Shakespeare Festival - Lesson 4 - Romeo and Juliet - Acts III - IV
Lesson plan
Topic
Adapted script Acts III- IV - The tragedy 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 III - IV
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 put the images and the names of the acts in the
2 minutes correct box. This is a quick revision to check students know the chronology of the action.
Act it out If students are eager to show you what they’ve been practising during the week, allow a few
3 minutes minutes to let them do so.
Revision 2 As an optional activity, ask students to fill in the missing text from Acts 0, I and II. If they
haven’t studied the text, tell them to do the activity with the text in hand.
Vocabulary Elicit the words to tap into students’ previous knowledge. Explain that it’s Ok if they don´t
drilling and know them. Praise correct answers if any. Then model and drill.
matching Divide the class in 2 groups to do the matching exercise. Set a time limit, monitor and help
5 minutes if needed. Anticipated problems: Mispronunciation of
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.
Fill in the Ask students to stay in the same groups as the previous activity to fill in with the correct
blanks word. This consolidates the concept and contextualizes the words. Optionally, you can do a
4 minutes reading activity as an introduction to the text.
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.
Famous Tell students to work in pairs within the same groups they were before to practise the same
phrases Part expression in a mini dialogue. Model and drill the dialogues. Ask three or four pairs to show
2 their work to the rest of the class.
Oral practise:
Production
expression
and
pronunciation
6 minutes
Correction Tell students to work in the same groups as before to scan the text to find the mistakes and
exercise give you the correct version.
4 minutes This is a way of getting students to have another quick read.
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.
Act it out Optional activity: If time, ask students to work in pairs to select 2 characters and act out their
(If time) lines.
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.
A few
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