introduction How This Book Works


The fi rst part of this book follows the structure of the play. Romeo and Juliet is divided into fi ve sections, known as Acts. Each Act is split up


into several scenes, some of which are more important than others for your exam preparation.


At the beginning of each Act, a spider diagram shows what you are about to learn, followed by the essential vocabulary for the Act.


the setting, i.e. where the story happens


SETTING The Prologue, which


tells the story of the play PROLOGUE


the two feuding


families, the Montagues and the Capulets


PLOT Shakespeare’s


dialogue, blank verse and iambic pentameter


LANGUAGE the importance of


the first key moment for special study as part of my exam preparation


KEY MOMENTS ROMEO AT THE END OF THIS ACT, I WILL BE ABLE TO LEARNING OUTCOMES


R1 Read texts with fluency, understanding and competence


R6 Understanding setting, story and action R13 Appreciate a variety of registers R7 Select key moments from their texts


W3 Write for a variety of purposes, to imagine, explore, explain, persuade


R8 appreciate language enrichment, the use of figurative language


R7 Respond imaginatively to texts R13 Appreciate a variety of registers O10 Explore and discuss, compare opinions


Key moments for special study are identifi ed in colour. Left-hand pages give important points about characters, relationships, language, imagery, stagecraft, themes and performance. At the end of the Act, you will be


able to show what you know in the Portfolio. Finally, in your Portfolio, you will


have a checklist of what you have learned to do.


❑ give stagecraft suggestions for positioning characters


❑ choose lighting, costumes and music for a key moment


❑ complete an exam question about character


❑ complete a chart with names of main characters


❑ link characters with suitable adjectives ❑ use the rhythm of iambic pentameter


Act 1 Checklist


❑ answer a quiz on the opening act ❑ complete important quotations ❑ complete a cloze test on a key scene


❑ complete a crossword using words from Act 1I can …


❑ write synonyms for important vocabulary from Act 1


 give suggestions for positioning characters on stage


 suggest lighting, costumes and music for a key moment


2


 complete an exam question about a character  spell the names of characters correctly


 match the names of characters to the adjectives that describe them


ROMEO & JULIET


 explain the rhythm of iambic pentameter  write about a key moment  complete important quotations from Act 1  write synonyms for advanced vocabulary from Act 1  answer quick questions to revise Act 1.


1 TYBALT SHRINE ROMEO SERVANT TYRANT CAPULET KINSMEN


Will you tell me that? His son was but a ward two years ago.


cr l ru e r PROFANERS PERNICIOUS BRAWLS ADVERSARY FRAY AUGMENTING GRIEVANCE POSTERITY CONSENT VISOR Portfolio . Act 1 QUENCH RAPIER


[To a Servingman] What lady is that, which doth enrich the hand Of yonder knight?


f m ly mem rs, r l t ves disr spe tful, disgr w ck d, ev l squ


eful people bl s, qu rr ls, f gh s e em


I know not, sir. com


f gh , con l ct ad ing on, inc int


f tu e gen p rmi


ion PALMERS BANQUET LOATHED


O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, As yonder lady o’er her fellows shows. The measure done, I’ll watch her place of stand, And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.


gu sh, p t out ht, sl m sw rd


h ly place, al ar


people who go on a pilg s mptu us fe s h ted


mage JUNIOR CYCLE ENGLISH


This, by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy. What dares the slave Come hither, cover’d with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our solemnity? Now, by the stock and honour of my kin, To strike him dead, I hold it not a sin.


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As I explore this Act, I will learn about:


the major and minor characters


CHARACTER


first impressions of the characters – their words and actions


CHARACTER


SECOND CAPULET By’r lady, thirty years. CAPULET


act 1 Expand your Vocabulary STAR-CROSSED NOUGHT


SECOND CAPULET ’Tis more, ’tis more, his son is elder, sir; His son is thirty.


VALIANT


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In your copy, complete the synonyms (words with the same meaning). These are all words that appear in Act 1. You will do a test on these words in your Portfolio when you finish reading the Act.


What, man! ’tis not so much, ’tis not so much: ’Tis since the nuptials of Lucentio, Come Pentecost as quickly as it will, Some five and twenty years; and then we mask’d.


TIP


Learn key quotes from every key moment for special study. Your key quotes are


evidence for your arguments and are highly rewarded by examiners.


act 1

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