1. Romeo & Juliet: A tale of star crossed lovers Julius Caesar: A tale of betrayal
Monday, March 6th

2. Today’s learning targets
I can identify and recall the main events and the main characters from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar
I helped prepare my group for tomorrow’s Shakespeare Kahoot challenge

3. Two opposing families Capulet House of Juliet, age 13
Key connections: Cousin: Tybalt Confidant: Nurse Parents
Montague
House of Romeo
Key connections: Friend: Mercutio Confessor: Friar Lawrence Cousin: Benvolio

4. Major Events
The story begins in Verona with a brawl between two long feuding families: The Capulets and the Montagues
Prince Escalus, the leader of Verona, decrees death to anyone who disturbs the peace moving forward
Romeo, of House Montague, tells his cousin Benvolio that he is in love with some girl named Rosalind
Juliet, of House Capulet, is being chased around by some guy named Paris
Both happen to attend a feast thrown by House Capulet (Romeo, his cousin, and his best friend, Mercutio, sneak in hoping to see Rosalind)
Romeo falls in love with Juliet at first sight

5. Major Events
Juliet’s hotheaded cousin Tybalt sees Romeo at the feast and freaks out, but Capulet prevents him from attacking
Romeo and Juliet meet and almost immediately fall in love without knowing each other’s names
They both learn each other’s identities and are distraught…for like 15 minutes
As his friends leave, Romeo hops the wall to the garden and hides, looking out for Juliet
Juliet walks out onto her balcony…Where art thou Romeo?
They exchange vows of love

6. Some more things that happen
Friar Lawrence agrees to marry the two with hope for peace
They are married in secret the next day
The nurse knows and sets up a ladder
Benvolio and Mercutio run into Tybalt… Romeo shows up and tries to play peacemaker
Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm
Romeo freaks out, fights and kills Tybalt
Romeo is banished from Verona
Juliet is all upset

7. Near the end of the story, this happens
Romeo and Juliet depart each other the morning after their wedding
Juliet’s father plans to wed her to that Paris guy
Juliet’s Nurse says to marry that Paris guy, but Juliet refuses and runs to Friar Lawrence
Friar Lawrence comes up with the plan the ends up with Romeo and Juliet both dying…nice one Einstein. The plan mainly doesn’t work because Romeo never gets the letter informing him of the plan.
Juliet drinks a potion that makes it seem like she was died. She is entombed. Romeo finds her, thinks she is dead, and drinks poison.
Juliet wakes up, finds Romeo dead, kisses him to get some poison, and when that doesn’t work, she stabs herself

8. In the end…. both families decide that the meaningless fighting is not worth all the loss that results of it. Perhaps there shall be peace in Verona after all.