This resource pack explores the first meeting of Romeo and Juliet. The notion of "love at first sight" is discussed; the scene is set in context and students move on to looking in detail at the religious imagery used by Romeo and Juliet in Act 1, Scene 5. The sonnet form is then introduced. Students investigate Shakespeare's use of this form at this point and then progress to identifying other sonnets in the play.
Weekly World news takes off modern society, lifestyles, fears and the media - even a browse of the front pages is funny. In the classroom - we could use something of these to have students consider how tho tell if the media is presenting them the truth - and some of those headlines are fabulous for studying word play