Name: Date: Hour: Romeo & Juliet Pre-Reading Notes and Activities Shakespeare Brainstorm: What s up with Will? William Shakespeare, the Word Hipster: He used thousands of words and phrases before they were cool What are some words and phrases he invented? Shakespeare in the Classroom - 5 Known Facts about William Shakespeare 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Background - Romeo & Juliet - Written in and considered the _ 1
- Shakespeare adapted the storyline from an Italian story called (1476). - The is one of the most memorable and recognizable moments in all of Western literature. Popular Adaptations: Romeo & Juliet: Meet the Cast Notes The Capulets The Montagues Juliet: Romeo: Lord & Lady Capulet: Lord & Lady Montague: Nurse: Mercutio: Tybalt: Benvolio: Others: Count Paris: Friar Laurence: Romeo & Juliet: A Summary A Family Feud The story takes place in, Italy, in the late s. The _ and the, have been fighting for several years. The _ throw a big party. Montague wants to go to the party to see Rosaline, a girl he likes. Because of the feud, his family is not invited. He dresses in costume and 2
sneaks in anyway. Falling in Love Romeo sees a girl,, and falls in love. Soon he finds out that she is a _. Juliet sees and falls in love with him, too. She has no idea that he is a member of the _ family. Juliet learns that Romeo is a. She goes out on her balcony to talk to the stars about her love for. Romeo hears her and tells her he feels the same. A Secret Marriage The next day Romeo and Juliet are secretly by Romeo s friend. A Fight The same day that Romeo and Juliet are, Romeo's cousin Benvolio and his best friend,, get into a fight with Juliet s cousin Tybalt. _ is mad at Romeo for coming to the Capulets party, so he starts a fight with Benvolio and Mercutio. _ shows up. He does not want to fight Tybalt because he is married to, but he cannot tell anyone. Romeo s friends don t understand why Romeo won t fight so _ fights Tybalt instead. kills Mercutio. Romeo is and kills _. A Banishment The of Verona tells Romeo that he must _ the city forever and never come back. Juliet is devastated because _ is gone. A Match-Making Father Juliet's, who doesn t know that Juliet is already married to Romeo, decides to marry her to a man named. A Desperate Plan Juliet goes to for help. He gives her a potion to drink that will make her look _, even though she really will just be sleeping. The Friar says he will tell to come get her from the family. Some Deadly Gossip Before the can tell that is not really dead, Romeo gets a message from a friend that is dead in Verona. Romeo wants to die beside his wife, so he buys _ and goes to Juliet's tomb. At the door of the, Romeo fights and kills. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet 3
Inside the tomb, Romeo drinks the _and dies next to. One minute later, wakes up and sees Romeo _ next to her. Friar Lawrence comes into the and tells Juliet what happened. Juliet takes Romeo s _ and kills herself. The End. 4
Shakespearean Slam Directions: The columns below represent language used by Shakespeare. Choose a phrase from each of the three columns below and craft your own version of an Elizabethan-era insult. Be sure to start your insult with, Thou art a Translated this means, You are a unmuzzled foul wrinkled poisonous babbling jaded knavish peevish bawdy brazen fitful crusty sottish saucy vacant brutish sour wenching yeasty adulterate bloody clamorous common crafty detested lewd gnarling greasy grizzled haughty hideous pestilent simpering sneaking queasy rank reeky lousy pernicious monstrous naughty fell-lurking frosty-spirited hedge-born hollow-hearted bunch-backed clay-brained evil-eyed iron-witted lean-witted lily-livered eye-offending smooth-tongued horn-mad ill-breeding onion-eyed pale-hearted paper-faced sodden-witted raw-boned rug-headed long-tongued sharp-eared shrill-gorged sour-faced weak-hinged white-livered bald-pated brazen-faced burly-boned cold-blooded cream-face double-dealing promise-breaking horn-mad low-born marble-hearted night-brawling prick-eared ill-composed ill-nurtured mad-bred water-fly whipster yonker leper skains-mate nit puke-stocking canker-blossom clot pole dogfish lackey rascal hempseed hedge-pig drudge nag toad maggot-pie hag mongrel baboon boar tickle-brain cuckold dog-ape dung-hill drunkard lout hobby-horse stench jack-a-nape malignancy lack-beard she-fox rabbit-sucker plague-sore slug rudesby ruffian serpent knob Write down your top three insults below: 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 5