Standards:
ELACC9-10RL2: Determine a theme or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text
ELACC9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme
ELACC9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise
Essential Questions: How does Shakespeare develop plot, characterization, and theme in Romeo and Juliet? How does Shakespeare use dramatic irony to convey suspense and humor? How can dramatic reading help me analyze the text?
Warm Up:
Dramatic irony is a plot device in which the audience's or reader's knowledge of events or individuals surpass that of the characters. The words and actions of the characters therefore take on a different meaning for the audience or reader than they have for the play’s characters. Find an example of dramatic Irony from Romeo and Juliet.
Work Session: Read Act Five/ Add Plot Events to Roller Coaster
Closing: Share findings of dramatic irony/ journal elements/ events you may add to roller coaster
Homework: work on journal
ELACC9-10RL2: Determine a theme or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text
ELACC9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme
ELACC9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise
Essential Questions: How does Shakespeare develop plot, characterization, and theme in Romeo and Juliet? How does Shakespeare use dramatic irony to convey suspense and humor? How can dramatic reading help me analyze the text?
Warm Up:
Dramatic irony is a plot device in which the audience's or reader's knowledge of events or individuals surpass that of the characters. The words and actions of the characters therefore take on a different meaning for the audience or reader than they have for the play’s characters. Find an example of dramatic Irony from Romeo and Juliet.
Work Session: Read Act Five/ Add Plot Events to Roller Coaster
Closing: Share findings of dramatic irony/ journal elements/ events you may add to roller coaster
Homework: work on journal