Weeks 29 and 30
Semester 2
Mrs. Barnett
English 1
Bellwork #21
 Romeo and Juliet’s families hate each other, for reasoning
that we aren't told about (they may have even forgotten
themselves).
 Is the young lovers’ situation believable? What
parallels and real life Romeo’s and Juliet’s are
apparent today?
Bellwork #22
• Write a prologue by the chorus for Act III.
• Strict rhyme scheme
• 14 lines
• 3 quatrains
• Terminating couplet
• 10 syllables per line
• Extra credit opportunity: write the prologue in
iambic pentameter in the form of a
Shakespearean sonnet.
Read like a Rock Star
Student’s are to
pick a book of
interest to the
student.
Student’s book
must have 150
pages and be
school appropriate.
Project’s due
May 22/23
Act 2 Class Activites
 ACT 2 Scene 1 and 2 Class Activity
 ACT 2 Scene 4 Class Activity
 ACT 2 All Scenes Class Activity
 ACT 2 Vocabulary
Act 2 (Regular)
Act II/Scene 1 & 2
1. How does the audience know that Mercutio and Benvolio
do not know that Romeo has fallen in love with Juliet? This
is an example of what type of irony?
2. How does Romeo learn of Juliet's love for him?
3. Name 2 things to which Romeo compares Juliet in praising
her beauty.
4. Explain Juliet's main points in her soliloquy (lines 33-48).
5. What is Juliet's concern in Scene 2, lines 85-106?
ACT II
Act II/Scenes 3 & 4
1. What is Friar Laurence's chief interest (hobby) besides his duties as a
priest? What comparison does he make between man and plants? (pp.
853-854, lines 7-30)
2. What is his first reaction when he hears Romeo has a new love?
3. Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
4. What do we learn from Mercutio and Benvolio about the letter Tybalt
sends to Romeo's house?
Act II/Scenes 5 & 6
1. What makes Scene Five so amusing?
2. What excuse does Juliet give for going to Friar Laurence's cell?
3. What does Romeo plan to have delivered to the nurse later in the day?
Why?
Act 1-5 (Honors)
 Act 1
 Audio
 Handout – complete
sentences
 Act 2
 Audio
 Handout – complete
sentences
 Act 3
 Audio
 Handout – complete
sentences
 Act 4
 Audio
 Handout – complete
sentences
 Act 5
 Audio
 Handout – complete
sentences
Test on ACT 2 of R&J
 Test on Act 2