This document provides an outline for a prewriting lesson plan focused on identifying themes in stories and applying them to Romeo and Juliet. The lesson involves students discussing themes in children's stories in small groups, answering questions about Romeo and Juliet together, and then each group sharing a theme they identified for the play to compile a class list of possible themes.

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An Essay
Prewriting Day 2
Period 4, 6, and 9
Ms. Marshall-Krauss
2012

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 Warm up: Discuss your homework from
yesterday. Did your partner choose a song
that fit a theme of TV show or movie?
Explain.
 Today’s objective is to identify theme in
common stories and movies, and work in a
team to answer questions about Romeo and
Juliet to develop a class list of themes.

3.  In your groups, quickly discuss the children’s
story your are given. On the scrap paper,
write your answer about what the theme is.
 Remember theme is what the author is saying
about life.
 Rotate the envelops and repeat.

4.  Goldie Locks
 Aladdin
 The Lion King
 Hansel and Gretel
 The Ugly Duckling
 Mulan

5.  In groups of three, work together to answer
the following questions.
 Once you have completed this worksheet,
each team will decide on a theme for Romeo
and Juliet.
 Each team will share their theme with the
class and we will compile a master list of
possible themes.

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 Think about which theme you will choose to
write your essay about and why you think
that.