1. Common Core Standards:
SL , SL9-10.5
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Aim: How can we compare and contrast the film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (1996) to Shakespeare’s original text?
Objective: Students will be analyzing the choices the director made and comparing them to the choices that Shakespeare employed in his writing.
Do Now: Answer one of the following questions.
1.) Pretend to be Benvolio or Mercutio for a second. What advice would you have for Romeo after he learns that Juliet is a Capulet? OR
2.) How suave (charming and elegant) do you think Romeo was in Act 1, Scene 5?

2. Common Core Standards:
SL , SL9-10.5,
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Aim: How can we compare and contrast the film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (1996) to Shakespeare’s original text?
Objective: Students will be analyzing the choices the director made and comparing them to the choices that Shakespeare employed in his writing.
Agenda
1.) Do Now: Answer one or both questions, turn and talk with your tablemates. Captains will share with the class.
2.) Mini-Lesson: Together we will watch the 1996 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and compare it to Shakespeare’s text. Looking at both will help us better understand the play.
3.) Reflection: How does watching a modern interpretation with extravagant parties, modern cars, guns, and drugs affect your understanding of a play written hundreds of years ago? Does it still retain its original themes and feelings?
HOMEWORK:
DUE ON TUESDAY - FIRST ENTRY OF THE CHARACTER JOURNALS/DIARIES
You must write from the perspective of one of the main characters (Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, Lord Capulet/Montague, Lady Capulet/Montague, Paris, Benvolio, Mercutio, or the Nurse).