Romeo and Juliet: Research Project & Rubric

Name English 9 Romeo and Juliet: Research Project & Rubric I. OBJECTIVES: 1. To learn more about the time period of Romeo & Juliet and William Shakespeare. 2. To learn and utilize the research process. 3. To demonstrate good oral presentation skills, utilizing formal, standard English. Anchors: R11.B.3.1.1 Explain, interpret, describe, and/or analyze the use of facts and opinions to make a point or construct an argument in fiction and non-fiction text R11.B.1.1.1 Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze/or evaluate the relationships within fiction and literary non-fiction R11.B.2.1.2 Identify, explain, interpret, describe, and/or analyze the author s intended purpose for and effectiveness at using figurative language II. TASKS: 1. Select a topic from the attached list. 2. Research your topic and gather notes. You must have a minimum of 3 sources (1 book & 2 online sources). 3. Complete the Works Cited Information Sheet for each source. You must have a minimum of 3 completed. 4. Using your 3 Works Cited Information Sheets, write a summary report of your findings (1 page minimum -- typed) 5. Create a Work Cited Page (attach to the summary report). 6. Create a poster or Power Point presentation (8-10 slides) that summarizes your information in an organized and creative manner. 7. Prepare a presentation of your research and project to present orally to the class. 1

DUE DATE: III. IMPORTANT INFORMATION You will have time in the school library to research your topic. It may be necessary for you to use another library or to come to the school library during a study hall. You must use a variety of sources to obtain your information. Only two internet sources are permitted. You will take notes by paraphrasing, summarizing, and/or recording direct quotation as needed. You must record all bibliographic information from all sources on the reference sheets given to you. You must have at least 3 sources. You must submit a works cited page and attach note pages or note cards with your recorded information. You will be graded according to the rubric below. Rubric Research Grade (100 points) 1. 3 Works Cited Information Sheets /30 points 2. Summary Report (1 page minimum typed) /30 points 3. Works cited page /20 points 4. Using research time wisely /20 points Presentation Grade (70 pts.) 1. Poster or Power Point Creativity Neatness Research Information & Quality /10 points /10 points /30 points 2. Oral Presentation Eye contact Facial expression Vocal Quality/tone Poise/Posture /5 points /5 points /5 points /5 points TOTAL /170 POINTS 2

Romeo & Juliet: Research Topics DIRECTIONS: Select one topic (bulleted items) to conduct your research. General Timeline RESEARCH PROJECT TOPICS 15th century(1400's) 16th Century (1500's) 17th Century (1600's) 14 50 15 00 15 50 16 00 Elizabeth 1517 Reformation King James SHAKESPEARE - 1564-1616 Renaissance (1420/1450 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1600) 1607 Jamestown I. HISTORY Who was King James? Research his life. Give interesting details beyond the dates. Research the life of Queen Elizabeth I. Give interesting details/facts beyond the dates. Present some of the discoveries and advances in Shakespeare s time in the areas of science and exploration. Consider such names as Galileo, Bacon, Keppler, Drake, and Raleigh. What was the Reformation? Explain its importance. Describe the Renaissance in England. What was it, what years, what were major events, impact, etc. II. DAILY LIFE c. 1600s Describe daily life in this time period, including family life, food, recreation, educational practices, etc. Describe the fashions of the Elizabethan Age. What did women wear? What about the men & children? The nobility? What was London like in the 16 th century? Be specific with information on size, population, neighborhoods, etc. What were some of the typical five professions/jobs of the 16 th century? Describe and explain them as fully as possible. III. A WOMAN S LIFE Describe the marriage rites/customs of the 16 th century. Consider both the common people and the nobility. What was the place/role of women in the 16 th century? Describe some professions they held. Be sure to consider both women of the nobility and the common women. 3

IV. THE GLOBE THEATER Tell about theater conventions of the 16 th century. Include the use of props, costuming, scenery, staging, casting, etc. Tell about the Globe Theater. Concentrate on the structure, seating, the audience, etc. Be sure to include information about modern reconstruction. V. SHAKESPEARE Tell about William Shakespeare s personal life. Give specific details beyond dates. Tell about William Shakespeare s professional life. Again, give specific details beyond dates. Give a basic overview on the writings of Shakespeare poems, plays, style, influence, etc. Shakespeare has been described as a man for all ages. Choose at least ten expressions from his plays, which are still used today. Tell what they meant during this time period and explain what they mean today. VI. HEALTH & SUPERSTITION Medical beliefs and practices Identify and describe the use of herbs, plants, and leeches in the medical practices of the 16 th century. What is an apothecary? What does the job entail? What would this person do today? How has this job changed? What was the role of extrasensory superstitions, witches, ghosts, faeries, planets in the lives of the people of this time? VII. TEENS COMPARE & CONTRAST Teen life then and now Teen marriage statistics, past & present Teen suicide statistics, past & present VIII. VERONA 1400s What was Verona, Italy like in the day of Romeo & Juliet? Describe its attributes: housing, climate, clothes, location, etc. IX. PRODUCTION What can you discover about the making of the movies of Romeo & Juliet, specifically regarding Franco Zeffirelli s, and the 1997 version of the play? Include views/reactions by critics and the public. What can you discover about the musical West Side Story and its relation to Romeo & Juliet? Include reviews/reactions by critics and the public. 4

