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Analyzing Poetic Devices in Romeo and Juliet Act IV

This lesson focuses on summarizing, interpreting, and applying poetic terminology to deepen comprehension of the language in Act IV of Romeo and Juliet. Students will discuss response notes, explore key scenes, and analyze poetic devices.

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Analyzing Poetic Devices in Romeo and Juliet Act IV

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  1. Honors English 9 Week 11: March 12-16, 2012

  2. Monday, March 12, 2012 Due Today: Act IV Cornell Notes • Walk-In: Take out your Act IV Cornell Response Notes. If you did not complete your homework (completely) then grab a textbook and remove yourself from your group. • Learning Objective: • You will summarize, interpret, and apply poetic terminology to Romeo and Juliet to increase comprehension and better understand the complexity of the language. • Agenda: • Act IV Response Note Discussion • Act IV Questions. Homework: Act IV-V Vocab .

  3. Romeo and Juliet Act IV • Therefore, out of thy long-experienc’d time • Give me some present counsel, or, behold, • Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife • Shall play the umpire, arbitrating that • Which the commission of thy years and art • Could to no issue of true honor bring. • [IV, i, 60-65] • Hold, then. Go home, be merry, give consent • To marry Paris. Wednesday is tomorrow. • Tomorrow night look that thou lie alone; • Let not the nurse lie with thee in thy chamber. • Take thou this vial, being then in bed, • And this distilling liquor drink thou off; • When presently through all thy veins shall run • A cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse • Shall keep his native progress, but surcease; • No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest; • [IV, i, 89-98] Speaker:________________ Poetic Device: __________________ Explanation/Summary:____________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Speaker:________________ Poetic Device: __________________ Explanation/Summary:____________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________

  4. Romeo and Juliet Act IV • Ha! Let me see her. Out alas! She’s cold, • Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff; • Life and these lips have long been separated. • Death lies on her like an untimely frost • Upon the sweetest flower of all the field. • [IV, v, 25-29] • O son, the night before thy wedding day • Hath death lain with thy wife. There she lies, • Flower as she was, deflowered by him. • Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir, my daughter he hath wedded • [IV, v, 35-39] Speaker:________________ Poetic Device: __________________ Explanation/Summary:____________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Speaker:________________ Poetic Device: __________________ Explanation/Summary:____________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________

  5. Tuesday/Wednesday, March 13-14, 2012 Due Today: Act IV Questions • Walk-IN: Turn in your Act IV Questions and take out a new sheet of paper. • Learning Objective: • Students will list key details centered around the plot, characters, and conflict while watching Act I of Romeo and Juliet and use these details to write a summary paragraph. • Students will ask questions in order to clarify anything you are confused about. • Agenda: • Romeo and Juliet Act IV (Viewing) Homework: Act IV Summary

  6. Homework Summary: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Questions about Plot: Questions about Characters: Questions about Conflict: Question about Language: Romeo and Juliet—Act IV—Viewing Notes List details about the general plot, characters, setting and conflict. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

  7. Thursday, March 15, 2012 Due Today: Act IV Viewing Notes and Summary • Walk-IN: Pick up a blue textbook and open up to page 836. Turn in your movie viewing notes for Act IV if you did not. • Learning Objective: • You will summarize, interpret, and apply poetic terminology to Romeo and Juliet in order to improve your reading comprehension. • Agenda: • Romeo and Juliet Act V (Reading) Homework: Act V Cornell Response Notes and Questions.

  8. Romeo and Juliet Act V Discussion Questions Act V, Scene 1: Lines 1-11—Response Note Lines 40-52—Why does the Apothecary agree to sell Romeo the illegal poison? Lines 68-74—What is Romeo saying? Do you agree with Romeo’s argument that a poor man is entitled to break the law in order to survive? Act V, Scene 2: Lines 1-29—Why didn’t the Friar’s plan to contact Romeo work? What is his new plan?

  9. Romeo and Juliet Act V Discussion Questions Act V, Scene 3 Lines 32-39—What does Romeo tell Balthasar and what does it suggest about his mental state? Lines 45-48—What type of figurative language is being used and what is being compared? Lines 74-82—How do we know that Romeo’s reason for killing Paris is not jealousy and retribution? Lines 92-102—Response Note Lines 151-159—What is the Friar’s final plea to Juliet? Lines 206-207—What type of figurative language is Lady Capulet using and what does she mean? Lines 229-269—Is the Friar’s summary of the play accurate? How might you have improved it? Lines 286-310—What is the Prince’s view on punishing the Montagues and Capulets?

  10. Romeo and Juliet Act V Speaker:________________ Poetic Device: __________________ Explanation/Summary:____________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Speaker:________________ Poetic Device: __________________ Explanation/Summary:____________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. My bosom’s lord sits lightly in his throne, and all this day an unaccustom’d spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. I dreamt my lady came and found me dead… [V, i, 1-6] Ah, dear Juliet, Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe That unsubstantial Death is amorous, And that the lean abhorred monster keeps Thee here in the dark to be his paramour? [V, iii, 101-105]

  11. Friday, March 16, 2012 Due Today: Act V Cornell Response Notes • Walk-IN: Turn in your Act V Cornell Response Notes and Questions. • Learning Objective: • Students will list key details centered around the plot, characters, and conflict while watching Act I of Romeo and Juliet and use these details to write a summary paragraph. • Students will ask questions in order to clarify anything you are confused about. • Agenda: • Romeo and Juliet Act V (Viewing) • Romeo and Juliet Final Project Homework: Act V Compare and Contrast Paragraph Start on Project

  12. Homework Summary: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Questions about Plot: Questions about Characters: Questions about Conflict: Question about Language: Romeo and Juliet—Act V—Viewing Notes List details about the general plot, characters, setting and conflict. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

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