Romeo and Juliet
Project Choices
Due Date:
at start of class
Explanation: This project is worth 150 points. You essentially are choosing your own grade in this project.
You have three categories that you may choose from to pick your activities. Each category is worth a
different amount of points. Choose the activities that you would like to complete.
All responses should be typed.
Grading
A= 135-150 points
B= 120-134 points
C= 105-119 points
Just because you complete an activity does
not guarantee that you will earn full points.
Your work must be high quality.
You may attempt to earn an additional 30 points in extra credit by exceeding the requirements for this
project.
Plan your choices here:
Silver Level Activities (30 points each)
1. Draw a detailed and full color depiction of one moment from the play. Your drawing should use a
full sheet of paper (8.5x11). On the back of the drawing, explain what scene you drew and why you
chose that scene.
2. In a 1-page typed response, answer the following question: If you could change places with one
character in the play, which would it be and why? Make sure to describe the character and the
situation and explain thoroughly why you would want to be in that character’s position.
3. In a 1-page typed response, answer the following question: Which character is most like you? Be
sure to thoroughly explain how you are like this character by using specific examples from your life
and from the play.
4. Choose one character from the play that changes during the course of the story and describe that
change thoroughly in a 1-page typed response. You should explain how they behaved at the
beginning of the play, how they behaved at the end, and how and why they changed.
5. Make a cartoon of any act or scene. Your cartoon must be at least six panels, and it must be in
full color with text. Your cartoon should accurately depict the scene.
6. Write an obituary for a character. Your obituary should be at least one page long, and it should be
typed. Look in a newspaper for examples of obituaries. Be sure you thoroughly discuss that
character’s life and the circumstances of his or her death.
7. Make a collage of a major theme from the play. Use clippings from magazines or newspapers. The
collage must completely fill a sheet of paper that is at least 8.5 x 11. You should use at least ten
different images in your collage. On the back, explain in a paragraph what theme you are
representing and how it relates to the play.
8. Draw a map (full color) of the town of Verona. Label the important landmarks and the points of
interest.
Gold Level Activities (50 points each)
1. Design a CD cover and list at least 10 songs that would fit for a soundtrack to the play. For each
song you choose, explain in 3-5 sentences why you chose the song and how it relates to the events
or characters in the book. Your response should ideally be typed in a booklet.
2. Pretend that you are a newspaper reported and conduct an interview with one of the characters.
Create 20-25 questions to ask the character, and be sure to include the character’s responses. Make
sure that at least 5 of your questions are open-ended (example: Juliet, when your father threatened
to kick you out of the house, why didn’t you just run away to be with Romeo?). Type up your
questions and the responses.
3. Write an original song about the play. Your song needs to be at least 20 lines long. You do not
have to actually record a version of the song. You just need to write the lyrics for the song. Write
one paragraph about how this song relates to the play.
4. Make an illustrated timeline of ALL important events from the play. Your timeline needs to have a
picture (drawn not cut out) for each event, and you need a 1-2 sentence description of each event.
5. Based on the events of the play, write a horoscope page for the Sunday edition of the Verona
newspaper that forecasts the types of events the character is about to face. Write the character’s
name and the corresponding sign on the back of the paper.
Platinum Level Activities (100 points)
1. Write an alternate ending to the play. Your ending should start at the beginning of Act 5. You
need to write it in script format (look at the text of the play in our book for an example). You do not
need to write in Elizabethan English or iambic pentameter, but you do need to write three full
scenes. Your alternate ending should be as long as Shakespeare’s fifth act. It needs to be logical. In
other words, you cannot have Godzilla come in and eat them all or turn it into a Zombie Apocalypse
ending. You can change the ending, but it needs to make sense based on all the events that have
occurred in Acts I-IV
2. Retell one of the acts using prose (standard writing for stories and novels). Be sure to set your Act
in a different setting so that you may adapt the dialogue to fit the setting you have chosen. A
different setting could be something like: a Western frontier town, a high school cafeteria, or a
setting from a fictional place. You should use detailed narration and some quotations from the
characters. You should not use exact quotes. You need to rewrite the story in your own words. Be
sure to include everything from the act you choose. You will upload this to turnitin.com. DO not
copy a translated version from the internet or other source.
3. Act out and video tape several scenes from the play (this may be completed with a partner or a
group). Your video needs to last at least ten minutes. You should actually act out the scenes. Don’t
just stand in front of the camera reading out of the book. You may use humans or appropriate
puppets, dolls, or other figures with your voices.