Name WORKS CITED INFORMATION SHEET Format for an Book or Print Entry Author s Name: Book or Magazine Title: Magazine News Article Title Name of Publisher: City of Publication: Date of Publication: (or Volume/Issue) Pages Used Write research notes from this source below. Your notes should consist of summary, paraphrases, and direct quotes. Make sure to put the page number next to any information that you take out of your source. Highlight important notations as needed. 5

Name WORKS CITED INFORMATION SHEET Format for an Book or Print Entry Author s Name: Book or Magazine Title: Magazine News Article Title Name of Publisher: City of Publication: Date of Publication: (or Volume/Issue) Pages Used Write research notes from this source below. Your notes should consist of summary, paraphrases, and direct quotes. Make sure to put the page number next to any information that you take out of your source. Highlight important notations as needed. 6

Name WORKS CITED INFORMATION SHEET Format for an On-Line Entry Author s Name: Title of Article: Site Title: Date Posted or last updated: Date Accessed: Electronic Address>: Write research notes from this source below. Your notes should consist of summary, paraphrases, and direct quotes. Make sure to put the page number next to any information that you take out of your source. Highlight important notations as needed. 7

Name WORKS CITED INFORMATION SHEET Format for an On-Line Entry Author s Name: Title of Article: Site Title: Date Posted or last updated: Date Accessed: Electronic Address>: Write research notes from this source below. Your notes should consist of summary, paraphrases, and direct quotes. Make sure to put the page number next to any information that you take out of your source. Highlight important notations as needed. 8

USEFUL INTERNET SITES Life & Times of William Shakespeare & His Contemporaries: Elizabethan England in the Time of Romeo and Juliet Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge Elizabethan England Shakespeare Resource Center - Elizabethan England ARTSEDGE: Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare's England Time Traveler's guide to Tudor England William Shakespeare: An Introduction to Shakespeare. Shakespeare Shakespeare Resource Center - The Language of Shakespeare The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Life of Shakespeare Shakespeare's Theatre Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Bankside, Southwark, London Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Romeo and Juliet: Romeo and Juliet: Making Connections to the Arts - Performing & Visual Arts Romeo and Juliet Theme Page Romeo and Juliet Special Features The Renaissance: Renaissance & Rebirth in Europe Ren Faire: Costumes WebMuseum: La Renaissance Backgrounds to the Italian Renaissance Virtual Renaissance 9

How to Create a Works Cited Page 1. For each source listed, begin first line at margin and indent each line that follows. 2. Underline or use italics for titles of books, periodicals and software. Titles of articles are enclosed in quotation marks. 3. Note punctuation and follow exactly. 4. If required information, such as author or place of publication, is not available, just leave it out. 5. Arrange all sources in one list, alphabetically by first word, which will generally be either the author's last name or the first important word of the title. I. PRINT SOURCES Book with one author: 1. Author. 2. Title of book.(italicized) 3. City of publication: 4. Publisher, date of publication. Cohen, Daniel. America's Very Own Ghosts. New York: Doubleday, 1985. Book with two authors: 1. Authors (in the order they are given in the book). 2. Title of book.(italicized) 3. City of publication: 4. Publisher, date. Smith, Elizabeth, and David Wright. Rocks and Minerals. Chicago: Macmillan, 1995. Encyclopedia and other familiar reference books: 1. Author of article (if available). 2. "Title of article." 3. Title of book.(italicized) 4. Date of edition. (Volume and page number not necessary if articles are arranged alphabetically). Eiselen, Malcolm R. "Franklin, Benjamin." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1999. "France." Compton's Encyclopedia. 1998. 10

