Romeo and Juliet Opinionnaire

Students are challenged with 9 thought-provoking statements and must decide to what extent they agree or disagree and give reasons for their stance. The statements can be used prior to commencing the text study in order to stimulate thinking and debate, as a starting point for class discussions, or adapted to create a class opinion continuum so students can see where their classmates sit on each statement. To extend upon the ideas, students could elaborate on each statement in a detailed paragraph discussion that draws upon textual evidence to support ideas.