KS3 Romeo & Juliet: Guided Essay

Designed as a fun, engaging way for year 8 to study Romeo and Juliet, this lesson is part of my full scheme of learning for KS3 Romeo and Juliet.

This resource guides students through writing an essay in response to the play as a whole, and should take approximately 2-3 lessons to complete (depending on lesson length).

Students are given a choice of three questions (two character-based and one thematic) and are then guided through creating a thesis argument, selecting and analysing evidence, and putting together an extended argument. If you have been using my full scheme of learning, students should feel very confident about exploring any of these three choices in some depth.

This assignment would work very well for an end-of-topic assessment and can be adapted for more independence or more teacher involvement in the process.