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Shakespeare Learning Mats | Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet »
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Edexcel GCSE Eng Lit Component 1: Romeo and Juliet Scheme »
Categories: KS4, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2015, Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature , Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature Schemes, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis

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How the Component is Assessed
Component 1: Studying Shakespeare and Post 1914 Literature
Assessment Overview - 50% of total GCSE
- 80 marks
- 1 hour 45 minutes written paper
Content Overview - Reading and responding to:
- one Shakespeare play
- one studied modern prose or drama text
This is a closed book examination. The texts will not be allowed in...
[ read full article ] »OCR GCSE Eng Lit Component 02: Romeo and Juliet Scheme »
Categories: KS4, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English Literature 2015, Component 02: Exploring Poetry and Shakespeare, Component 02: Exploring Poetry and Shakespeare Schemes, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis

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How the Unit is Assessed
Exploring Poetry and Shakespeare (02)
Assessment Overview - 50% of total GCSE
- 80 marks
- 2 hours written paper
Content Overview - Reading and responding to:
- one thematic poetry cluster from the OCR poetry Anthology, including making connections with a thematically linked poem
- one studied Shakespeare play
Assessment...
[ read full article ] »WJEC Eduqas GCSE Eng Lit Component 1: Romeo and Juliet Scheme »
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GCSE Overview
The qualification is made up of two externally-assessed components: Component 1 and Component 2. Both components allow learners to show their depth and breadth of knowledge through varied assessments.
This specification has been designed on the basis that learners’ reading should be of whole texts.
Learners are required to study the...
[ read full article ] »AQA GCSE Eng Lit Paper 1: Romeo and Juliet Scheme »
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How the unit is assessed:
- 1 hour 45 minute written exam
- 64 marks
- 40% of GCSE
Exam Questions
Section A
Shakespeare: students will answer one question on their play of choice. They will be required to write in detail about an extract from the play and then to write about the play as a whole.
Section B
The 19th-century novel: students will...
[ read full article ] »A Guide to Romeo and Juliet »
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Love and Conflict
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare explores several themes but perhaps the twin themes of love and conflict were uppermost in his mind when he conceived and wrote the play. At GCSE, the play is often used as part of a controlled assessment...
[ read full article ] »GCSE English and English Literature: Writing About A Play - Drama, Narrative & Romeo and Juliet »
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Teacher’s Note
This first part of this EnglishEdu guide is aimed at students who are studying any Shakespeare play – but they can easily and profitably be adapted to suit any play.
The second part of the guide is an analysis and commentary of Act 3 Sc. 1 of Shakespeare’s play, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, with accompanying notes that are based upon ideas discussed in the guide’s first section.
- The notes accompanying Act 3 Scene 1 of the play are...
Romeo and Juliet Characters »
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays
Call My Bluff »
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare
A Teaching Guide to Romeo and Juliet GCSE Shakespeare Coursework »
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays

Romeo & Juliet

This teaching guide for high-ability students is designed as a self-contained unit which can be used to produce the AQA A GCSE Shakespeare coursework.
The AQA A Shakespeare coursework is what is termed as a ‘cross-over’ piece; therefore, if you are using it for assessment for both English and English Literature GCSEs (the most common approach), you need to be able to address the assessment objectives for both.
Let us remind ourselves...
[ read full article ] »Shakespeare Coursework Romeo and Juliet »
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays
Overview
A 4 week (12 lessons) scheme based on Romeo & Juliet for GCSE English and English Literature Pre-1914 Drama Coursework.
This unit covers the following topics:
Romeo and Juliet Prologue »
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays
1. Sequence the prologue in the correct order using rhymes and the order of the events to help you – Copy Out In The Right Order
2. Underneath your sequenced prologue, write a modern day translation for each of the 14 lines.
3. The prologue is written in the form of a sonnet. Write a) why you think it has been written in this form b) how many lines there are c) what the rhyme pattern is (use letters A, B, C etc.)
4. Produce a storyboard, doing one...
Year 10 Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Research Areas »
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays
The Elizabethan stage
Elizabethan attitudes to fate
Elizabethan attitudes to violence
Elizabethan attitudes to love (including courtly love)
Elizabethan attitudes to women
The Elizabethan family
Elizabethan attitudes to loyalty
Elizabethan Religion
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Prologue »
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Prologue
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;
Whole misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents’ strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love,
And the continuance of their parents’...
[ read full article ] »Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 1 »
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How does Shakespeare use dramatic devices in Act 1 Scene 1 in order to make it an interesting, exciting and important scene?
Introduction:
Your introduction should begin to address the question immediately. It should introduce some of the key ideas you will explore in more detail later. Ensure you introduce some of the key ‘dramatic devices’ discussed in class. You should aim to give some Brief details about:
- How this scene sets in motion the key...
Year 10 Romeo and Juliet Coursework Feedback »
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays
OVERALL:
***WELL DONE EVERYONE – I AM VERY IMPRESSED!***
What you’ve done really well
- Shown a very good understanding of the play as a whole
- Started to use quotation to back up your ideas
- Shown an understanding of what quotations mean
- Structured your essays clearly and effectively
- Analysed how characters’ attitudes to violence change
- Explained why violence is important to the play as a whole
- Used a wide range of vocabulary
- Started to show a personal...
Romeo and Juliet Act Three Scene One - Activity Three »
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays
Question: In Act 3 Scene 1, what do we discover about the characters’ various attitudes to violence in this scene?
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- The language used by the key characters (Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo, Prince, Lady Capulet)
- Who the characters are speaking to and how this affects their attitude
- What each character’s attitude is and what it tells you about them
- What the audience’s reaction would be to each character
- How the language might reflect...
Romeo and Juliet »
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays
What happens between Act 1 Scene 1 and Act 3 Scene 1?
Act 1 Scene 1
Sampson, Gregory, Abraham and Balthasar fight. Tybalt enters to fight and Benvolio tries to keep the peace. The Prince warns the citizens not to fight on pain of death. The Montague parents wonder where Romeo is. Romeo and Benvolio discuss the trouble of love.
Act 1 Scene 2
Lord Capulet and Paris discuss the possibility of Paris marrying Juliet. Capulet sends a servant out with the party...
[ read full article ] »Romeo and Juliet - Act Three Scene One - Activity Two »
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays
This scene of hate and murder contrasts with Romeo and Juliet’s wedding in the previous scene. It marks the point where the lovers’ fortunes turn. The feud between the families runs too deep to be overcome by Romeo and Juliet’s new, ideal love. Despite Romeo’s best attempts to turn away from conflict he is drawn into it. Shakespeare’s skill as a dramatist is displayed as the audience are torn by their understanding of his desire to avenge his...
[ read full article ] »Romeo and Juliet - Act Three Scene One - Activity One »
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays
This scene of hate and murder contrasts with Romeo and Juliet’s wedding in the previous scene. It marks the point where the lovers’ fortunes turn. The feud between the families runs too deep to be overcome by Romeo and Juliet’s new, ideal love. Despite Romeo’s best attempts to turn away from conflict he is drawn into it. Shakespeare’s skill as a dramatist is displayed as the audience are torn by their understanding of his desire to avenge his...
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