This document contains a bellwork assignment asking students to generate "What If" questions from a passage titled "The Two Brothers." It provides examples of directed note-taking questions and prompts students to take notes and ask What If questions about how changing details in the story could impact the plot or characters. The document also shares sample questions students could generate around topics like Romeo's initial love for Rosaline or other causal factors in Romeo and Juliet.

1. Bellwork
The Two Brothers,
What If Questions
From The Two Brothers,
write at least THREE What If Questions
from the text, or what would you want
to know that wasn’t in the passage?.

2. The Pony Express began
service between St.
Joseph, MO and
Sacramento, CA - 1860
On this date…

3. The Osborne 1, first
successful portable
computer, is unveiled – 1981
On this date…

4. Dr. Martin Cooper of Motorola
made the first mobile phone
call – 1973
On this date…

5. A federal judge ruled that
Microsoft had violated U.S.
antitrust laws – 2000
On this date…

6. Virgil “Gus” Grissom – 1926
Mick Mars – 1956
Amanda Bynes – 1986
Famous Birthdays

7. What is the verbal part
of communication?
LA Fact of
the Day

8. Words!
LA Fact of
the Day

9. Cell Phone
The Mysteries
of Life…

10. What does note taking
mean?
Directed Note Taking
The Two Brothers

11. •Important information
•Writing questions
•Listening/pay attention!
•What works for you…
Directed Note Taking
The Two Brothers

12. • Using your Directed Note-
Taking handout, take notes
about important
information about the
Guiding Question
Directed Note Taking
The Two Brothers

13. TBD
Wrapping up…

15. knowledge of something secret or
private
Privy

16. • Long, slow, or dull
Tedious

17. dreadful; ominous
Dire

18. to yearn painfully
Pine

19. family or relatives
kindred

20. to ask; beg
Entreated

21. the surrounding of a forfeited
place to force its surrender
siege

22. Write a sentence for each word.
Make sure the definition of each
word is in the sentence.
Sentences

23. Cause - a person, thing, event, state, or
action that produces an effect
Effect – outcome, consequence
Cause & Effect

24. How do causal relationships
within the text affect the lives of
the characters?
How do fate and human error play
a role in Romeo and Juliet?
LEQs

25. As I read the first 8 lines of the Friar’s monologue
aloud, mark the places in the text that you see
each of the following:
H– caused by human error
F – caused by fate
E – effect
Discuss your codes with your group.
Coding

26. Continue to code your text as I read the rest of the
Friar’s monologue.
Discuss your coding with your group.
The youngest person in each group should be prepared
to share one example of the H code (caused by human
error), the F code (caused by fate), and the E code
(effect or consequence).
Coding

27. • Each of your has a word, definition, or sentence from the
play. To form your groups find the 2 people that match
your card, and then find a seat.
Vocabulary Review

28. How do causal relationships
within the text affect the lives of
the characters?
How do fate and human error play
a role in Romeo and Juliet?
LEQs

29. CISM- Day 2
Directed Note Taking/ What If Questions

30. • To paraphrase- is to restate what the author is saying
in your own words
Paraphrasing

31. • Paraphrase what Shakespeare has said in each
sentence of the Friar’s speech. Pay attention to where
the sentences end.
Looking at the text

32. • Original Shakespeare: “I will be brief, for my short
date of breath/Is not so long as is a tedious tale.”
• Notice that even though this is 2 lines, it is only one
sentence. It is broken up this way to fit into blank
verse and iambic pentameter.
• Paraphrase: I won’t talk long because I fear my life
will not be as long as this tale is.
Working Together

33. • Original Shakespeare: “Romeo, there dead, was husband
to that Juliet;/And she, there dead, that Romeo's faithful
wife:/I married them; and their stol'n marriage-day/Was
Tybalt's dooms-day, whose untimely death/
Banish'd the new-made bridegroom from the city,/
For whom, and not for Tybalt, Juliet pined.
• Again this is 6 lines, but only one sentence
• Paraphrase: There is Romeo, dead, and he is married to
Juliet, also dead. I married them, and it was on that day
that Romeo killed Tybalt and was banished from Verona.
And, oh yeah, it was Romeo that Juliet was sad over- not
Tybalt.
Working Together

34. • With a partner work to paraphrase the rest of the
monologue. Begin by numbering the sentences on the
monologue and then paraphrase them in the graphic
organizer. We will share what you came up with as a
class.
On your own

35. • Your group should have list with different events that
happened in the play and summarized by the friar. Create
a post it note for each event (write the event number) and
create a cause and effect chain. Once your group has
agreed, one person from your group should take your
chain and place it on the wall in the back of the room in
the correct order. The first group to have the correct order
of events in the chain posted on the wall will win!
Summary

36. • Romeo killed Tybalt • Juliet appeared dead
• Romeo was banished • Friar sent a letter to
• Juliet was sad Romeo
• Juliet’s parents wanted • Letter did not get to
her to marry Paris Romeo
• Juliet said she would • Romeo thought Juliet
kill herself was dead
• Friar gave Juliet a • Romeo killed himself
sleeping potion • Juliet killed herself
Answers

37. • What is a “What if…” question? You should ask
questions that ask someone what would have
happened had something else not have happened.
• Example: What if Romeo was never in love with
Rosaline? (this example is clearly not related to the
monologue, but is an example from Act I)
What if… Questions

38. • Write one “What if…” question for each of the categories
of cause and effect (human error, fate, and effect) . Your
questions should clearly relate to what you paraphrased.
On your own

39. Choose your best question from each group and write on a separate
piece of paper.
Trade your questions with another group
Answer each question on your graphic organizer.
Choose one question and answer to write into a one minute skit using
dialogue.
Example: Q: What if Romeo had never been in love with Rosaline? A:
Romeo probably wouldn’t have gone to the party and would not have
saw Juliet
Benvolio: Romeo, want to go to a party?
Romeo: Why?
Benvolio: To look at some girls
Romeo: It is a Capulet party- probably not a good idea.
Benvolio: Okay, lets go have a burger instead
In a group

40. • Answer the multiple choice and the extended response
question at the end of the worksheet. Be sure to answer
the extended response in PEE format.
Wrapping it up