Unit 3 Romeo and Juliet wk 5 - lesson 1

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Unit 3 Romeo and Juliet 

Week 5 ACT II

Unit 3 : Romeo and Juliet 

         Global context: orientation in space and time

         Key concept: time, place and space

        

         Related concept: empathy and meaning

statement of inquiry

Feeling empathy through universal themes 

in existing work

leads to 

your own interpretation and a new meaning of the existing work. 

Language Aqcuisition

Period 3

Arts

Period 4 

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You create your own work with 

a new interpretation and new meaning. 

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Interdisciplinary Unit: 

The structure of a play

Goal today

• I understand the balcony scene between Romeo and Juliet.

Succes Criteria

• To apply knowledge of social and historical context to understand their motivations.
• To create an interpretation of the balcony scene, relevant to a modern audience.

myshakespeare.com

Swearing your love

Read more of the balcony scene between Romeo and Juliet.

Why does Juliet object to Romeo swearing his love by the moon? What does she suggest he swears on instead?

If you were to make a solemn vow of love, what would you swear by, and why?

Write down your solomn vow of love:

Stage your scene

Imagine you are going to stage a modern version of this scene in Romeo and Juliet. 

Your version must show the lovers meeting, their initial caution and their eventual engagement – but you can change the words and setting to give it a modern feel.

Showtime

Watch each other’s modern interpretations of the balcony scene. 

Discuss:

What were the challenges when approaching this assignment?

What made your scene successful?

What was needed to improve your scene?

Is Romeo and Juliet relevant to a modern audience?

 

I understand the balcony scene between Romeo and Juliet.

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Goal today

• I understand the balcony scene between Romeo and Juliet.

Succes Criteria

• To apply knowledge of social and historical context to understand their motivations.
• To create an interpretation of the balcony scene, relevant to a modern audience.

Homework read Act IV

Write down the names of the new characters in these scenes. 

Write an parapragh about each scene in your cornell notes. (20-30 words) 

How was today's class connected to learning?

thinking

communication

research

social

self-management