1. Let’s Prepare! speaking roles larger speaking smaller roles
CHARACTER ROLE
STUDENT READER
speaking roles
larger
CAPULET
BENVOLIO
ROMEO
JULET
LADY CAPULET
NURSE
MERCUTIO
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smaller
roles
PARIS
TYBALT
PETER
MS. DALLIMORE
SERVINGMAN
CAPULET’S COUSIN

2. Gather your
materials!
Let’s Prepare!

3. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Lesson 6

4. Let’s Review!

5. Let’s Prepare!

6. Today’s Outcomes
TSWBAT identify conflict and explain how it advances the plot of a Shakespearean drama.
TSWBAT practice citing textual evidence using MLA format.

7. Gather your
materials!
Let’s Prepare!

8. Let’s Read! 30 minutes! Act 1, Scenes i-v
As we read, if you hear details about character descriptions or motivations, add them to your character charts.

9. Who wants to marry Juliet?
Question 1
30 seconds
Let’s Pause!
Who wants to marry Juliet?

10. Question 2
30 seconds
Let’s Pause!
Where does the servant invite Romeo and Benvolio? Why do they want to go?

11. Describe the Nurse’s relationship with Juliet.
Question 3
30 seconds
Let’s Pause!
Describe the Nurse’s relationship with Juliet.

12. What does Romeo think of Juliet at first? To what does he compare her?
Question 4
30 seconds
Let’s Pause!
What does Romeo think of Juliet at first? To what does he compare her?

13. Why does Capulet let Romeo stay at the party?
Question 5
30 seconds
Let’s Pause!
Who notices Romeo?
Why does Capulet let Romeo stay at the party?

14. Question 6
30 seconds
Let’s Pause!
What does Romeo find out from the Nurse after Juliet goes to see her mother?

15. Let’s Express Our Understanding!
Character Chart
14 minutes
Let’s Express Our Understanding!
MLA citations:
Act, scene, line #
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Backslashes between lines of verse
“Two households, both alike in dignity, / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, / From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, / Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.”

16. Let’s Close!
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