The video above is a teacher discussing assigning the works of William Shakespeare to high school students. I think the speech can be used by middle school students.
Shakespeare has a writing style that is unique and beautiful. The author richly used ideas, organization, voice, sentence fluency, word choice, and conventions to create a style that has stood the test of time. Please click the sites below to view some of the quotes from the play Romeo and Juliet.
Many teachers will assign students to write essays on the play. The Internet serves as a resource for students to find examples of a narrative essay, a descriptive essay, an expository, and a persuasive essay. Please click the link below to find writing resources for the tragedy about the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Remember, you need to give credit to the authors of material from the Internet and never use the work of someone else without properly recognizing that person.
The Internet features many wonderful lesson plans and informational sites on the play. Many teachers have posted wonderful resources to support the learning and teaching of Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.
At 18, he married 26-year-old Anne Hathaway.
Of the 154 sonnets or poems by the playwright, the first 26 were said to be directed to an aristocratic young man who did not want to marry. Sonnets 127 – 152 talk about a dark woman, the Bard seems to have had mixed feelings for.
His last play The Two Noble Kinsmen was probably written in 1613 when he was 49 years old.
Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of 52.
Most people agree that William wrote his first play, Henry VI, Part One around 1589 to 1590 when he would have been roughly 25 years old.
To find out more about the author, please consider these Web sites.
Juliet:
‘Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone—
And yet no farther than a wan-ton’s bird,
That lets it hop a little from his hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silken thread plucks it back again,
So loving-jealous of his liberty.
Romeo:
I would I were thy bird.
Juliet:
Sweet, so would I,
Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow. [Exit above]
Romeo and Juliet Act 2, scene 2
What do you know about William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?This blog was created to support my professional resource project for William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The Internet features many fun, creative learning and teaching tools to support the timeless play about the star-crossed lovers.
