26th April

1564

Who am
I?

23rd April
1616

Lesson 1

Shakespeares
World

LO: To understand the context in

which Shakespeare wrote his plays.

William Shakespeares Life

He was born on the 26th April 1564, and
he died on 23rd April 1616.
He married a woman named Anne
Hathaway with whom he had three
children.
His hometown was Stratford-Upon-Avon,
in Warwickshire.
He moved to London when he became a
playwright.
His plays were performed at the Globe
Theatre, on the South Bank of the River
Thames.
He was the author of thirty eight plays.
His work has stood the test of time
because of the unparalleled beauty of its
language and the universality of its

What do we know about Shakespeares time? Write

down three things you already know, or look at the
pictures and make three guesses.

Have you been to the theatre?

Talk to the person next to you and write down three

things you know about:
Has it always been
who goes to the theatre.
this way?
what it looks like.
what kinds of things you might see there.

The rich
people
would sit
in the
seats up
here.
The stage
had lots of
doors and
trapdoors
for the
actors to
come in
and out of.
Women were not
allowed to be
actors. Female
parts were
played by men!

The Swan
Theatre

Theatres
were
circular and
had no roof.
They didnt
use scenery,
just a bare
stage.
The stage
stuck out
right into
the
audience.
Poor
people
would
stand at
the front
they were
called
Groundlin

Shakespeares
Legacy
Shakespeares influence is still felt today. Do you
know which of his plays these modern films and
musicals are based on?

The
Taming
of the
Shrew

Twelfth
Night

Romeo and
Juliet

Plenary
Quiz
1. When and where was
Shakespeare born?
2. Which two monarchs reigned
during Shakespeares lifetime?
3. Which theatre did Shakespeares
plays mostly get performed in?
4. How many plays did Shakespeare
write?
5. Name four of them!
6. What was the name given to the
audience members who stood at
the front of the stage during a
performance?
7. Identify three differences between
the theatre now and the theatre in
Shakespeares time.
8. Write a paragraph about why
Shakespeare is so great.

Homework
To complete your
Shakesbook page.
Due Monday 10th
January.

You will be able to fill in most of it using the notes you have
made during todays lesson. For the rest, such as who his
friends were and the names of his children, I suggest you
head to www.wikipedia.org and do a bit of research!

Lesson Two

Romeo and
Juliet

LO: To understand the effect of the prologue.

Starter Twenty
Questions
Your job is to get one of the people who has just
been sent out to say the code word: Jammy
Dodgers.
The first one of them to say it will receive a
commendation, as will the person who gets them
to do it.
Rules 1: You mustnt use the word yourself.
Rule 2: Only one person at a time may ask
them a question.
Rule 3: You cant use the words biscuit or
jam.

You have just experienced...

DRAMAT
IC
IRONY

What is it?

Write this
down!
Dramatic irony - when the
audience knows something that
a character in the play does
not.

The Prologue
A city
in Italy
Civilis
ed

Fated

Misguide
d

But =
except

Of equal
status

Two households, both alike in dignity, Fresh

hatred
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
R and
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Js
deaths
Whole misadventured piteous overthrows end the
feud
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
The
Which, but their children's end, nought could play!
remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
Listen
The which if you with patient ears attend, carefull
y
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
Can you identify the two
key themes in the
prologue?

Draw a table like this in your book. With

a partner, find words in the prologue
which relate to each theme.
Love

Conflict

Does the prologue have any

similarities to a modern day
blurb?
Stanley Yelnats family has a
history of bad luck, so he isnt
too
surprised
when
a
miscarriage of justice sends him
to a boys juvenile detention
centre. At Camp Green Lake the
boys must dig a hole a day, five
feet deep, five feet across, in
the dried up lake bed. The
Warden claims the labour is
character building, but it is a lie.
Stanley must dig up the truth.
Louis Sachar, Holes

Write a blurb for Romeo and Juliet, using the

prologue as a basis for your own work.

A step by step
guide:
1. Introduce your
hero and
heroine.
2. Describe the
plot.
3. Say who
caused the
conflict.
4. Give a hint
about the
ending.

It should be
short, snappy
and attentiongrabbing!

How do you know from the

language in the prologue
that the two major themes
in Romeo and Juliet are love
and conflict?

Write you answer as a PEE

paragraph.

Lesson
3

Making a Drama
Graph

LO: To be able to trace the

development of themes
throughout the text.

