1. Warm-Up(Low-Stakes Writing) Agree or Disagree: Love can blind you to reality Use rhetorical appeals to develop your position. Use examples and evidence to defend it. How might today’s warm-up connect to the objective?

2. Content Language Objective Students analyze in writing how and why characters behave as they do using citation language (Juliet says, Shakespeare writes, Romeo claims) after completing text- dependent questions

3. ACT II, Scene I Chorus Romeo Benvolio Mercutio

4. ACT II, Scene I What does Romeo do to his friends? What does Mercutio think is going on with Romeo? Why is he annoyed?

5. ACT II, Scene II Romeo Juliet Nurse

6. Quotations “O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” Explain what Juliet is saying in this quotation

7. Quotations “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

8. ACT II, Scene II Juliet is worried that Romeo will think she is _____________________. What plan do Romeo and Juliet make?

9. Quotations Find another quote that stuck out to you. Explain what the quote means Explain why you chose it Share with a partner

10. ACT II, Scene III Friar Romeo

11. ACT II, Scene III Who is Friar Laurence? What is his hobby? Why is he angry with Romeo? Why does he agree to help?

12. ACT II, Scene IV Mercutio Benvolio Romeo Nurse Peter

13. ACT II, Scene IV Why is Mercutio angry? Why is the Nurse there? How does Mercutio treat her? What is the plan that Romeo tells her?

14. ACT II, Scene V Juliet Nurse

15. ACT II, Scene V What does the Nurse tell Juliet?

16. ACT II, Scene VI Friar Romeo Juliet

17. ACT II, Scene VI What happens in this scene?

18. Quiz “These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder Which as they kiss consume:” What is the meaning of this quote? What does it foreshadow? How does this show that Friar Lawrence is different than the rest of the characters in Romeo and Juliet?