1. Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet
Prologue (introduction): Flocabulary -
Act 2, Scene 1 – No Fear Shakespeare -
Act 2, Scene 2 -

2. Romeo and Juliet Balcony Scene Close Read
Close Read: Concentrating on certain portions of a text/analyzing author’s craft/purpose
You and your group members will be given line numbers and a question about those particular lines
You will be given a few minutes to discuss your answers and write them down
Everyone must participate—group roles
Use textual evidence to support your thoughts
You may be called upon to share your answers with the class

3. Group Member Roles
Facilitator—keep group members on task, ask questions to keep the discussion going
Reader—read the lines aloud
Recorder—write down answers to questions on a sheet of notebook paper
Speaker—share your group’s discussion with the class
***Switch roles with each question!!!

4. To whom is Romeo talking? How do you know?
Read lines 1-32
To whom is Romeo talking? How do you know?

5. What phrase(s) or word(s) in lines can help you make meaning of the word discourses? What can you infer about Juliet’s actions from the way Romeo describes her?

6. Read lines 33-49 aloud in your group
To whom is Juliet speaking?
How do you know?
Hint: How do Romeo’s lines in this passage help support your answer?

7. What does the audience know that Juliet does not know?
Lines 33-49
What does the audience know that Juliet does not know?

8. Read lines 33-36
What does Juliet want Romeo to do? Why? Consider what we know about Romeo and Juliet’s families.

9. Read lines 43-44
In these lines, what relationship is Juliet establishing between an object and the name of that object?

10. Lines 33-49
How might Juliet’s soliloquy have been different if she had known Romeo was listening? Hint: Count the number of lines Juliet has in this scene. How does this compare to her earlier speeches?

11. Lines 49-51
What course of action has Romeo just taken? How does this affect the scene?

12. Quick Write Discuss and then each member writes his/her own answer.
Why do you think Shakespeare crafted the scene so that the audience is aware of Romeo’s presence before Juliet is aware? Answer with a well-developed paragraph and use textual evidence cited in proper MLA format to support your answer. For example:
“(Romeo and Juliet Act. Scene. Line/s).