Group Work Activity: Finishing Up Romeo and Juliet

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1 Group Work Activity: Finishing Up Romeo and Juliet Group Names: Directions: 1) Read through these directions carefully as a group. You must complete each step below as a group. 2) As a group, review the notes below for Acts 1 3. Take turns reading the notes aloud. 3) Complete the Act 4 5 Fill In Notes Sheet below as a group. 4) Create 2 solid DTQs as a group for Romeo and Juliet (the whole play). Remember to attach reading anchor standards to your group s DTQs. Write these on the class poster. 5) Choose at least 3 Vocabulary words and find examples from the play to support your understanding of the terms. 6) Complete the Somebody Wanted But So activity as a group. You must make at least 5 SWBS statements. 7) You will receive a grade for the journal notes we took in class previously as well as completion of this group activity. Be prepared to share out after this activity is complete. You will also receive tickets for positive group work/interactions. Parts of this activity will be used in a discussion next class. Acts 1 3 Notes: Group Read Aloud Act 1 There is a feud between two families, the Capulet and the Montagues that has been going on for over a century. Members of the families fight in the streets of Verona. We meet Benvolio, a Montague, the peacekeeper who tries to stop the fighting as well as Tybalt, a hot headed Capulet. The prince comes and threatens the two families deaths if the feud continues to disturb the streets of Verona. We also meet Romeo Montague, who has just been heartbroken by Rosaline, a girl that will not be with him. He is depressed and dramatic to the point that his parents are concerned about him. To try to cheer up Romeo, Benvolio tells him about a party at the Capulets that they should go crash. Benvolio wants Romeo to realize that there are other fish in the sea. We then meet Juliet and her family including her nurse who goes on an embarrassing rant about breastfeeding Juliet as a baby. Juliet, who is 13 finds out that Paris, a 39 year old County wants to marry her and she will meet him at their party that night and see if she could love him. The Montague boys are then on their way to the party and we finally meet Mercutio, Romeo s best friend who is known to be a joker. Mercutio makes fun of Romeo for being a lover and goes on his famous Queen Mab speech in which he discusses a tiny fairy who visits people at night and makes them dreamers. Mercutio goes from poking fun to madness and Romeo tells him he speaks of nothing. The boys finally make it to to the party. Romeo basically walks in and sees Juliet right away and immediately falls in love, all thoughts of Rosaline vanishing. He talks to her and they are both instantly infatuated. Tybalt sees his enemy Romeo at the party and wants to fight him. Capulet stops Tybalt so that he will not ruin the party. Tybalt swears vengeance on Romeo the next time he sees him.

2 Act 2 After the party, Romeo sneaks away from his friends and cousin. He hides in the orchard below Juliet s window. Juliet appears and talks to herself about her love for Romeo. Unable to contain himself, Romeo leaps out from hiding. They talk to each other of love and each vow s love to the other. Juliet says she will send her Nurse to Romeo tomorrow, and he is to tell her when and where they will be married. The next morning Romeo tells Friar Laurence about his plans to marry Juliet. He agrees to help the two lovers because he hopes that the marriage will end the feud between the two houses. Romeo meets up with Benvolio and Mercutio. Mercutio teases Romeo about ditching them. The Nurse comes and Romeo tells her that he wants Juliet to meet her at Friar Laurence s cell. She agrees to tell Juliet the meeting place. Juliet waits impatiently for the Nurse s return. When the Nurse arrives, she doesn t tell Juliet the news right away. She is teasing Juliet, but she finally tells her the details of the plan. Juliet meets Romeo and Friar Laurence marries the two. Act 3 This act returns to Mercutio, Benvolio, and the other men. It is hot out and the Montague boys are fearing a brawl. Soon Tybalt and some other Capulets confront Mercutio asking if he knows where Romeo is hiding. Romeo soon enters and Tybalt challenges him to a duel, but Romeo refuses saying that he must love Tybalt now (of course we know why he married Juliet). However, Mercutio draws his sword and fights Tybalt. Romeo tries to stop the fight, but accidentally gets Mercutio mortally wounded under Romeo s arm. Mercutio dies.romeo becomes so enraged that he challenges Tybalt. Romeo eventually kills Tybalt. The Prince learns of the deaths, but because Romeo killed Tybalt for killing Mercutio, Romeo is given the chance to leave Verona forever. If he is found within the city he will be executed. Juliet grieves for both Tybalt and Romeo. She has conflicting emotions about the events that have taken place, but she eventually gains her composure and stands behind her husband. She tells the Nurse to find Romeo and have him come to her before he leaves the city. Romeo goes to Friar Laurence. All Romeo can think about is dying, but the Friar chastises him for not thanking God for the Prince s mercy. The Nurse enters and also scolds him for his lack of strength. Romeo tries to stab himself with a dagger, but the Nurse snatches it away. Friar Laurence tells Romeo to stop his crying and demands that he see Juliet. He then says that Romeo should stay out of the city until they can tell everyone about his marriage to Juliet and beg the Prince to pardon him. Romeo leaves to see Juliet one last time. Juliet and Romeo spend his last night in Verona together and he leaves. Lady Capulet enters her room and tells Juliet that Capulet has decided she will marry Paris that week. Juliet is of course angered by it. Capulet threatens to disown her if she does not marry Paris so she reluctantly agrees. When he leaves, she asks the Nurse what she should do, but the Nurse says she should marry Paris because Romeo is essentially dead if she can t see him. Seeing that the Nurse will not help her, she lies and says to tell her mother that she is going to Laurence s cell for confession because she disobeyed her father. Acts 4 5 FIll In Notes Sheet Act 4: Paris tells about his upcoming wedding to. asks to help her escape this wedding to. What is the Friar s plan for Juliet? What happens at the end of this act?

3 Act 5 is banished, waiting in for word from his servant about Juliet. comes and mistakenly tells Romeo that is dead. Romeo can t believe it and wants to go to her. He buys from an in order to when he sees his love deceased. was supposed to send a letter to to tell him of Juliet s plan to fake her own death. Friar Lawrence gave the letter to to deliver to Mantua but Friar John got stuck in a quarantined house in which residents were infected with the. Friar Lawrence realizes what has happened and races to beat Romeo to the tomb where Juliet lies. arrives at the tomb and sees that is also there visiting. warns to leave before Romeo goes mad and kills him. refuses and ends up dying. sees dead and drinks the to kill himself and dies immediately. Moments later, the arrives and wakes up. She realizes that has died and Friar gives her some advice to become a. Friar leaves suddenly because he hears the guards of the town coming. Seeing that there is no more left for to drink, grabs s dagger and kills herself. The parents of both teenagers arrive and so does the. The tells the story of what happened while everyone remorses about the tragic results of the between the two families. has also died of grief because of her son s exile. The families decide to their feud and will create of their children to honor them. 2 Solid DTQs for Discussion As a group, come up with 2 DTQs with reading anchor standards for the play. Please write them on the poster for your class period. Please also write them in the space provided here. #1: #2:

4 Vocabulary Usage Directions: Go to the list of important vocabulary words in the unit 4 packet. As a group, choose 3 words to define and explain with examples from the play. Please use specific quotes and write down page numbers Word #1: Word #2: Word #3:

5 Somebody Wanted But So Directions: As a group, come up with at least 5 statements about the play. The statements should summarize the text. You will look at specific characters (somebody), what they wanted (wanted), what got in the way (but) and what happened as a result of this (so). Example: Romeo ( Somebody ) wanted to be with Rosaline but Rosaline was pure and possibly a nun so he was very upset and depressed about life.