Romeo & Juliet
Students, go to the following link and use the resource links on that page to explore the Shakespeare's time period and society. Please use your time wisely and read the information on the sites. You will be using this background information in class next week. Select a section or two on which to focus. Take notes. You will be graded on thoughtful and interesting tidbits which you record in notes and share with class from these sites. Have fun!! Topics for research are in BOLD.
Links for research:
Shakespeare's life link link link link link link link link ( you might need a desktop for this site)
Globe Theatre link link link link link link link
Elizabethan society link link link link link link link
Reign of Queen Elizabeth link link link link link
Actors, Acting, and Audience link link link link link
Additional sites:
Shakespeare's language link
Authorship:
Shakespeare's Sonnets link
Shakespearean insulter link link
Romeo & Juliet by text link
second texting link
R & J Final test:
- Literature terms from the study guide and word study in January, at the start of class
- Be able to discriminate between characters. Know their personalities, actions and relationships with other characters
- Be able to relate themes such as death, love, and fate vs free will to the play and support a claim with evidence from the play (essay style response)
- Identify oxymoron, paradox, similes, metaphors in textual lines
- Review the sonnet format and know how to explain it
- Know basic information from class presentations on Shakespeare, Globe Theatre, Elizabethan society, and Shakespearian actors and plays.
- The test will consist of two long answer (short essay) responses and multiple choice/fill in questions. The point value for the test will be split equally between the two parts of the test.
