Class members listen to a masterful reading of Act 1, Scene 1, lines 203-236 of Romeo and Juliet and then break into groups to examine how Shakespeare uses figurative language to develop Romeo's idealized concept of beauty.

Concepts

romeo and juliet, william shakespeare, close reading, main ideas, literary analysis

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have class members review their notes from the previous units and find evidence that details both Rilke's and Mitchell's ideas of the meaning of beauty

Classroom Considerations

• The 20-lesson unit, the third in a module of three, not only builds on the protocols and routines established in the first unit but also presumes class members have read the anchor text for those units: David Mitchell's Black Swan Green and Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet

Pros

• The 11-page resource includes a list of the Common Core standards that form the basis of the lesson, the plan, a vocabulary list, a discussion question and sample responses, a Quick Write prompt, and a homework assignment

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.4