R&J Act 1 lesson 2

2. DRAMA TEKS
• explain how dramatic conventions (e.g.,
monologues, soliloquies, dramatic irony)
enhance dramatic text.[4A]
Based on Holt McDougal Literature Grade
9, Unit 10
2

3. Introduction to Romeo & Juliet
• Orientation Presentation, including video
trailer (online)

4. Act 1
Scene 1
Pp. 1038 – 1046

5. Act 1, Scene 1: Pre-Read
• Consider the Big Question, p. 1034

6. Prologue
• Close-read the Prologue — p. 1038

7. Prologue
• Prologue (Video Clip: Baz Lehrman)
• Prologue (Video Clip: Franco Zefferelli)

8. Act 1, Scene 1: Pre-Read
• Read the Overviewof Act 1 — p. 1035
• Study the cast of characters — p. 1036
• Preview Act 1, Scene 1 — pp. 1038 – 1048
– Read the synopsis at the beginning
– Read the Margin Notes throughout the scene

9. Act 1, Scene 1: Vocabulary
• Augment
• Adversary
• Chaste
• Exquisite
• Forfeit
• Grievance
• Pernicious

10. Act 1, Scene 1: Literary Elements
• Scene 1 contains examples of these elements:
• Character Development
• Dialogue
• Pun
• Imagery
• Couplet
• Oxymoron

11. Act 1, Scene 1: Video
• Act 1 fight scene

12. Act 1, Scene 1: Close Read Lines
• 36 – 75 — The street fight
• 76 – 98 — Prince’s speech to the
families after the fight
• 111 – 150 — Benvolio & Montague’s
conversation about Romeo’s sadness
• 155 – 234 — Benvolio questions
Romeo about his sadness

13. Act 1, Scene 1: Questions
• QUESTION to answer on notebook paper:
• Why does Shakespeare begin the play with an
action-packed scene?

14. Act 1
Scene 2, pp. 1046 – 1049

16. Act 1, Scene 2: Literary Elements
• Scene 1 contains examples of these elements:
• Character development
• Metaphor
• Foil

17. Act 1, Scene 2: Close Read Lines
• 1 – 34, pp. 1046 – 1047

18. Act 1, Scene 2: Questions
• QUESTION to answer on notebook paper:
• How would you feel about being asked/told to
marry at age thirteen? Why? What advice
would you give Romeo?

19. Act 1
Scene 3
pp. 1049 – 1053

21. Act 1, Scene 3: Literary Elements
• Scene 3 contains examples of these elements:
• Character development
• Foil

22. Act 1, Scene 3: Close Read Lines
• 63 – 66, p. 1052
• 79 – 81, p. 1052
• 95 – 99, p. 1052

23. Act 1, Scene 3: Activity
• Analyze the nurse's speech for information on
Juliet's background
• Create a T chart (foil characters)

24. Act 1
Scene 4
pp. 1053 – 1057

25. Act 1, Scene 4: Literary Elements
• Scene 1 contains examples of these elements:
• Character development
• Pun

26. Act 1, Scene 4: Close Read Lines
• 63 – 66
• 79 – 81
• 95 – 99

27. Act 1, Scene 4: Activity
• Identify and analyze the imagery in Mercuito's
Queen Mab speech

28. Act 1
Scene 5
pp. 1057 – 1062

29. Act 1, Scene 4: Vocabulary
• Scene 1 contains examples of these elements:
• Purge
• Polemnity
• Sirrah

30. Act 1, Scene 4: Literary Elements
• Character development
• Tone
• Sonnet
• Foreshadowing

31. Act 1, Scene 4: Close Read Lines
• 38 – 90
• 91 – 144

32. Act 1, Scene 4: Activity
• Applied Practice Reading 2 (attachment)

33. Act 1 Post-Read
• Studentswrite a short summaryof the action in Act I.
• Onnotebook paper, answer the followingQuestions:
– Thinkaboutasituationwheresomeonemadeastrongfirst
impressiononyou.Whatwasyourreaction?
– WhatseemstobeRomeo'simmediatereactionwhenhefirst
seesJulietacrosstheroom?
– WhatseemstobeJuliet'sreaction?
– HowdoesTybaltreacttoRomeo'scrashingtheparty?