: • Why does Shakespeare begin the play with an

action-packed scene?

Act 1Scene 2, pp. 1046 – 1049

Act 1, Scene 2: Literary Elements

• Scene 1 contains examples of these elements:• Character development• Metaphor• Foil

Act 1, Scene 2: Close Read Lines

• 1 – 34, pp. 1046 – 1047

Act 1, Scene 2: Questions

• QUESTION to answer on notebook paper: • How would you feel about being asked/told to

marry at age thirteen? Why? What advice would you give Romeo?

Act 1Scene 3

pp. 1049 – 1053

Act 1, Scene 3: Literary Elements

• Scene 3 contains examples of these elements:• Character development• Foil

Act 1, Scene 3: Close Read Lines

• 63 – 66, p. 1052• 79 – 81, p. 1052• 95 – 99, p. 1052

Act 1, Scene 3: Activity

• Analyze the nurse's speech for information on Juliet's background

• Create a T chart (foil characters)

Act 1Scene 4

pp. 1053 – 1057

Act 1, Scene 4: Literary Elements

• Scene 1 contains examples of these elements:• Character development• Pun

Act 1, Scene 4: Close Read Lines

• 63 – 66• 79 – 81• 95 – 99

Act 1, Scene 4: Activity

• Identify and analyze the imagery in Mercuito's Queen Mab speech

Act 1Scene 5

pp. 1057 – 1062

Act 1, Scene 4: Vocabulary

• Scene 1 contains examples of these elements:• Purge• Polemnity• Sirrah

Act 1, Scene 4: Literary Elements

• Character development• Tone• Sonnet• Foreshadowing

Act 1, Scene 4: Close Read Lines

• 38 – 90• 91 – 144

Act 1, Scene 4: Activity

• Applied Practice Reading 2 (attachment)

Act 1 Post-Read

• Students write a short summary of the action in Act I.• On notebook paper, answer the following Questions:– Think about a situation where someone made a strong first

impression on you. What was your reaction?– What seems to be Romeo's immediate reaction when he first

sees Juliet across the room?– What seems to be Juliet's reaction?– How does Tybalt react to Romeo's crashing the party?