May 10 – Frosh Comp & Lit You will need: Pen/Pencil Homework Notebook Paper Homework: Finish Reading Act 1 Scene 1 Agenda: Recap – The Prologue Character List Video – Romeo and Juliet in 10 minutes Reading Journal Introduction Read: Act 1 Scene 1

The Prologue: CHORUS Two households, both alike in dignity (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-marked love And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage— The which, if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend CHORUS In the beautiful city of Verona, where our story takes place, a long-standing hatred between two families erupts into new violence, and citizens stain their hands with the blood of their fellow citizens. Two unlucky children of these enemy families become lovers and commit suicide. Their unfortunate deaths put an end to their parents' feud. For the next two hours, we will watch the story of their doomed love and their parents' anger, which nothing but the children’s deaths could stop. If you listen to us patiently, we’ll make up for everything we’ve left out in this prologue onstage

Character List & Language of Shakespeare These resources are provided for you to enhance your understanding If you need to be reminded of who a character is, look back and the descriptions in the character list If you come across a word that you don’t recognize you should look back at the word list

Romeo and Juliet in 10 minutes When I first studied Shakespeare, I always thought that it was confusing to simply start at the beginning of the play without knowing anything about it Watch the following video clip, paying attention to who the characters are, what they do, and how they interact As we watch the video I will be passing out copies of the play Romeo and Juliet Synopsis

Reading Journals: Introduction For each of the scenes that we read, I would like you to complete a 1-2 paragraph synopsis Write each journal entry on a sheet of notebook paper (you may also type it if you wish) Make sure that you head each entry with: Your Name The Date Our Class The Act and Scene that you are summarizing Take out a sheet of paper, and head it for Act 1, Scene 1

Act 1: Scene 1 Setting: A public place in Verona We need actors to play the following roles: Sampson Gregory Abram Balthasar Benvolio Tybalt Montague Lady Montague Prince Escalus Romeo Those who do not have parts: read along with the rest of the class Raise your hand to ask questions as we go