Romeo and Juliet: Day 1

DARTS:

1. I can understand the elements of drama (plays).

2. I can identify the forms and elements of drama.

3. I can recall facts on the historical background of the Elizabethan era.

4. I can understand the elements of theater in Elizabethan England.

5. I can recall information about William Shakespeare.

TASKS: (To be completed by Wednesday, Jan. 6)

1. Create a new unit cover page in your Literature journal and color the picture you draw to go along with it. Title will be Romeo and Juliet.

2. Create your tabs: DARTS, Act 1; Close Reading, Vocabulary, Writing

3. Write the Darts for today in your dart section.

4. Read pages 494-504. In your Vocabulary tab, title a page “Craft and Structure of Drama.”

5. As you read, Copy and write the definitions for the following words:

Dramamonologue

Actssoliloquy

Scenesaside

Playwrightstock figures (496)

ScriptTragedy

Stage DirectionsComedy

Dramatic Effecttragic hero

Setstragic flaw

PropsFive-act Plays

One-Act PlaysRenaissance England

ChorusElizabeth I

The Globe TheaterWilliam Shakespeare

The King’s Players

FORMS OF DRAMA: Guided Exploration

  1. Choose a story you are familiar with and imagine that it has been turned into a play. Cast the play with actors you know of and describe the kind of sets and props you would use in a production of the play.

Ex:// Story: “Beauty and the Beast” Cast: Erica Hubbard (Beauty), Jesse Williams (Beast), Vance (Beauty’s Father) Set: Beast’s castle, represented by long drapes in beautiful colors and fabrics. Props: The rose, a sword, dishes, and glasses

  1. Identify each of the summaries below as a tragedy, comedy, or drama.
  1. A girl has a crush on her next-door neighbor and does silly things to get his attention. She gets the attention of his younger brother and they end up going to prom together. ______
  1. A family struggles with their feelings when one of the sons gets lost while camping. He returns unharmed, but the family is changed. ______
  1. A good, strong candidate accepts a campaign contribution from a crook because she feels so strongly she is the right person for the office. Her crime is exposed and her political career is over. ______
  1. How can the reader tell that Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy?

PAGE 504

  1. Who was England’s ruling Monarch when Romeo and Juliet was written?
  1. Paris: Now, sir, her father counts it dangerous
    That she do give her sorrow so much sway,
    And in his wisdom hastes our marriage
    To stop the inundation of her tears
    Which, too much minded by herself alone,
    May be put from her by society.
    Now do you know the reason of this haste.
    Friar Laurence: (Aside.) I would I knew not why it should be slowed.—
    Look, sir, here comes the lady toward my cell.
    (Act 4 Scene 1, lines 9-17)
    How would the actor speak the line "I would I knew not why it should be slowed"?
  1. In Romeo and Juliet, the plague causes a problem because it keeps Friar John from delivering a letter to Romeo. How did the plague affect theater in the real world?
  1. What theater was built in England for Shakespeare's group of actors?
  1. When was Romeo and Juliet written?
  1. Prince: Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,
    Profaners of this neighbor-stained steel—
    Will they not hear? What, ho! You men, you beasts,
    That quench the fire of your pernicious rage
    With purple fountains issuing from your veins,
    On pain of torture, from those bloody hands
    Throw your mistempered weapons to the ground
    And hear the sentence of your moved prince.
    (Act 1 Scene 1, lines 71-78)
    Why does Prince Escalus speak in blank verse? PAGE 534
  1. Nurse: Have you got leave to go to shrift today?
    Juliet: I have.
    Nurse: Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence' cell.
    (Act 2 Scene 5, lines 66-68)
    What modern English word is closest in meaning to Shakespeare’s shrift? PAGE 515