This is a good activity to use when introducing students to Romeo and Juliet. It allows them to think about relevant themes in the text and relate them to their lives from the onset. I think it would motivate students to read on and see how the themes play out. At least that is the goal...
Discusion questions at the end are a good way to link the song lyrics to the primary texts. Students love listening to music in class, so I think the song would be a supplementary text to use.
This page is valuable because it lists many resources all in one place. It makes it much easier to find resources that are relevant to teaching Shakespeare. It's much more effective than "googling."
it is extremely important that they get a solid basis of understanding
of the man, his times, the Elizabethan culture, and the theater of his day.
This curriculum web is designed to help students synthesize all of
the information they have gathered in a unit of study on Romeo and Juliet and
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Today’s students must know how to navigate the World
Wide Web, search for needed information, and filter through unreliable
sources. By requiring them to research using the Internet, students will
gain and enhance these skills.
Themes
in "Romeo and Juliet" is an activity
which encourages students to consider the themes in "Romeo and Juliet" as
compared to the music they listen to every day. Themes that surface are love,
hate, parent/child conflict, friendship and more.
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This is a good resource for any teacher who is not familiar with how to use powerpoint. It offers some really good tips on how to create effective, easy to follow powerpoint presentations.
Good resource to use when teaching students about researching topics online. This is an important topic that should be discussed, especially in secondary classrooms.
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