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