This document provides guided notes for a unit on Shakespeare and his play Romeo and Juliet. It includes sections on elements of drama, Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies and histories, characters in Romeo and Juliet, themes in Acts I-III, and questions about plot points in Acts IV-V. Students are to fill in the right column with details from the slides and their own research. The notes cover literary concepts, summaries of scenes, and questions to guide understanding of the play.
This document provides guided notes for a unit on Shakespeare and his play Romeo and Juliet. It includes sections on elements of drama, Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies and histories, characters in Romeo and Juliet, themes in Acts I-III, and questions about plot points in Acts IV-V. Students are to fill in the right column with details from the slides and their own research. The notes cover literary concepts, summaries of scenes, and questions to guide understanding of the play.
This document provides guided notes for a unit on Shakespeare and his play Romeo and Juliet. It includes sections on elements of drama, Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies and histories, characters in Romeo and Juliet, themes in Acts I-III, and questions about plot points in Acts IV-V. Students are to fill in the right column with details from the slides and their own research. The notes cover literary concepts, summaries of scenes, and questions to guide understanding of the play.
This document provides guided notes for a unit on Shakespeare and his play Romeo and Juliet. It includes sections on elements of drama, Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies and histories, characters in Romeo and Juliet, themes in Acts I-III, and questions about plot points in Acts IV-V. Students are to fill in the right column with details from the slides and their own research. The notes cover literary concepts, summaries of scenes, and questions to guide understanding of the play.
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English 9 Semester 2 Unit 6 Guided Notes
Directions: The left column tells you what youre looking for, and in some cases, which slide to find the information on. You fill out the right column with the information. Not all of the information may be in the tutorial. You may need to use outside resources and a dictionary to complete some of these.
Slide # Unit 6 Guided Notes: Elements of Shakespeare and Drama
5 Elements of Drama - Drama - Plot - Setting - Characters - Theme - Dialogue - Script - Cast - Stage directions - Prop - Acts and Scenes - Set 11 Shakespeare 12 Types of Shakespearean Plays - Comedy - What makes a comedy? - Give an example of a Shakespearean comedy 13 - Tragedy - What makes a tragedy? - Give an example of a Shakespearean tragedy - What is catharsis? - History English 9 Semester 2 Unit 6 Guided Notes - What are histories based on? - Were they always historically accurate? Why or why not? - Give 2 examples of histories 17 Richard III: Act I, Scene I - Give 3 facts 1. about Richard III 2. (the person) 3. 19 What do you learn about Richard at the start? 20 How does Shakespeare use Richards spine as a symbol? 23 Additional Elements of Shakespearean Drama - Prologue - Soliloquy - Monologue - Aside - In media res - Foreshadowing Vocabulary: - Ambling - Curtailed - Hearkens - Protest - Pluck English 9 Semester 2 Unit 6 Guided Notes Slide # Unit 6 Guided Notes: Romeo and Juliet, Act I 5 How does Romeo 1. and Juliet differ from 2. Shakespeares other 3. tragedies? (list 3 ways) 6 Characters (in their House) - Ruling House of Verona - Prince Escalus - Count Paris - Mercutio - House of Montague - Romeo - Montague - Lady Montague - Benvolio - Abram and Balthasar - House of Capulet - Juliet - Capulet - Lady Capulet - Nurse - Rosaline - Tybalt - Others - Friar Laurence - Friar John - Apothecary - Chorus 7 What poetic form does the prologue take? - What does the prologue describe? 9 Romeo and Juliet Act (Notes come from video) (video) I - What 3 themes 1. does the chorus 2. introduce? 3. English 9 Semester 2 Unit 6 Guided Notes - What else does the chorus tell us? (re: houses) - Who is involved in the fight? - What does the Prince threaten? - Who broke Romeos heart? - What does Capulet tell Paris he must do? - What does Lady Capulet do? - Who spots Romeo? What does he want to do? 11 How old is Juliet? 16 How does Juliet feel about marrying Paris? 18 What does Romeos premonition hint at? 21 Who is Romeos foil? How so? 22 Who is Juliets foil? How so? 25 Figurative Language - Alliteration - Allusion - Metaphor - Simile - Pun - Oxymoron
Slide # Unit 6 Guided Notes: Romeo and Juliet, Acts II and III 6 Characters - Peter, Sampson, and Gregory 7 What do Romeo and (video) Juliet do? English 9 Semester 2 Unit 6 Guided Notes Who agrees to marry them? - Why? What is the climax of the play? - Who fights? Who kills Mercutio? - What does Romeo do in response? What does the Prince do? What does Friar Laurence do? How does Capulet respond to Juliets denial of his wishes? 8 What information does the Act II prologue provide? 9 Explain the theme provided in Act IIs prologue 20 Who does Romeo tell the plans of the wedding to? 27 When Juliet sees the Nurse is upset, what is her initial thought? - How does she feel about the actual news?
Slide # Unit 6 Guided Notes: Romeo and Juliet, Acts IV and V
7 Acts IV and V (video) Who visits Friar Laurence? Why does Paris think Juliet is sad? English 9 Semester 2 Unit 6 Guided Notes What is Friar Laurences plan? Does Romeo know the plan? What does Romeo plan to do? Who enters the tomb while Romeo is there? What does Romeo do? What happens next? Who does the Prince blame? 9 What does the Nurse advise Juliet to do? How does dramatic irony come into the play? 10 How does it come in again soon after? 14 What does Juliets monologue show? 16 Types of Conflict - What is conflict? - What are the two types? - Explain external conflict - List examples of - external conflicts: - - - - Explain internal conflict 17 When is the conflict resolved? How? 22 What is foreshadowed? 23 What keeps Friar John from delivering the letter? English 9 Semester 2 Unit 6 Guided Notes 30 What makes up the exposition? What introduces the rising action? 31 What is the climatic act of the play? What is the falling action? 32 What is the denoument?
