Help high school readers go beyond basic reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and literary craft analysis skills with this close reading worksheet covering the prologue of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By completing this activity, students will:
- Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
- Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word and phrase meanings (“Two households, both alike in dignity,” “Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean,” “What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend,” and more)
- Discern the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques
- Consider historical context
- Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
- Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
- Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision
- Come to class better prepared to discuss dramatic works
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Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Quiz and Close Reading Worksheets Bundle
Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills while teaching Act 1 of William Shakespeare's *Romeo and Juliet* with this bundle of formative assessments. Included are the following: a reading guide, a multiple choice quiz on characters and plot, six close reading worksheets addressing the author's craft, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will: * Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly * Define complex words and phrases as they are used in the text * Discern the significance of a given detail * Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact * Draw logical inferences about the author's stylistic choices * Apply knowledge of literary devices including foreshadowing, allusion, metaphor, simile, situational irony, and onomatopoeia * Analyze the author's paradoxical language to discern a theme related to love * Isolate examples of punning language * Explore cause-and-effect relationships * Identify the best textual evidence in support of a claim
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Romeo & Juliet Close Reading Bundle (Set of 20)
This bundle of 20 close reading exercises promotes active reading strategies, makes student engagement with text more visible, and helps improve overall student comprehension of Shakespeare's *Romeo and Juliet*. By completing these activities, students will read to identify what the text says explicitly and implicitly, apply literary devices, interpret figurative expressions, analyze character motivations, define vocabulary in context, discern tone, and more. All close reads are editable and include answer keys and/or sample annotations. The following are covered: * Act 1 prologue * Act 1, scene 1 * Act 1, scene 2 * Act 1, scene 3 * Act 1, scene 5 * Act 2 prologue * Act 2, scene 1 * Act 2, scene 2 * Act 2, scene 3 * Act 2, scene 4 * Act 2, scene 5 * Act 2, scene 6 * Act 3, scene 1 * Act 3, scene 2 * Act 3, scene 3 * Act 3, scene 4 * Act 4, scene 1 * Act 4, scene 3 * Act 4, scene 5 * Act 5, scene 1 * Act 5, scene 3
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