Mr. Dinkler's web page for William Shakespeare's timeless classic "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet."

"ROMEO AND  JULIET"


"For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
 

Act V, last two lines of play

RANDJ Checklist

Do you have all you need?  Check it out!


RANDJ UNIT PREVIEWS:
Shakespeare
, Tragedy, Stinkards, Globe Theater, and Freewrite.

EXEMPLARY STUDENT WORK:
Example #1, Example #2Example #3, Example #4, Example #, Example #6.



"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!..."
Act I, Scene V

"...Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; / Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow."
Act II, Scene IV

"These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, / Which as they kiss consume..."
Act II, Scene IV

 

spacer

spacer

spacer


TRUE LOVE: 
Romeo and Juliet gaze into each other's eyes.

TASKS:

MSWord:  Click here to download a backup copy of the RandJ Study Guide (if you lost the one that I gave you).

MSWord:  Click here to download template for TITLE PAGE to RandJ Study Guide.

Background: Visit Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre, the website of the New Globe Theatre in London; or take a virtual tour of the Globe Theater.

Introduction: First, go read about modern science tells us about being a teenager in love.  Next, learn about love in the Renaissance; and then read how the poet Dante Aligheri meets his Beatrice and eulogizes her as almost divine, as well as Petrarch when his Laura dies.

Assignments:  Parent vs. Child Mate Wish List, Romeo/Juliet Love Letter/Poem, Verona Daily: Blood in the City Streets! and Capulet Heir Dies!, and a final commemorative plaque.

Foreshadowing Alert!:  Come download fate and the progress of the stars!

Montagues vs. Capulets: Check here to get an idea as to how to structure your rivalry map.

Inspiration Files: Click here to download Prologue and family rivalry files; later, come get the theme of love.

Text:  Romeo and Juliet at MIT, or the Searchable Complete Text of the Play, where one can search the entire text by keyword. 

Resources and Links: Romeo and Juliet at Yahoo! Film versions: Romeo and Juliet (1996 film version), Romeo and Juliet (1968 film version).

Romeo and Juliet Postcards:  Click here to check out the postcards from official movie site. 

Culminating Project: Shakespeare in the Quad.

Final Exam: Check out the outline for final exam.  Be prepared!

 


Home: FTHS  Phone: 805.289.0023x1208   E-mail: jdinkler@vtusd.k12.ca.us  
Last updated on May 18, 2004.