a serious disagreement over a period of time

a contest with deadly weapons between two people, used to settle an argument

the stage of English language used from approximately the late 15th century to the late 17th century

Exploring Act III Scene 1 in ‘Romeo and Juliet’

English

Understanding themes, characters and plot in 'Romeo and Juliet'

Exploring Juliet's emotions after meeting Romeo

Generating vocabulary for Juliet's diary entry

Planning Juliet's diary entries

Writing the first half of Juliet's diary entry

Writing the second half of Juliet's diary entry

Exploring vocabulary relating to the duel scene

Planning the duel scene

Writing the first half of the duel scene

Writing the second half of the duel scene

Debating a question raised by Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'

In this unit, pupils learn how Shakespeare explores multiple key themes throughout a single play. In 'The Windrush: Diary Writing', pupils will learn to develop their skills of writing a diary with emotion based on a significant historical event.

In 'Shakespeare's Macbeth’: Narrative and Soliloquy Writing', pupils learnt about character, plot and theme in a Shakespearean play for the first time. In this unit, pupils will learn how Shakespeare explores multiple key themes throughout a single play.’

In this unit, pupils learn to empathise with and understand different characters in one of Shakespeare's iconic plays. They write a diary entry from Juliet's perspective, a climactic narrative scene based on the duel scene and begin to debate around a key question raised from the play.

Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet': diary and narrative writing

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Which characters survive the duel in Act III Scene 1?

What is the best Modern English 'translation' of the following line? 'I see thou knowest me not.'

Which of these are lines spoken by Romeo in Act III Scene 1?

because he sees them as now being related through Juliet

because he wants Tybalt to feel good about himself

Who speaks the following line? 'A plague o’ both your houses!'

Match the following Early Modern English words to the Modern English versions. 

Which of the following characters are on the Montague side of the feud?

Match each character to their relationship to Juliet. 

What was Tybalt's reaction to Romeo's presence at the Capulet ball?

Romeo and Juliet publicly declare their love.

What happens the next day after the balcony scene?

True or false? Attending the ball helped Romeo become accepted by the Capulet family.

Exit Quiz

Which characters survive the duel in Act III Scene 1?