Romeo and Juliet - the world's favourite love story

This lesson is about the popular and tragic Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet.

Introduction

This lesson is about the popular and tragic Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet. Students find out about the characters and the plot and end the lesson by discussing some of the themes and issues raised by the play.

Topic: The characters, themes and plot of Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet

Age and level: Aged 13-17 and Adult (CEF B2)

Time: 60-75 minutes

Aims:

  • Develop ability to read for general and specific information
  • Practice talking about and discussing topics relating to Romeo and Juliet
  • Identify the motivations of characters in Romeo and Juliet
    Predict themes in Romeo and Juliet from prompts
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Materials:

Lesson plan

Presentation

Worksheet 1 - Pre-reading activities

Worksheet 2 - Reading

 

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Comments

Submitted by aashildur on Tue, 02/27/2018 - 10:13

Hi, and thank you for a great resource. Just one question: Is one of the worksheets missing? I can't seem to find the one with Task 1 and 2.

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Wed, 02/28/2018 - 14:34

In reply to by aashildur

Hello Thank you for your comment and letting us know about this missing material. We are looking into this now and hope to have it corrected as soon as possible. Best wishes, Cath TE Team

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Thu, 03/01/2018 - 16:07

In reply to by aashildur

Hello again, The worksheet has now been updated, so I hope you can use the resource with your students now. Thanks, Cath TE Team

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