Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare Planning Powerpoint Year 5

Planning to teach Shakespeare’s play.

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Sample planning :

Begin by introducing the new topic and the learning outcome. We will be studying ‘older’ literature. Explain that older literature is defined as anything written before 1914 but we are going to look at much older than this!

Show a picture of William Shakespeare: children to TTYP –

Who is this man?

What is he famous for?

Can you name any of his works?

Come back together and elicit that William Shakespeare was an author – not of stories but of plays and sonnets (poems). Talk about some of his more famous work and explain that he wrote 38 plays and over 160 sonnets.

Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616. He produced most of his work between 1589 and 1613 – why do you think he wrote mostly plays rather than stories? Elicit that he was an actor so he loved the stage and he intended his works to be acted out rather than just read and also because of the times. TV and film were not entertainment options and the majority of people couldn’t read so going to the theatre or watching an outside performance was very popular.

List the main characters on the board, to include:

The Capulets

Juliet

Lady Capulet (Juliet’s mother)

Lord Capulet (Juliet’s father and head of the family)

Tybalt (Juliet’s cousin and enemy of Romeo)

Nurse (Juliet’s nanny)

Paris (wants to marry Juliet)

The Montagues
Romeo