Groups
Red Group: Niall, Charles,
Isobel, Alex
Purple Group: Elliot, Stan, Georgie,
Jess
Green Group: Aiden, April, Sophia,
Samantha
Yellow Group: Chloe D, Sophie,
Sam, Niamh
Blue Group: Chloe W, Roberta,
Josh
Orange Group: Olivia, Euan,
Nathan, Grace

Your Task
You need to plot a graph of the plot of Romeo and
Juliet.
You will need to:
read the plot summary I have given you and
decide which are the most important events in
each act.
decide on the level of emotion relating to these
three key themes: conflict, love, and tension.
This means you should have three different
coloured lines charting each theme throughout the
play!
You will need to annotate your graph, making it
clear which events and themes each plot point

Time to present your findings.

What were the most
significant events in each
act?
What were the emotional
peaks for each theme?
Is there a moment in the
play where all the themes
peak at the same time?
Did you identify any
moments of dramatic
irony in the play?

15 minutes of private
reading.
If you dont have a book,
Homework:
As part of one
your
borrow
from
Miss
project, design an invitation to
the Capulet ball.
Jacksons book box.
Suggestions:
research a typical Elizabethan
banquet.
watch the relevant scenes in a
film version of the play.
mention all the wonderful food
and drink theyll they might
have.
Make it look nice!

Lesson
4

Lesson 4

Act I, Scene i Our First Meeting

With Romeo

LO: To use PEE to make developed points

about the play.

Parts

Romeo A Montague
Benvolio His cousin

Now answer these questions.

These questions are about the last part of the scene,
once the Prince has gone:
1. Why is Romeo so sad?
2. What does Benvolio say Romeo should do in order to stop
feeling sad? Find a quotation to support your answer.
3. Find two metaphors that Romeo uses to describe love in the
speech which begins Why, such is loves transgression.
4. What is Romeos opinion of love? Write your answer as a
PEE paragraph.
Hint: You could use your answers to question four as
evidence. Dont forget to explain why your quote
supports your point.
5. Write another PEE paragraph about how the other metaphor
you found shows you Romeos opinion of love.

Swap books with the person

next to you...
You are now responsible for marking that
persons work!
When we get to question 7 (the PEE paragraph),
mark a P next to their point, an E next to their
evidence, and another E next to their
explanation. Did they manage to do all three?
When we have finished marking, your job is to
evaluate how well theyve done and write a
positive comment and a target for
improvement. (Nothing silly or mean!)

Lesson
5

Romeo

LO: To analyse Romeos character in Act

One, Scene One.

Shakespearean Insults

Lesson 5

Can you match the insult to its

meaning?
Shrew
Cuckold
Coxcomb
Lily livered
boy
Moon calf

Coward
A nagging woman
An idiot
A man who is vain and
pretentious.
A man whose wife
has been
unfaithful.

Shrew A nagging
woman.
Cuckold A man
whose wife has
cheated on him.
Coxcomb A man
who is vain and
pretentious.
Lily-livered boy
A coward
Moon Calf An
idiot.

Groups
Red Group: Niall, Charles,
Isobel, Alex
Purple Group: Elliot, Stan, Georgie,
Jess
Green Group: Aidan, April, Sophia,
Samantha
Yellow Group: Chloe D, Sophie,
Sam, Niamh
Blue Group: Chloe W, Roberta,
Josh
Orange Group: Olivia, Euan,
Nathan, Grace

17th
January

Homework
Write a letter to an agony aunt called from either Romeo
or Juliet after they meet at the ball. Your letter needs to
include:
how you felt before you met Romeo/Juliet
how you feel now
what you think you need to do next
what you would like some advice about.
Be as descriptive as you can be. You are trying to
describe their emotions.
If you choose to write
If you choose to write as
as Romeo:
Juliet:
who were you in love
with before Juliet?
how were you feeling
(think back to our lesson
on Romeo).
what do you think of
Juliet?

have you ever been in love

before?
what are your thoughts
about Romeo?
what are your thoughts
about getting married so
young? (Remember, she is

Lesson 6

Juliet

LO: To be able to analyse Juliets

character.

Starter
Imagine that one day when you get home from
school, your mum comes into your room with
some important news while you are doing your
homework.
Shes bursting with excitement and can barely
contain herself.
What is it? you ask.
Ive arranged for you to get married! she
replies.
To who? you cry.
No one you know!

Write a paragraph explaining to your mum

how you feel about the marriage.

Reading Act 1, Scene 3

Lines 64 - 100
Things to think about as we read:
What is Juliets response to the idea of
marriage?
What does her response say about her
relationship with her parents?
Was her reaction very different to yours?
What do you think this says about the
way children treated their parents then
and now?
How is she different to Romeo?

The Balcony Scene

LO: To be able to compare Romeo and

Juliets characters.

