1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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