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Romeo and Juliet – Essay Preparation
Included in these slides are some starter ideas for the answering of the two included essay questions. The essay writing officially starts on Monday, and the students will have 3 classroom periods and 2 weeks of homework time to complete their project, of which this essay is a major component. The word limit for the […]
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Metaphor in Romeo and Juliet: Presentation
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The Romeo and Juliet Project
You must select 3 options from the following grid – you must all do the analytical essay, but can choose freely from the other options. The more granular detail: times, word counts etc, will be defined soon, but for the time being you should be thinking about which of the options best suits your way […]
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Filmed Interpretations of Key Elements of Romeo and Juliet
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Highlights from Today’s Interpretation Session
Observed by 15 school principals, teachers and administrators from Germany, the Year 8 English class outdid themselves in their creative re-interpretations of key scenes from the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. To follow are samples of their scripts and re-enactments for your reading and viewing pleasure: Sample 1: Script of a modernised version […]
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Romeo and Juliet – 30 Minute Documentary – The Baz Luhrmann Interpretation
Completed in 30 minutes of class time, this documentary explores the ideas that Baz Luhrmann used to interpret the original script of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in his film Romeo + Juliet. To follow is the result:
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Romeo and Juliet – Some Consequence Yet Hanging in the Stars
In your blogs or books, explain Shakespeare’s intentions with the following lines. You will want to unpack the metaphor of the stars and the notion of directing Romeo’s ‘sail’ as well as explore the idea of fate and what Shakespeare is saying about Romeo’s future. What else has Shakespeare done so far that reinforces this […]
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Iambic Pentameter
In today’s first lesson we explored the notion of meter. We discovered that there is an underlying rhythm to a great deal of Shakespeare’s drama. A quick gallop around the room on our virtual Iambic horses lead us to discover that the “unstress/stress” pattern can be applied to the whole of the prologue to Romeo […]
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Shakespeare Study
Today we launched our study of William Shakespeare with a romp around the room on our iambic pentameter horses. What better way to begin Year 8 English than with the Bard himself. We are incredibly lucky to be able to walk the same streets as Shakespeare did and here at the London Nautical we don’t […]