Romeo and Juliet: Students must cut up the events and sequence them in order by gluing them to the timeline graphic organizer on page 2.

1. Romeo and Juliet Timeline
Prince Escalus decrees that the next person who starts a public fight will face the death
penalty.
Juliet stabs herself.
Prince Escalus banishes Romeo.
Juliet apologizes to her father for refusing to marry Paris.
Romeo and Juliet, now husband and wife, part at dawn.
Benvolio takes Romeo to the Capulet's party, hoping to get his mind off Rosaline.
Romeo drinks poison.
Montague and Capulet shake hands and promise to build gold statues of each other's children.
Romeo overhears Juliet on her balcony, pledging her love to him.
Friar Lawrence reveals that Romeo and Juliet were married.
Romeo kills Tybalt.
Friar Lawrence discovers that his message did not reach Romeo.
Romeo and Juliet meet.
Romeo and Juliet are married at Friar Lawrence’s cell.
Lord Capulet announces Juliet’s engagement to Paris.
Tybalt kills Mercutio.
Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet is dead.
The nurse advises Juliet to marry Paris; Juliet asks Friar Lawrence for help.
Lord Capulet moves the wedding from Thursday to Wednesday.
Juliet's family lays her to rest in the Capulet burial vault.
Romeo kills Paris.

3. Sunday
The servants of the Capulets and Montagues start a brawl in the streets of Verona.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
night/early
Thursday
Thursday