1. Let’s Prepare! speaking roles larger speaking smaller roles
CHARACTER ROLE
STUDENT READER
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ROMEO*
JULIET*
MERCUTIO
BENVOLIO
NURSE
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CHORUS

2. Gather your
materials!
Let’s Prepare!

3. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Lesson 10

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! 20 minutes! Act II, Scenes i-ii
As we read, if you hear details about character descriptions or motivations, add them to your character charts.

9. What change is the chorus describing in Romeo?
Question 1
30 seconds
Let’s Pause!
Scene i:
What change is the chorus describing in Romeo?

10. Why do Romeo’s friends think that he has abandoned them?
Question 2
30 seconds
Let’s Pause!
Scene i:
Why do Romeo’s friends think that he has abandoned them?

11. How does Romeo know hoe Juliet feels about him?
Question 3
30 seconds
Let’s Pause!
Scene ii:
How does Romeo know hoe Juliet feels about him?

12. Question 4
30 seconds
Let’s Pause!
Scene ii:
What do the teens plan?

13. Let’s Express Our Understanding!
Character Chart
22 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.”

14. Let’s Close!
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