Day 66 – Intro to Romeo & Juliet INTRUCTOR: KYLE BRITT

Objectives Introduce Romeo and Juliet. Understand and Identify adverb clauses and noun clauses. Homework: Construct a sonnet about a story of your choice Clauses quiz Thursday

1st block Absences Haley Kies – 13 Harrison Manuel – 11 Zack Riordan – 10 Recovery is under way. I have the sheet up front.

2nd block Absences Chaitu Nukala – 13 Recovery is under way. I have the sheet up front.

4th block Absences Essy Diaz – 18 Shayla Jacobs – 9 Recovery is under way. I have the sheet up front.

Agenda Warm Up Adverb and Noun clauses Intro to Romeo and Juliet Closure

Warm Up Take out your homework. Get into your 4 person groups and share your versions of the prologue. You will have 5 minutes to vote on the best one. Share the groups selection with the class.

Grammar- Adverb/Noun Clauses Adverb Clauses – modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb. -All start with a subordinating conjunction.

Grammar- Adverb/Noun Clauses Adverb Clauses – tells when, where, why, how, to what extent, or how much about the word it modifies. Bob is taller than any other boy I know. The adverbial clause modifies the adjective taller. It tells to what extent.

Grammar- Adverb/Noun Clauses Adverb Clauses Example: As we approached the intersection, we saw the Nelson’s car. As = Subordinating conjunction We = Subject of sub. clause Approached = verb of sub. Clause The adverbial clause modifies the verb “saw.”

Noun Clauses Used as a noun in the sentence. May be used as a subject, direct object, predicate noun, object of a preposition, or as an appositive. Example: I know what the answer is. Independent clause: I know Dependent clause: what the answer is. Dependent clause is used as the DO of know.

Pair Worksheets Get into your pairs and take a worksheet. Complete the worksheet and discuss your answers with your partner. Do not talk with other pairs. If you can’t find the answer, raise your hand and I will come over.

William Shakespeare 1564-1616 Humble Beginnings: born in Stratford- upon-Avon Known as “the Bard” Attended Stratford Grammar School until he was 14 Then he married Anne Hathaway and entered the “lost years”. Wrote about 37 plays and 154 sonnets Shakespeare’s sonnets all featured a male speaker and focused on the theme of love. Other common themes: time, death, and poetry itself.

More about Shakespeare! Left his family to arrive in London and joined the theater company, Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Earned his money by doing the following: 1.) Part owner of the Globe Theater 2.) An Actor 3.) A Playwright Generally wrote 3 types of plays: 1.) Tragedy- Ex. Romeo & Juliet 2.) Comedy- Ex. The Taming of the Shrew 3.) Historical- Ex. Henry VIII

The Time Period Elizabethan Era The Renaissance Actors were men only Men even played female roles! Plays were one of the main source of entertainment

The Globe Theater Roofless= Open Air No Artificial Lighting Plays were performed in the afternoon to take advantage of the sunlight. Plays were written/produced for the general audience Courtyard surrounded by 3 levels of galleries Spectators: Wealthy- got benches “Groundlings”- poorer people stood and watched from the ground (the pit) All except for the wealthy were uneducated/ poor Burned down during a production of Henry VIII in 1613. Rebuilt the following year.

The Globe Theater Differences to today’s theater productions: No Scenery Settings were all referenced through dialogue Elaborate Costumes Plenty of props Fast-paced productions Only MALE actors would perform

Shakespeare’s 5 Part Storytelling Pattern: Act III: Crisis/Turning Point A series of complications Act IV: Falling Action Results of the turning point; characters locked into deeper disaster Act II: Rising Action A series of complications Act I: Exposition Establishes setting, characters, conflict, and background Act V: Climax/Resolution/Denouement Death of the main characters and then the loose parts of the plot are tied up

Comedy and Tragedy Romeo and Juliet begins as a comedy but ends as a tragedy Elements of a comedy Elements of a tragedy Must have a tragic hero/heroine Ends in the death of many of the main characters A struggle of young lovers to overcome difficulty that is often presented by elders Separation and unification Heightened tensions, often within a family The shift from comedy to tragedy is what sets Romeo and Juliet apart from the rest of Shakespeare’s plays

Tragic Hero Qualities of a Tragic Hero: Possesses high importance or rank Exhibits extraordinary talents Displays a tragic flaw- an error in judgment or a defect in character that leads to their downfall Faces downfall with courage and dignity

A Pair of Star Crossed Lovers… “My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown , and known too late!” ~ Juliet; Act I, Scene V

Literary terms to look for... 1.) Puns- a humorous play on words Romeo – “Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes / With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead…” (Act I Sc. 4) 2.) Allusions- a reference to a well-known work of art, music, literature, or history “At lovers’ perjuries, they say Jove laughs.” (Act II, Sc. 2 Jove is another name for Jupiter, the Roman King of the Gods.

Juliet – “Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!” (Act III Sc.2) 3.) Metaphor- A direct comparison between two unalike things. Romeo- “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?/ It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” (Act II scene 2) 4.) Oxymorons- Two juxtaposed words have opposing/ very diverse meanings Juliet – “Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!” (Act III Sc.2) 5.) Personification- Occurs when an inanimate object or concept is given the qualities of a person or animal. Juliet— “For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night / Whiter than new snow on a raven’s back. / Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow’d night” (Act III Sc. 2)

Juliet – “O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!” (Act III Sc. 2) 6.) Paradox- a statement that seems to contradict itself with two elements that are incompatible Juliet – “O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!” (Act III Sc. 2) 7.) Foreshadowing- a reference to something that will happen later in the story. Juliet – “Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.” (Act III Sc. 2)

3 Key Themes 1.) Light and Dark 2.) Time 3.) Destiny Look for: References to “light” words ex. “the sun” and references to “dark” words ex. “night” and “gloom” 2.) Time Look for: References to the passage of time or if things seem to be rushed 3.) Destiny Look for: Instances where events are blamed on “destiny” or “the stars”

MONTAGUE vs. CAPULET Romeo Juliet Lord Montague (his dad) Lady Montague (his mom) Mercutio (friend) Benvolio (cousin) Juliet Lord Capulet (her father) Lady Capulet (her mother) Tybalt (cousin) Nurse

Setting The story is set in the late 1500’s mostly in the town of Verona, Italy. However, there are a few acts set in Mantua, Italy a smaller town just a few miles away.

Interesting… The Italian city of Verona, where Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. “Star-crossed lovers” refers to two people who are in love but have conflicting astrological signs. In Shakespeare’s times, people believed the course of their lives was determined by the exact second they were born.

Verona Today Today, Verona has an incredible amount of graffiti, which is legal, provided that you are writing about your love for someone.

Romeo and Juliet - Prologue

Take out your books Start reading act I scene I. Remember to annotate for: Theme Symbolism Imagery Figurative Language Plot

Closure 3, 2, 1 Write three things you learned about Shakespeare or Romeo and Juliet. Write two examples of adverb and noun clauses. Label the clause used. Write one question you still have concerning clauses.