BCS ELA CCSS Unit 5: Shakespeare Grade Level: 9 Time Span: 2 weeks Unit Overview: In this unit, students will study the power of love through the star-crossed lovers, world’s most famous Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare’s SL 3 Point of View CCSS – L 6 Academic/ domain-specific vocabulary Grade Specific – RL 4 Vocabulary/ Word choice – Standards: RL 9– Literary Allusions emphasized/ assessed in this unit of study Romeo and Juliet drama Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: – Suggested Anchor Text: View film up until end of party identify Romeo, Benvolio – and views of love partners close read Mercutio’s differing – those scenes to identify quotes that reveal each character’s view Rewrite scene of play in contemporary setting, using all the correct dramatic conventions Shakespeare promptbooks have students add stage directions –
BCS ELA CCSS Unit 5: Shakespeare Grade Level: 9 Time Span: 2 weeks Unit Overview: In this unit, students will study the power of love through the world’s most famous star-crossed lovers, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. CCSS Grade Specific Standards: emphasized/ assessed in this unit of study SL 3 – Point of View L 6 – Academic/ domain-specific vocabulary RL 4 – Vocabulary/ Word choice RL 9– Literary Allusions Suggested Anchor Text: Romeo and Juliet – drama Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: View film up until end of party – identify Romeo, Benvolio and Mercutio’s differing views of love – partners close read those scenes to identify quotes that reveal each character’s view Rewrite scene of play in contemporary setting, using all the correct dramatic conventions Shakespeare promptbooks – have students add stage directions