1. Agenda Warm-Up (Act II, scenes 1-2 review) Act II Vocabulary Practice
Act II, Scenes 3-6 questions

2. Warm-Up (Act II, scenes 1-2 Review)
Directions: Use either your memory or the textbook to answer the following questions. Write them down in your own paper wherever you keep your warm-ups.
Instead of returning home, where does Romeo go after the ball?
How does Romeo learn of Juliet’s love for him?
What do Romeo and Juliet exchange?
What do Romeo and Juliet plan to do the next day?
Who keeps interrupting the balcony scene?
Why does Juliet ask Romeo NOT to swear by the moon?

3. Warm-Up answers
Instead of returning home, where does Romeo go after the ball?
Romeo goes over the wall and into the Capulet garden to see Juliet.

4. Warm-Up answers (cont.)
2. How does Romeo learn of Juliet’s love for him?
He overhears Juliet talking about how much she loves him when she thinks she is alone on the balcony in the Capulet Garden.

5. Warm-Up answers (cont.)
3. What do Romeo and Juliet exchange?
They exchange vows of love.

6. Warm-Up answers (cont.)
4. What do Romeo and Juliet plan to do the next day?
They plan to get married.

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5. Who keeps interrupting the balcony scene?
The Nurse.

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6. Why does Juliet ask Romeo NOT to swear by the moon?
Juliet asks Romeo not to swear his love on the moon.
She says not to because the moon changes all the time in size.
She doesn’t want Romeo’s love to change all the time too. She wants him to love her all the time, forever, without any change.

9. Act II Vocabulary Practice
For each word, complete a box.
This includes the following…
- the definition, - a synonym, - a picture that represents the word, and - a sentence using the word.

10. Act II, Scenes 3-6 ***Netflix movie (Leonardo DiCaprio version)
Time: 45:15 – 57:49

11. Act II, Scenes 3-4 questions
What is Friar Lawrence talking about and describing in his soliloquy at the very beginning of Scene 3? (Page 827)
What 2 things does the Friar say this flower has the power to do? (Page 829)
Does the Friar think approve of Romeo’s plan and choices? What does he say about Romeo’s plans/choices? (Page 830)
What does the Friar decide to do? (Page 831)
We hear in Scene 4 that Tybalt is looking for Romeo. Why is looking for Romeo? (Page 831)
How does Mercutio feel about Tybalt?
Why has the Nurse showed up to talk to Romeo? (Pages )

12. Act II, Scenes 5-6 questions
The nurse is labeled as one of Shakespeare’s most “comic” characters. Give a specific examples how she seems comic.
What news the nurse bring Juliet?
How does Juliet react to the news?
Act II is primarily a happy, romantic act. However within Scene ii and Scene iv, there are lines that foreshadow their untimely death. Find the lines in these TWO scenes OR find ONE instance of foreshadowing within one of the other four scenes in this act.
The friar agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet so they will be happy but has another motive. What is his other motive?
Who is the more “mature” character? Romeo or Juliet? Why?