Lesson
7

What does this mean in modern

English?

Romeo, Romeo,
wherefore art thou
Romeo?

Say it to your
partner.
How do you
think it should
sound?
What exactly
does she mean?

Timeline of Romeo and Juliets

Relationship
Sunday
Morning
Romeo is
sad
because
Rosaline
doesnt
love him.
Ay me! sad
hours seem
long.

Sunday Evening

Sunday Night

Romeo meets
Juliet at the
Capulet Ball.
They fall in love
at first sight.

The balcony
scene. Romeo
and Juliet swear
their love and
decide to get
married.

Did my heart
love till now?
Forswear it sight!
For I neer saw
true beauty till
this night.

Parting in such
sweet sorrow,
that I shall say
good night till it
be morrow.

Monday
Morning
Romeo and
Juliet are
married by
Friar Lawrence.
These violent
delights have
violent ends

The Big Fight Act 3,

Scene 1

LO: To make a comic strip version of the

events in Act 3, Scene 1

Lesson
8

Benvolio: By my head, here

come the Capulets.
Mercutio: By my heel I care
not.

Tybalt: Thou art a villain.

Mercutio: Ask for me

tomorrow and you shall
find me a grave man.

Mercutio: A plague on both

your houses.

Romeo: I am
fortunes fool.

Page References
Tybalts challenge to
Romeo:
Romeo trying to stop
Mercutio from fighting:

Mercutios
death:
Tybalts
death:

Romeo and Juliet on Film

LO: To compare two versions

of the play.

Lesson
9

In the Hot Seat Act III,

Scene I

What sort of attitude does

Mercutio have when the
Capulets arrive?

Why does Romeo say

that he cannot fight
Tybalt?

Who kills Mercutio and

why?

What does Mercutio shout

at Romeo and Tybalt as he
dies, and what does he
mean?

As you watch the two films, use your detective

skills to fill in your worksheet and compare
them.
We are trying to analyse how the two directors
have chosen to interpret Shakespeares play.

Romeo and Juliet - Act 3 Scene 5

Lesson
10

LO: To look closely at Juliets relationship with her

father.

Lady Capulet: Marry, my child, early next

Thursday morn,
The gallant, young and noble
gentleman,
The County Paris, at St Peters
Church,
How do you think Juliet will react?
Shall happily make thee there a
Jot it down in your book.
joyful bride.
Juliet: He shall not make me there
a joyful
bride.
I pray you tell my lord and
father,
madam,
I will not marry yet.

What is Lady Capulets reaction to Juliets

defiance?

I would the fool were married to her grave.

What emotions do you think are being

conveyed by Juliets father?
Out, you tallowface!

Mistress minion

Hang thee,
disobedient
wretch!

Wretche
d puling
fool

green-sickness
carrion!

baggag
e!

hilding!

Whining
mammet

Lord Capulets Parting Words - Close Analysis

Copy this quote into your book and leave some space
around it so that you can make notes.
Behave as my
daughter should
and do as I say

Marry her
off to Paris

And you be mine, Ill give you to my friend;

If you
disobey
me

I
swear

And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the

streets,
For by my soul, Ill neer acknowledge thee,
Nor what is mine shall never do thee good.
How does Lord Capulet think Juliet ought
to behave? Write your answer as a PEE
paragraph. Use the sentence starters we came
up with earlier to help you.

Lesson 11

The Lovers Deaths

LO: To be able to comment on Romeo and Juliets character

development throughout the course of the play.

Meanwhile...

What
technique?

What conclusions can we make about the

characters of Romeo and Juliet?
Discuss it with your partner and think about:
whether their personalities changed at all
throughout the play (look at the mind maps you
made to help you).
whether this is reflected in the language they use
in the final scene.

Lesson 12

Assessment Preparation

LO: To debate who is responsible for the

deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Mr. Bean on an aero

plane
.

As
you
watch
the
video, jot down some
of the things Mr. Bean
might have said about
how he was feeling, or
what he might have
said to the little boy.
We are going to try
and add dialogue to
the video.
Write four lines of
dialogue for this scene.

Your assessment this half-term is going to be based

on a speaking and listening activity.
You need to focus on how to express yourself in a
dramatic role.
You will be marked on your choice and use of
speech, gesture and movement.

What do you think the focus of the

starter was?

