Do Now: 1. Take out the Questioning Texts Worksheet you completed for Romeo and Juliet. Pass the worksheet to the front of each row to be marked for classwork credit. 2. Review the charts on the following pages. As we begin reading aloud from the text, write down the line numbers, character speaking, and character(s) being spoken to for any key passages we read aloud in the text. Keep your chart in the classwork section of your binder. We will complete a chart for each act to help identify key passages that respond to the Text-Specific Question for Romeo and Juliet. Also, keep track of which student is reading for each part Aim: Romeo & Juliet - Act I Read Aloud English 95/12/15 - 5/20/15 Mr. Verutes

Whole Class Activity – Read Aloud As we begin reading through the play, make sure to complete your chart of key passages to aid you in completing classwork and homework assignments. Parts have been assigned alphabetically, and you should write down the students reading for each character in the chart of character parts.

Read Aloud I.i Character SampsonGuillermoJimmyBobola GregoryLuisJulioRyan AbramMilesMathewNathaniel BenvolioDamonJason B.Isaiah TybaltBarringtonAlejandroEoghan CapuletAlex F.AdamRicardo Lady CapuletJoelJamesRohan MontagueRaffyJerichoXavier Lady MontagueDonaldBrandonMisael Prince EscalusErnestoJason G.Octavius RomeoJarenWilliamsJohn

Entry #:Act #:Scene #:Line #s:Character Speaking: Character(s) being spoken to: Notes: 1.Ii RomeoBenvolioRomeo uses oxymorons (contradictory words) to describe the unrequited love that he feels. Romeo is depressed and feels confused and mixed-up by being in love with someone who does not love him back. 2.Ii RomeoBenvolioRomeo explains that he feels very sad because of his situation and that Benvolio’s sympathy only makes him feel worse. He says that troubled love causes a sea of tears and calls it a “madness.” Notes I.i

Read Aloud I.ii Character CapuletAgustinFrankBryan I. ParisCameronKildaresRamon J BenvolioJuanRanxelNelson RomeoJoseSebastianJustin Mac. Entry #: Act #:Scene #: Line #s:Character Speaking: Character(s) being spoken to: Notes: 3.Iii47-53BenvolioRomeoBenvolio comments that Romeo will feel better about his love of Rosaline if he directs his affection elsewhere. He uses a metaphor to describe Romeo’s love, saying that it is a disease which can only be cured by replacing it with a different disease. 4.Iii95-100RomeoBenvolioRomeo comments that he will never look at another girl and find her as beautiful or more beautiful than Rosaline. He says through a metaphor that if his eyes ever perceive such that they should be burnt for being heretics. Notes I.ii

Read Aloud I.iii Character Lady CapuletJeuriJustin Madera NurseJulioTamisis JulietSaulJose Entry #: Act #:Scene #: Line #s:Character Speaking: Character(s) being spoken to: Notes: 5.Iiii75-81Lady Cap.JulietNoblewomen younger than Juliet (who is only 13) are not only married but have children by the time they are Juliet’s age. She comments that Juliet should begin to consider marriage. Lady Capulet states that by the time she was Juliet’s age she had been a mother for some time. 6.Iiii Lady Cap.JulietLady Capulet uses the metaphor of the book to describe Paris. She comments that Juliet should decide whether or not to marry him based on his looks because she believes his internal qualities would be just as attractive. She adds that by marrying him, Juliet would share his possessions. Notes I.iii

Read Aloud I.iv Character RomeoHayden BenvolioJustin MercutioRoland Entry #: Act #:Scene #: Line #s:Character Speaking: Character(s) being spoken to: Notes: 7.Iiv14-16RomeoBenvolio Mercutio Shakespeare uses wordplay (“sole” and “soul”) to communicate Romeo’s depression over the fact that his love for Rosaline is unrequited. 8.Iiv35-39RomeoBenvolio Mercutio He comments that he feels so oppressed by the love he feels for Rosaline that he is ready to give up the game of love. Notes I.iv

Read Aloud I.v Character First Servingman Second Servingman CapuletIsaiah RomeoRichard TybaltKenny JulietJesus NurseAdam

Homework Complete “Think Critically” #2 and 4 on p Make sure to answer each question in at least 6 complete sentences in a well-constructed paragraph and make sure to support any points you make about the text with properly cited quotations. 2. How would you describe Romeo and his attitude toward love? 4. Identify two characters in Act I who are foils for each other. What do you learn about each character by seeing them in this way?

Entry #: Act #: Scen e #: Line #s:Character Speaking: Character(s) being spoken to: Notes: 9.Iv49-54RomeoServingmanRomeo immediately notices Juliet at the party and comments on how much she stands out from the other girls. Romeo says that she is so beautiful that she makes the torches lighting the room seem to burn brighter. He states that her beauty is too precious for the Earth and that, compared to the other girls ta the party, she is like a white dove in a group of black crows. 10.Iv RomeoJulietRomeo uses a metaphor to describe Juliet’s beauty, saying that her body is a holy shrine and, if his hand is unworthy of making contact with Juliet’s (because it is sacred), he will make up for it by kissing her. He calls his lips pilgrims or people who would travel to visit holy shrines. Notes I.v