ROMEO JULIET 2018 WARM UP DRAMA TERMS Read

ROMEO & JULIET 2018

WARM UP: DRAMA TERMS Read the definitions on your vocabulary handout (Drama Terms) and use the word bank below to fill in the blanks. • Aside • Foil • Monologue • Soliloquy • Chorus

WARM UP: DRAMA TERMS monologue soliloquy aside foil chorus a lengthy, extended speech delivered by a character to other characters present onstage a speech in which a character is alone onstage and reveals his or her inner thoughts to the audience a brief remark made directly to the audience which reveals a character’s private thought(s) a character used as a contrast/opposite to another character a group of actors who described and commented upon the main action of a play with song, dance, and recitation

MONDAY, 16 APRIL 2018 DLT: WILDCATS WILL READ ANALYZE DRAMATIC LITERATURE

FYI: • Completed Sonnets are due today! • We’ll read most of the play orally. The parts for each day will be on the table as you walk in the room. Please pick up a part if you’d like to read. All parts must be assigned. • Be sure to bring your copy of the play to class every day!

SHAKESPEAREAN TERMS Directions: Write what you think each of the following terms means on your handout. Then we’ll write the actual definition. Term I think it means… It really means… Against For; in preparation for/of Alack Alas; expression of sorrow or sadness Anon Soon Aye Yes

BEFORE READING: Anticipation Guide: 1. Follow your teacher’s directions to complete the activity. Analyze the Prologue: 1. The Prologue is a sonnet!! Label the rhyme scheme. 2. Identify the volta. 3. Identify the setting of the play and the lines where the setting is revealed. 4. Identify the primary conflict of the play and the lines where the conflict is revealed. 5. What key plot point is revealed in the Prologue? In which lines did you find this information? DID YOU KNOW…the term “star crossed lovers” first appeared in Romeo and Juliet?

CLOSURE: ACT I VOCABULARY Read the definitions on your vocabulary handout (Act I) and use the word bank below to fill in the blanks. • Transgression • Pernicious • Augmenting • Adversary • Oppression • Grievance

CLOSURE: ACT I pernicious adversary augmenting grievance (adj) causing great injury or ruin (noun) one who opposes or fights against another (verb) making larger; increasing or enlarging (noun) injustice or complaint oppression (noun) feeling of being weighed down with worries or problems transgression (noun) an act that breaks a law, rule, or code of conduct; wrongdoing

CASTING CALL! Pick a part if you’d like to read today: • Sampson • Gregory • Abram • Tybalt • Benvolio • Officer • Lord Capulet • Lady Capulet • Lord Montague • Lady Montague • Prince • Romeo

WARM UP: Write a synonym for each of yesterday’s vocabulary words. You may write directly on your handout beside each definition.

TUESDAY, 17 APRIL 2018 DLT: WILDCATS WILL READ ANALYZE DRAMATIC LITERATURE

FYI: • Have you turned in your completed sonnet? • We’re reading Act I this week & taking the first test over Romeo and Juliet next Tuesday, April 24 th. • Be sure to keep up with all assignments!!

SHAKESPEAREAN TERMS Directions: Write what you think each of the following terms means on your handout. Then we’ll write the actual definition. Term I think it means… It really means… But Only; except E’en Even Haply Perhaps Happy Fortunate; lucky

IRONY • Verbal: saying one thing but meaning another (sarcasm) EX: On the way to school, the school bus gets a flat tire and the bus driver says, "Excellent! This day couldn't start off any better!" • Situational: something unexpected happens EX: The fire station burns down while the firemen are out on a call. • Dramatic: the audience knows something the characters do not EX: In a scary movie, a character walks into a house where the audience knows a killer is hiding.

READING FOCUS: • Soliloquy • Metaphor • Monologue • Simile • Aside • Personification • Puns • Foreshadowing • Irony • Allusion • Paradox • Conflict • Oxymoron • Hyperbole

READ ACT I, SCENE 1 RECAP: Annotate in your book or composition notebook 1. Puns in the opening 2. Character traits 3. The feud! 4. Prince’s monologue foreshadows… 5. Foils? 6. (168) “Here’s much to do with hate but more with love”--paradox! 7. (170) “Why then O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything of nothing first created!”---oxymoron 8. What’s wrong with Romeo? ? ?

CLOSURE: 2 POUND SUMMARY Write a 2 pound (20 word) summary for Act I, Scene 1.