What You Need to

Demonstrate
Level 4 - To show straightforward ideas about
characters or events in a role-play situation. To use
speech, gestures and movements in a flexible way to
achieve this, and to adapt this role convincingly in
order to explore the ideas and issues.
Level 5 To show insight into texts and the issues they
explore by creating a convincing character or role based on
an understanding of the text. To make thoughtful choices
about gestures, speech and movement to create this role
well.
Level 6 To show empathy and understanding of ideas and
issues when creating a role. To be able to use speech,
gesture and movement in a convincing way in order to
explore these.
Level 7 To explore complex ideas through insightful
choice of speech, gesture and movement, playing roles
with confidence.

In Friday and Mondays lessons, you

are going to create and perform a
courtroom drama based on Romeo
and Juliet. But first we need to find
out...

Whos GUILTY?

Groups
Red Group: Niall, Charles, Isobel, Alex, Chloe
W, Niamh
Purple Group: Elliot, Josh, Georgie, Jess,
Sophie
Blue Group: April, Sophia, Stan, Roberta,
Samantha, Olivia
Yellow Group: Euan, Nathan, Grace, Sam,
Chloe D, Aidan

You stand here accused of the deaths of

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet...
Notes for
the
Defence

Notes for
the
Prosecutio
n

Romeo
Juliet
Tybalt
Lord Capulet
Lady Capulet
Friar
Lawrence
Mercutio
Paris
Rosaline

Use the play, your notes and your plot

summary to help you.

Who do you think is responsible?

Each group has to
decide who is the
most guilty.
You must then stand
up and defend your
position to the rest
of the class.
One other
group will then be
allowed to present a
case for the defence.
The rest of the class
will act as jury and

Drama Focus

Lesson
13

LO: To create a courtroom drama inspired by your study of

Romeo and Juliet.

JUDGE

DEFENDANT THE
ACCUSED

LAWYERS FOR THE

DEFENCE AND
PROSECUTION

WITNESSES

Groups
Red Group: Niall, Charles, Isobel, Alex, Chloe
W, Niamh
Purple Group: Elliot, Josh, Georgie, Jess,
Sophie
Blue Group: April, Sophia, Stan, Roberta,
Samantha, Olivia
Yellow Group: Euan, Nathan, Grace, Sam,
Chloe D, Aidan

Creating a Dramatic Monologue

LO: To understand how to express your thoughts about Romeo

and Juliet in a dramatic format.

A dramatic monologue is
What is a dramatic
written to
reveal both the
monologue?
situation at hand and the
character herself.

What You Need to

Demonstrate
Level 4 - To show straightforward ideas about
characters or events in a role-play situation. To use
speech, gestures and movements in a flexible way to
achieve this, and to adapt this role convincingly in
order to explore the ideas and issues.
Level 5 To show insight into texts and the issues they
explore by creating a convincing character or role based on
an understanding of the text. To make thoughtful choices
about gestures, speech and movement to create this role
well.
Level 6 To show empathy and understanding of ideas and
issues when creating a role. To be able to use speech,
gesture and movement in a convincing way in order to
explore these.
Level 7 To explore complex ideas through insightful
choice of speech, gesture and movement, playing roles
with confidence.

What clues do you put into a

monologue to show expression?
Some ideas:

Imagine you are a

character from the play.
Write a monologue from
his/her perspective
exploring that
characters feelings
about their experiences
and relationships in the
play.

Juliet describing how

she feels after her mum
and dad say she has to
marry Paris. Why does
she feel this way?
Lord Capulet talking
about what he would
have done differently in
order to stop his
daughter killing herself.
Romeo describing his
love for Juliet after the
balcony scene and how
she is better than
Rosaline.
Juliet having a teenage
rant about her problems

Some tips to improve

your writing and
performance.

Use punctuation to
show expression.
Write four
paragraphs.
Write only what
your character
would say.
Use stage
directions.
Show pauses.
Put in as much
detail from the
play as you can.

20 minutes of
silent writing time.

Plenary
Read your neighbours work and mark it for
these things:
1-2 marks for paragraphs
1-2 marks for stage directions
1-2 marks for showing their characters
feelings
1-2 marks for using punctuation to show
expression
Give a mark out of 8.

Homework

24th
January

Write the script for a radio news report of

the ball. You need to include all of the
gossip! You might consider:
who was seen with who
who was wearing what
who said what to whom
who did what to whom
This should be like a celebrity gossip
column. What sort of style do you need
to write in? Formal or informal?

Homework

31st
January

Produce a tabloid newspaper front page

reporting the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt.

What are the features of

newspapers that you need to
include?

Homework
Write the letter that Friar
Lawrence sends to Romeo
to explain what he is
helping Juliet to do when
she is supposed to be
marrying
Paris.
(Think
poison!)
Include all the relevant
details and try and express
some of the emotions Friar
Lawrence might have felt
while he was writing the
letter. What might they
have been?

7th February