Mrs. BarnettEnglish 1

Weeks 29 and 30Semester 2

Bellwork #21Romeo and Juliet’s families hate each

other, for reasoning that we aren't told about (they may have even forgotten themselves).

Is the young lovers’ situation believable? What parallels and real life Romeo’s and Juliet’s are apparent today?

Bellwork #22• Write a prologue by the chorus for

Act III.• Strict rhyme scheme• 14 lines• 3 quatrains• Terminating couplet• 10 syllables per line

• Extra credit opportunity: write the prologue in iambic pentameter in the form of a Shakespearean sonnet.

ReadRead like a like a RockRock StarStarStudent’s are to pick a book of interest to the student.Student’s book must have 150 pages and be school appropriate.

Project’s Project’s due May due May 22/2322/23

Act 2 Class ActivitesACT 2 Scene 1 and 2 Class ActivityACT 2 Scene 4 Class ActivityACT 2 All Scenes Class ActivityACT 2 Vocabulary

Act 2 (Regular)Act II/Scene 1 & 21. How does the audience know that Mercutio and

Benvolio do not know that Romeo has fallen in love with Juliet? This is an example of what type of irony?

2. How does Romeo learn of Juliet's love for him?3. Name 2 things to which Romeo compares Juliet

in praising her beauty.4. Explain Juliet's main points in her soliloquy

(lines 33-48).5. What is Juliet's concern in Scene 2, lines 85-

106? 

ACT IIAct II/Scenes 3 & 41.What is Friar Laurence's chief interest (hobby) besides his

duties as a priest? What comparison does he make between man and plants? (pp. 853-854, lines 7-30)

2.What is his first reaction when he hears Romeo has a new love?

3.Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

4.What do we learn from Mercutio and Benvolio about the letter Tybalt sends to Romeo's house?

Act II/Scenes 5 & 61.What makes Scene Five so amusing?2.What excuse does Juliet give for going to Friar Laurence's

cell? 3.What does Romeo plan to have delivered to the nurse

later in the day? Why?

Act 1-5 (Honors)Act 1

AudioHandout – complete

sentencesAct 2

AudioHandout – complete

sentencesAct 3

AudioHandout – complete

sentences

Act 4AudioHandout –

complete sentences

Act 5AudioHandout –

complete sentences

Test on ACT 2 of R&JTest on Act

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