CASTING CALL! Pick a part if you’d like to read today: Scene 2 • Lord Capulet • Paris • Peter • Benvolio • Romeo Scene 3 • Lady Capulet • Nurse • Juliet • Peter

WARM UP: Write an antonym for each of yesterday’s vocabulary words. You may write directly on your handout beside each definition.

WEDNESDAY, 5 APRIL 2017 DLT: WILDCATS WILL READ AN ANALYZE LITERARY ELEMENTS IN DRAMA

FYI: • Completed Sonnets were due Monday. Please turn yours in if you haven’t already done so. • Reading test over Act I is Tuesday, April 24 th.

SHAKESPEAREAN TERMS Directions: Write what you think each of the following terms means on your handout. Then we’ll write the actual definition. Term I think it means… It really means… Hence Away; away from here Hie Hurry Hither Here Ho Imitating a deep laugh; used to gain attention

REVIEW: THREE TRUTHS AND TWO LIES 1. A paradox is a seemingly contradictory statement (“It was the best of TRUTH times, it was the worst of times…”). LIE 2. An oxymoron is a rhetorical device made up of two synonyms to stress meaning. TRUTH 3. An aside is an actor’s brief remark(s) made directly to the audience. TRUTH 4. “O heavy lightness, serious vanity, feather of lead, bright darkness, cold fire” are all examples of oxymorons. LIE 5. A long speech made by a character that is heard by the audience but not by the characters is called a monologue.

READ ACT I, SCENES 2 & 3 RECAP: Annotate in your book or composition notebook 1. Explain the use of poetry v. prose in the servants’, Romeo’s, and Benvolio’s lines. 2. What is Benvolio’s advice to Romeo? 3. Explain how Lady Capulet and Nurse are character foils. 4. Describe each character based on his or her monologue.

CLOSURE: 212 EXIT TICKET 2: Write two characters who are foils of one another. 1: Name one L 2 trait where the foils differ. 2: List two new literary terms we’ve discussed and write an example of each.

CASTING CALL! Pick a part if you’d like to read today: • Benvolio • Mercutio • Romeo

WARM UP: Review the terms for Act I. Select three of the words and write a sentence for each. 1. Pernicious 2. Adversary 3. Augmenting 4. Grievance 5. Oppression 6. Transgression

THURSDAY, 19 2018 DLT: WILDCATS WILL READ ANALYZE LITERARY ELEMENTS IN DRAMA

FYI: • Completed Sonnets were due Monday. Please turn yours in if you haven’t already done so. • Reading test over Act I is Tuesday, April 24 th.

SHAKESPEAREAN TERMS Directions: Write what you think each of the following terms means on your handout. Then we’ll write the actual definition. Term I think it means… It really means… Marry Indeed Whence Wherefore Why Wilt Will

READ ACT 1, SCENE 4 1. Oral reading. 2. Debrief: What is the significance of the Queen Mab speech? ? ? 3. Complete the Queen Mab handout. 4. Finish for homework, if necessary.

CLOSURE: EXIT TICKET How is Mercutio a foil to Romeo? Write your answer at the bottom of your Queen Mab handout.

CASTING CALL! Pick a part if you’d like to read today: • Peter • Romeo • First Servingman • Tybalt • Second Servingman • Juliet • Lord Capulet • Nurse • Capulet’s Cousin • Benvolio

WARM UP: Review the terms for Act I. Write a sentence for each of the three words you didn’t select yesterday. 1. Pernicious 2. Adversary 3. Augmenting 4. Grievance 5. Oppression 6. Transgression

FRIDAY, 20 APRIL 2018 DLT: WILDCATS WILL READ ANALYZE DRAMATIC LITERATURE

FYI: • Completed Sonnets were due Monday. Please turn yours in if you haven’t already done so. They will NOT be accepted after today. • Reading test over Act I is Tuesday, April 24 th.

SHAKESPEAREAN TERMS Directions: Write what you think each of the following terms means on your handout. Then we’ll write the actual definition. Term I think it means… It really means… Withal In addition; nevertheless Would Wish Thee, Thou, Thy, Thine Pronouns used to refer to others in 2 nd person

READ ACT 1, SCENE 5 1. 2. 3. 4. Oral reading. Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time!! Focus: Shared sonnet, lines 91 -104 Debrief: What character traits are revealed by Romeo’s and Juliet’s interaction in this scene?

CLOSURE: DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. Answer the questions on your handout based on Act 1, Scene 5. 2. This assignment is due for a grade when you enter the room Monday, so you’ll need to finish for homework!!