Introduction
This lesson is based around the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. It looks at the themes and language that Shakespeare uses to describe love. It gives students reading, speaking and writing practice.
Task
Rewrite Shakespeare: The Balcony Scene
Students will work in pairs, choose any four consecutive lines from the two speeches and try and rewrite them in contemporary English. When they have finished, ask students to read out their lines while the others guess which bit of the speeches they are from.
Process
Choose 4 consecutive lines you are going to use to rewrite from Romeo & Juliet's balcony speeches. Each of your should have your own four lines. Rewrite the lines using contempary English.
Use the following link to see speeches in two different formats: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/page_78.html
Evaluation
It is now time to PRESENT :)
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