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Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
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A guide to teaching
the most famous love story in literature, based on material built up over
many years of teaching the play to high school students. The
Study Programme has a mixture of notes, task sheets and worksheets of varying
levels of difficulty, all designed to make the teacher's life easier and the
play more accessible to students without compromising on academic standards. |
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Contents |
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Teaching Guide |
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Study Programme |
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Introduction |
3 |
Introduction |
2 |
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The
Question of Suicide |
4 |
Some
Useful Background |
3 |
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Teaching
Approach |
5 |
Introducing
the Characters |
4 |
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On Film
and Stage |
6 |
Shakespeare's
Stage |
5 |
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The Story
behind the Play |
8 |
From Old English
to Modern English |
6 |
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Plot
Summary |
9 |
Keep a
Log |
9 |
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Initial
Quiz – Basic Facts |
10 |
Initial
Quiz: basic facts |
10 |
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Scene-by-scene
Commentary |
11 |
Conflict
Task Sheet |
11 |
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Conflict
Task Sheet Answers |
25 |
Understanding
the Play Task Sheets |
12 |
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Understanding
the Play Answer Guide |
26 |
Structure |
16 |
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Structure
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34 |
Setting |
18 |
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Dramatic
Irony; Motifs |
37 |
Language
of the Play |
19 |
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Treatment
of Time |
39 |
Characterisation
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23 |
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Setting |
41 |
Themes |
25 |
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The
Language of the Play |
43 |
Worksheets |
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Imagery
Worksheet Answers |
47 |
Study
Record |
27 |
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Character
and Language |
51 |
Time |
28 |
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Characterisation:
Romeo |
56 |
Poetry
and Prose |
29 |
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Characterisation:
Juliet |
58 |
Contrast,
Antithesis and Paradox |
30 |
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Characterisation
3 |
61 |
Imagery |
33 |
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Themes –
an approach |
67 |
Character
and Language: Romeo |
39 |
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Themes –
Some Thoughts |
68 |
Character
and Language: Juliet |
41 |
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Close
Reading Exercise |
74 |
Character
and Language 3 |
43 |
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Revision
Test |
76 |
Attitudes
to Love |
45 |
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Revision
Quiz |
78 |
Chance or
Choice |
46 |
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Quiz
Answers |
80 |
Quotations
Quiz |
47 |
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Bibliography |
81 |
Figures
of Speech Quiz |
48 |
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Appendix:
Structure Worksheets |
49 |
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Appendix:
Character and Language Quotations |
51 |
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CD Extras:
Explanation of opening scene puns; essay topics; literary terms glossary;
revision worksheet – balcony scene; critical comments; 'Tragic Design';
annotated script. |
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