Article in a periodical: 1. Author (if available). 2. "Title of article." 3. Periodical title (italicized) date: page. Haverkamp, Beth. "Bad Women and Bandit Queens." Cobblestone May 1996: 20-22. "N.F.L. Training Camp Report" The New York Times 21 Aug. 1996: B12. II. INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE RESEARCHER 1. Name of person interviewed. 2. Type of interview. 3. Date of interview. Whitman, Christie. Personal interview. 20 Aug. 1999. Ford, Harrison. Telephone interview. 26 Jan. 1999. III. ELECTRONIC SOURCES Encyclopedia and other publications on CD-ROM: 1. Author (if available). 2. "Title of article." 3. Title of product (italicized or in italics). 4. Edition or version (if relevant) 5. CD-ROM. 6. City of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Cashman, Katharine V. "Volcano." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1999 ed. CD-ROM. Chicago: World Book Inc., 1999. "Japan." Cartopedia. CD-ROM. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1995. Solnick, Bruce B. "Columbus, Christopher." Grolier MultiMedia Encyclopedia. 1994 ed. CD-ROM. Danbury, CT: Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc., 1992. Leicester, Henry M. "Chemistry." Microsoft Encarta. 1998 ed. CD-ROM. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 1998. "Engine, Four-Stroke." David Macauley: The Way Things Work. CD-ROM. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1994. 11

Periodical article found in CD-ROM database: 1. Author. 2. "Title of article." 3. Periodical title (italicized) date: page. 4. Title of database.(italicized) 5. CD- ROM. 6. City of publication: name of electronic publisher, date of electronic publication. Gray, Robert. "Do You Believe in Dragons?" Ranger Rick Oct 1993: 21-29. SIRS Discoverer. CD-ROM. Boca Raton: SIRS, Inc., Spring 1996. Timney, Mark C. "Virtual Chills and Thrills." Boys' Life April 1995: 13-15. Primary Search. CD-ROM. Peabody, MA: Ebsco, Mar. 1996. IV. ONLINE SOURCES Encyclopedia from an online service: 1. Author, if shown 2. "Title of the article." 3. Name of encyclopedia (italicized). 4. Name of publisher, date of publication, if available. 5. Date of your visit. 6. Name of the online subscription service hosting the encyclopedia. "Animal Rights." Compton's Living Encyclopedia. Compton's Learning Company, 1996. 22 Aug. 1999. America Online. Ketcham, Ralph. "Franklin, Benjamin." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Interactive Inc. 10 Sept. 1999. CLAMSnet. Periodical article from an online database: 1. Author. 2. "Title of article." 3. Periodical title (italicized) date: page. 4. Name of database.(italicized) 5. Publisher of database (if available). 6. Date of visit. 7. <http address>. (enclosed in angle brackets) Peterson, Robert W. "Teddy Roosevelt: The Conservation President." Boys' Life April 1994: 28. Primary Search. EBSCO Publishing. 12 Nov. 2000. <http://ebsco.com/primary>. 12

World Wide Web: 1. Author (if known). 2. "Title of article." 3. Title of complete work. (if relevant, italicized) 4. date of visit. 5. <full http address>. (enclosed in angle brackets) Boritt, Gabor S. "Civil War." World Book Online. 10 September 1999. <http://www.worldbookonline.com/na/ar/fs/ar117060.htm>. Norton, R.J. "An Overview of John Wilkes Booth's Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln." Abraham Lincoln's Assassination. 28 Nov. 1999. <http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/lincoln75.html>. "Statistical Summary: America's Major Wars." The U.S. Civil War Center. 14 Aug. 1999. <http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/other/ stats/warcost.htm>. Personal e-mail: 1. Author. 2. "Subject line from posting." 3. Date of posting. 4. Personal e-mail. 5. Date of access. Thompson, Barry. "Computer Viruses." 26 Nov. 1999. Personal e-mail. 12 Mar. 2002. 13

V. SAMPLE WORK CITED PAGE [see below] Work Cited Boritt, Gabor S. "Civil War." World Book Online. 10 September 1999. <http://www.worldbookonline.com/na/ar/fs/ar117060.htm>. Cohen, Daniel. America's Very Own Ghosts. New York: Doubleday, 1985. Eiselen, Malcolm R. "Franklin, Benjamin." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1999. Haverkamp, Beth. "Bad Women and Bandit Queens." Cobblestone May 1996: 20-22. Norton, R.J. "An Overview of John Wilkes Booth's Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln." Abraham Lincoln's Assassination. 28 Nov. 1999. <http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/lincoln75.html>. Smith, Elizabeth, and David Wright. Rocks and Minerals. Chicago: Macmillan, 1995. NOTE: 1. All entries are alphabetized. 2. Work Cited title is centered. 3. Entries are not numbered. 14

R&J Research Checklist DUE DATE: 1. 3 sources (one must be a book) 2. 3 Works Cited Information Sheets 3. Summary report (1 page minimum -- typed) 4. Work Cited page (follows exact MLA format) 5. Rubric 6. Poster or Power Point Presentation (must have 8-10 slides) NOTE: 1. Reports: All students must turn in: 3 Works Cited Information Sheets typed copy of the summary report work cited page Poster or Power Point Presentation Rubric 2. Make sure that your name and period is on the summary report. Staple the 3 Works Cited Information Sheets, work cited page and rubric to the back of the summary report. 3. If you are doing a poster presentation, staple the reports to the poster. 15