Act IV – Day One

1. Act IV – Day One

2. Act IV (Day One) Agenda • Bell Ringer • Grammar • Skill Review: Dramatic Irony • Reading: Act IV i-iii • Dramatic Irony Storyboard Activity • Exit Slip

3. Bell Ringer #2: (A) 2/18 & (B) 2/22 Describe your favorite character from the play. • Identify his/her best qualities. • Identify any flaws he/she has. • Describe what you imagine he/she looks like—don’t use the film version; create your own idea! Explain your answer in a well-developed paragraph with lots of details!!!

4. Grammar: how to use semi-colons Rule 1: Use a semicolon to combine two very closely related complete sentences. • Example: She went to the store; it is her favorite place to shop. Rule 2: Use a semicolon along with a conjunctive adverb and a comma to clarify the relationship between two closely related complete sentences. Conjunctive adverbs include however, therefore, in addition, moreover, subsequently, consequently, instead, and additionally. • Example: Romeo killed Tybalt; however, his best friend Mercutio was killed first. Rule 3: Use a semicolon to separate a series of phrases or clauses that are long or have punctuation, like commas, within them. • Example: Romeo’s life is filled with several foil characters such as the Nurse and Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother figures; Benvolio and Mercutio, Romeo’s best friends; and the Friar and the Nurse, Romeo and Juliet’s mentors.

5. Grammar #2: semi-colons Rewrite the following sentences combing and adding semi-colons as needed. • Romeo loves Juliet. He does not know she is a Capulet. • Romeo is an emotional person. He often falls in love very quickly. • Romeo has several confidants such as the Friar his mentor Benvolio his cousin and Mercutio his best friend.

6. Skill focus: Dramatic Irony

7. Skill Focus: Dramatic Irony • When we, the readers or audience, know something that the characters in the story/play do not know.

8. Reading: Act IV: Scenes i-iii

9. Today’s roles: Act IV Scenes i-iii (pg. 990) Capulets • Juliet • Capulet • Servingman (for the Capulets) • Nurse • Lady Capulet Others • Friar • Paris

10. Act IV: Scenes One - Three • Make an inference about Lord Capulet’s need to have Paris marry Juliet so soon. • Describe Juliet’s conversation with Paris. What does he think will happen? • Based on what you know about Juliet, describe what she will do if the Friar refuses to help her. • What does Juliet say she is willing to do as a part of the Friar’s plan? • Describe the plan the Friar creates. Provide at least THREE details. • What kind of moral dilemma or internal conflict does this cause for him? • How do the wedding plans change? • List at least THREE of Juliet’s fears.

11. Story Board Activity

12. Storyboard activity directions: • Choose a scene that you would like to work with for today’s activity. • Create a Storyboard for that particular scene. In other words, draw what the audience would see on stage. • Choose three “moments” from the scene to draw – the three moments must be somewhat different from each other. Be sure to include both pictures and dialogue. • You will not be graded on artistic quality, but you will be graded on effort. In other words, try to add as much detail as possible, even if you are a terrible drawer.

13. Story Board Activity • You will create THREE separate story boards for your assigned scene, with each one representing what the stage and characters would have looked like during a specific moment in the scene. We’ll present these on the document camera. • You will analyze how part of your scene serves as an example of dramatic irony. • During presentations, the class will guess what example of dramatic irony occurs in each scene. And, each person will complete a handout while the groups present. STAGE Act #, Scene #

14. Story Board Activity, Cont. • Act I, Scene ii – Lord Capulet and Paris discuss marriage; a servant goes to invite guests to the Capulet party • Act I, Scene v – Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love • Act II, Scene i – Romeo sneaks back into the Capulets’ orchard while Mercutio and Benvolio leave the party • Act II, Scene ii – (the balcony scene) Romeo and Juliet plan to get married • Act II, Scene iv – Mercutio and Benvolio taunt Romeo while he tries to talk to the Nurse about marrying Juliet • Act II, Scene v – The Nurse takes her time in telling Juliet about the plans to marry Romeo • Act III, Scene i – Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Tybalt • Act III, Scene ii – The Nurse tells Juliet about the fight and resulting deaths • Act III, Scene iv – Lord Capulet agrees to Paris marrying Juliet though she is grieving • Act III, Scene v – Juliet refuses to marry Paris and the Nurse refuses to help Juliet; Juliet plans to visit Friar Laurence for help

15. Exit slip: StoryBoard Reflection: In your groups, you should be able to answer the following questions about YOUR scene: • Which scene did you select? • Explain the dramatic irony in your selected scene. What is this an example of dramatic irony? • Why did you choose the three moments in the story that you selected for your storyboards? • How did you represent the dramatic irony within those three moments? • Think about the choices Shakespeare had to make as an author. Why would he choose to structure the scene with the use of dramatic irony? • What kind of mood did the use of dramatic irony create?