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Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
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A guide
to teaching the most famous love story in literature, based on material built
up over many years of teaching the play to high school students. The Study Programme has a mixture of notes, task sheets and worksheets
of varying levels of difficulty, all designed to make the teacher's life
easier and the play more accessible to students without compromising on
academic standards. |
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Contents |
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Teaching Guide |
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Study Programme |
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Introduction |
3 |
Introduction |
2 |
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The
Question of Suicide |
4 |
Some
Useful Background |
3 |
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Teaching
Approach |
5 |
Introducing
the Characters |
4 |
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On
Film and Stage |
6 |
Shakespeare's
Stage |
5 |
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The
Story behind the Play |
8 |
From
Old English to Modern English |
6 |
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Plot
Summary |
9 |
Keep
a Log |
9 |
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Initial
Quiz – Basic Facts |
10 |
Initial
Quiz: basic facts |
10 |
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Scene-by-scene
Commentary |
11 |
Conflict
Task Sheet |
11 |
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Conflict
Task Sheet Answers |
25 |
Understanding
the Play Task Sheets |
12 |
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Understanding
the Play Answer Guide |
26 |
Structure |
16 |
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Structure
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34 |
Setting
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18 |
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Dramatic
Irony; Motifs |
37 |
Language
of the Play |
19 |
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Treatment
of Time |
39 |
Characterisation
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23 |
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Setting |
41 |
Themes
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25 |
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The
Language of the Play |
43 |
Worksheets |
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Imagery
Worksheet Answers |
47 |
Study
Record |
27 |
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Character
and Language |
51 |
Time |
28 |
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Characterisation:
Romeo |
56 |
Poetry
and Prose |
29 |
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Characterisation:
Juliet |
58 |
Contrast,
Antithesis and Paradox |
30 |
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Characterisation
3 |
61 |
Imagery |
33 |
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Themes
– an approach |
67 |
Character
and Language: Romeo |
39 |
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Themes
– Some Thoughts |
68 |
Character
and Language: Juliet |
41 |
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Close
Reading Exercise |
74 |
Character
and Language 3 |
43 |
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Revision
Test |
76 |
Attitudes
to Love |
45 |
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Revision
Quiz |
78 |
Chance
or Choice |
46 |
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Quiz
Answers |
80 |
Quotations
Quiz |
47 |
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Bibliography |
81 |
Figures
of Speech Quiz |
48 |
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Appendix:
Structure Worksheets |
49 |
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Appendix:
Character and Language Quotations |
51 |
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Extras:
Explanation of opening scene puns; essay topics; literary terms glossary;
revision worksheet – balcony scene; critical comments; 'Tragic Design';
annotated script. |
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