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Lesson 5 - Romeo and Juliet - Lesson Plan

This lesson plan focuses on teaching Acts V-VI of Romeo and Juliet to primary 6th form students, aiming to enhance reading habits, scanning skills, and vocabulary. Activities include group readings, vocabulary drills, and acting out scenes to encourage expression and understanding of famous quotes. The lesson lasts 45 minutes and incorporates various interactive methods to engage students with the text.

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Lesson 5 - Romeo and Juliet - Lesson Plan

This lesson plan focuses on teaching Acts V-VI of Romeo and Juliet to primary 6th form students, aiming to enhance reading habits, scanning skills, and vocabulary. Activities include group readings, vocabulary drills, and acting out scenes to encourage expression and understanding of famous quotes. The lesson lasts 45 minutes and incorporates various interactive methods to engage students with the text.

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Shakespeare Festival - Lesson 5 - Romeo and Juliet- Acts V- VII

Lesson plan

Topic

Adapted script Acts V- VI- The comedy of Romeo and Juliet

Aim

● To continue fostering reading habits by introducing longer texts


● To teach students scanning skills
● To give students the tools to fully understand the text
● To get students to remember short dialogues in the text
● To teach famous quotes
● To teach vocabulary related to the relevant acts
● To encourage students to express themselves using different emotions
and voices

Age group

Primary - 6th form

Level

A1

Time

45 minutes

Materials

Flipchart - Adapted script for Acts V - VII


Procedure

Before the Students will need to have the texts at hand for the class, either in paper or in Crea. If for
lesson any reason this is not possible, we suggest RT carries on with regular CEI classes.

Greeting Greet students and CT. Ask students how they are feeling.
1 minute

Revision 1 As a whole class activity, ask students to A. remember what acts we did last class and B.
4 minutes what happened in them. Then ask them to C: put the events we´ve covered so far on the
timeline and try to guess the last 2. D: in pairs get them to practise the famous quotes by
playing pat-a-cake. Model it first to make sure the stress of the phrases coincides with each
beat of the hands. This is a quick revision to check students know the chronology of the
action.

Revision 2 As an optional activity, ask pairs of students to fill in the missing words from Acts III and IV.
If they haven’t studied the text, tell them to do the activity with the text in hand.

Vocabulary Listening: Ask students to listen from you to both options and to choose the correct one, to
drilling and tap into students’ previous knowledge. Explain that it’s Ok if they don´t know them. Praise
matching correct answers if any. Then model and drill. Then show them the written text and elicit the
5 minutes correct option. After they see the written form, elicit the words again to make sure they don’t
mispronounce. Use the extra slide to illustrate the correct pronunciation if needed.
Anticipated problems: Mispronunciation of /

Answer the Ask students to work in group. Each reads their act and answers the questions. If you detect
questions students are struggling, use the next slide with more scaffolded questions.
5 minutes Anticipated problem: Students are not used to reading longer texts or scanning for
information. Make sure you give them enough time to fulfil the task. Explain that they don’t
need to understand every word to answer the questions.

Famous Remind students that Shakespeare coined many of the words and expressions that are still
phrases Part used today and that many have even survived across different languages. Show them the
1 phrases and in groups ask them to scan their acts to find who said it. This is a way of getting
Oral practise: students to have a first quick read. Anticipated problem: Students are not used to working
Production with metaphors, so ask them the concept questions on the flipchart to make sure they
expression understand their meaning. Then model and drill the phrases. Encourage students to show
and the characters emotions by using body language and expression in their voices. Ask
pronunciation students to work in pairs and take it in turns to practise those expressions. Ask three or four
5 minutes pairs to show their work to the rest of the class.

Act it out If possible, ask students to clear a space in the middle of the classroom to use as stage. Ask
10 minutes the actors to act their lines in Acts V and VI with the script in hand. Focus on the
coordination of entrances and exits, the expression in their voices and in their gestures.

Game: Guess Still working in the same groups, one student in each group sits in a chair and closes his/her
who I am. eyes. The rest of his group makes a line behind the chair. They take it in turns to say a
9 minutes. famous quote in whatever voice they like (see extra slide for ideas). The student in the chair
must guess who each student is. Once everyone has had a go, the place in the chair is left
for another student to guess which classmate is speaking.
Setting Use ICQs to make sure students understand their homework. Guide them through Crea to
homework show them where the new Shakespeare folders are and how to record their audios or videos
3 minutes in the “My audios” folder.

Recap As a whole class, ask them to mention the two famous phrases they have learnt today about
1 minute Romeo and Juliet.

Reflection Ask students how they felt during the lesson and why.
2 minutes

Greetings Greet goodbye and thank students and CT.


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