Love+-+Romeo+and+Juliet

For your semester exam, you will read a scene from the play and explain how that scene shows one of the three themes: LOVE, DESTINY, of FEUDS. Then you will make a text connection linking the quote you choose to a song, movie, TV show, book or poem and explain how and why they connect.

Remember you must start your paragraph with a topic sentence, and end it with a concluding sentence.

To help you to study, go through and read some of the paragraphs your classmates have posted here in the discussions. The following people have done a good job with theirs:

This is the rubric I will be using to grade you:

Your group is going to find examples of LOVE within this act.

In the discussion tab for this page, each member of your group will post one seperate entry that has the following information:

1. Description of the scene that shows love - each member must have a different scene 2. Quotation from the play that shows love - You will use the Shakespearean language side of the //Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet// for this 3. Connection to a song, movie, tv show, book or poem that has the same idea or problem 4. Explanation of how the the song, movie, tv show, book or poem connects to the quotation chosen from the play



Notes on citations for plays:

The //MLA Handbook 6th Edition// says, to quote a play:

1. Put the character's name in capital letters 2. At the end of each line, put a / to show the line break 3. When you have a new character, go to the next line and put the new character's name in capital letters 4. Because we're only using one play, when you put your in text citation, do: (act.scene.line number(s)). DO NOT WRITE SHAKESPEARE'S NAME! 5. Use the //Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet// to get your (act.scene.line number(s))

EXAMPLE:

"LADY CAPULET. Marry, that "marry is the very theme / I came to talk of. Tell me, daughter Juliet. / how stands your disposition to be married? JULIET. It is an honor that I dream not of" (1.3.65-68).