Romeo and Juliet: Juliet and female agency
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' deeper understanding of 'Romeo and Juliet' from the unit 'the integral role of violence and honour to masculinity'. In this unit, pupils explore the presentation of female agency in contrast to the presentation of masculinity in the previous deep dive unit. This deepens their understanding of the play, and enables them to write with greater nuance and tentativeness. This unit builds towards the final 'Romeo and Juliet' deep dive, 'the tragedy of societal expectations', where pupils will see another way of thinking deeply about the play.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the plot of the play.
- Pupils know the main characters in the play and their role in the plot.
- Pupils have a detailed understanding of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's role in their own downfall.
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines.
- Pupils have memorised numerous quotations from the play and can select them judiciously for evidence.
- Pupils can identify the main motifs of the play - blood, sleep and nature.
- Pupils use the historical and social context of the play to support their analysis.
- Pupils can use tentative language to explore alternative interpretations.
- Pupils can use superlatives to evaluate an author's choice of language or structure.
- Pupils can draw clear conclusions to their arguments.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' deeper understanding of 'Romeo and Juliet' from the unit 'the integral role of violence and honour to masculinity'. In this unit, pupils explore the presentation of female agency in contrast to the presentation of masculinity in the previous deep dive unit. This deepens their understanding of the play, and enables them to write with greater nuance and tentativeness. This unit builds towards the final 'Romeo and Juliet' deep dive, 'the tragedy of societal expectations', where pupils will see another way of thinking deeply about the play.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the plot of the play.
- Pupils know the main characters in the play and their role in the plot.
- Pupils have a detailed understanding of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's role in their own downfall.
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines.
- Pupils have memorised numerous quotations from the play and can select them judiciously for evidence.
- Pupils can identify the main motifs of the play - blood, sleep and nature.
- Pupils use the historical and social context of the play to support their analysis.
- Pupils can use tentative language to explore alternative interpretations.
- Pupils can use superlatives to evaluate an author's choice of language or structure.
- Pupils can draw clear conclusions to their arguments.
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Romeo and Juliet: Juliet and female agency
In this unit, pupils explore the presentation of Juliet's agency in 'Romeo and Juliet'. After recapping Juliet's character and conceptualising agency, they look at five scenes through the prism of Juliet's agency. At the end, they learn how to use tentative language to write about female agency.
7 lessons in unit
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