ROMEO AND JULIET: Reading, Writing and Assessment Bundle

Romeo and Juliet Unit Bundle

This big bundle contains the following:

• A unit for teaching students how to select, present, and analyze text evidence from Romeo and Juliet

• A Common Core Part 3 English Regents Exam Guided Parallel Task

• A huge study guide with cloze notes and important passages (very popular)

• 20 very good multiple choice questions for an assessment on the balcony scene

• An open-text cloze note quiz for act 3, scene 1 (the deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio)

Descriptions

Selecting, Presenting, & Analyzing Text Evidence in Romeo and Juliet – This writing package provides teachers with what’s needed to teach students how to select, present, and analyze text evidence to support a claim in writing. This 35-page unit uses the text of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to teach and reinforce those lessons.

Romeo and Juliet Common Core Part 3 English Regents Exam Guided Parallel Task – This product is a guided parallel task for Part 3 of the Common Core English Regents Exam that utilizes a section of the balcony scene from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This product is leveled for ninth graders, but is suitable for sophomores and juniors as well.

Romeo and Juliet Study Guide, Cloze Notes, and Important Passages – This Romeo and Juliet study guide includes 17 pages of notes on the plot of William Shakespeare’s play. These extensive and accurate notes are broken down by acts and scenes. About half of the notes on the play are in cloze note form. An answer sheet for the cloze note blanks is included in this package. The other half of these notes are made up of important passages with ample room for translation, interpretation, text-based support activities, or any short close reading activities you see fit. All passages pulled for these notes contain line numbers from the play.

Romeo and Juliet Balcony Scene Close Read 20 Multiple Choice Quiz Test – This product is a close read / multiple choice quiz of Act 2, Scene 2 of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, also referred to as the balcony scene. This close read includes 20 multiple choice questions, an answer sheet, and an answer key. The text used for this close read is the one from Holt’s Elements of Literature, Third Course. A text with the same line numbering will also work. There are many out there. The text of the balcony scene is not included as part of this product. The multiple choice questions that accompany this close read focus on several concepts beyond plot comprehension, including imagery, metaphor, simile, personification, characterization, tone, author’s purpose, and form (line numbering). Use this product as a guided close read, or use it as an assessment.

Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 1 Cloze Note Close Read Quiz Test – This original two-page summary of Mercutio and Tybalt’s death scene in Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet makes for a great cloze note activity or reading assessment. This unique and student-friendly reading contains 40 blanks that must be completed with both paraphrased responses and answers “directly from the text.” The cloze note format is guidance enough for students to have success understanding the events of this pivotal scene.