Romeo and Juliet

A unit of work for Year 9 (English Year 8) on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Involves some aspects of drama, inference, knowledge on the plot and characters of the play and is created in a format which will enable teaching the unit whilst not taking the entire year to read and understand the play. Students enjoy the basic overview of the story, and the elements of performance. The unit includes a mix of group work, paired work, debate and performance. It also includes some writing, and response to Shakespeare’s language whilst also making it accessible to stuents who struggle with reading. The resource package also includes some teacher notes on how to approach each of the tasks.