Title:
Enchanting Encounter

Grade Levels:
9th and 10th 

Subjects: 
English 
Social Studies
Advanced Communications

Learner Outcomes: 

• Students will research to gain a background knowledge of the time period of Romeo and Juliet.
• Students will gain knowledge of the impact of the law on the outcome of the story. 

Materials: 
Individual Copies of Romeo and Juliet 
Handouts typed on blue paper 
Zefferelli version of Romeo and Juliet
Roseanna McCoy by Alberta Hannum and video version of West Side Story (Optional enrichment) 

Technology Tools and Courseware:
Overhead projector 
Software for PowerPoint Presentation 
Tape Recorder 
VCR 
Projector or TV 

Teacher Notes:
PowerPoint presentations to social studies and language arts classes have a dual purpose: they form a background of knowledge for understanding the setting of Romeo and Juliet and present a springboard for creating committees for the Faire.
Below is a sample table to organize the committees.
 

Use parallel text and/or Scholastic Scope version to help clarify the language of Shakespeare. 
Parts of this lesson can be used individually or collectively to enhance the understanding of this drama. 
Tape recorders, overhead projectors, blue paper  could be use to help visually and hearing impaired students.
Photograph is the personal property of Anne Yost and should not be duplicated.

Procedures: 

1.  Demonstrate  power point presentation in social studies and language arts classes. 
2.  Read Romeo and Juliet. 
3.  Have students keep a character journal on a major or minor character in Romeo and Juliet. 
4.  Use the information from the character journal to create an interactive play. 
5.  Write and produce a mock trial determining Romeo's fate. 
6.  Upon the completion of reading the text, students will view the Franco Zefferelli version of Romeo and Juliet. 
7.  Students will use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the film and the textual version of the story of Romeo and Juliet. 
8.  Students will write a literary critique of  the textual and film versions of the story. 

Modifications: 
The parallel text can be used to help students understand the language of Shakespeare.
Students will compose character journals on their own level of understanding. 
Hearing or visually impaired students could use audio version of Romeo and Juliet. 
Students having limited Internet research skills can find a tutorial at Beginners Central.
A larger front, lessons on overhead transparencies, and use of blue paper with black ink should be utilized for visually impaired students. 
 

Enrichment Activities: 
Students prepare a mock trial to determine Romeo's fate and rewrite the ending to the story. 
Read/view related literature (ex. Roseanna McCoy, West Side Story). 
Fill out a job application for one of  the characters.
Contract for bonus points or for a grade by doing one of the suggested projects.

Evaluation/Assessment:
Level of participation in Renaissance Faire
Rubric
Project
Quizzes
Unit Test

West Virginia IGO's:
Language Arts:   9.1, 9.12, 9.13, 9.14, 9.15, 9.16, 9.21, 9.22, 9.23, 9.24, 9.25, 9.26, 9.28, 9.30,  9.32, 9.37,9.40, 9.65, 9.68, 9.97
World History:  10.47, 10.54, 10.55, 10.57, 10.63, 10.64, 10.65
Life Skills:  ADC23, ADC25, ADC26, ADC27
National Standards:
Language Arts:
Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts.
Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media.
World History:
Understands the redefinition of European society and culture from 1000 to 1300 CE.
Understands how European society experienced political, economic, and cultural transformation in an age of global intercommunication between 1450 and 1750.
Understands the economic, political, and cultural interrelations among peoples of Africa, Europe, and the Americas between 1500 and 1750.
Life Skills:
Contributes to the overall effort of a group.
Works well with diverse individuals and in diverse situations.
Displays effective interpersonal communication skills.

Job/Career Clusters:
Fine Arts and Humanities
Health and Human Services

References:
A.  Cited Resources
Scholastic Scope
Shakespeare

B.  Additional Resources
Suggested Related Readings:

• Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne W. and James Houston.  Boston:  Houghton Mifflin, 1973. (hostility and its effects on the innocent)
• Go Ask Alice. Anonymous.  New York:  Prentice-Hall, 1971. (teenage suicide)
• The Outsiders  by S. E. Hinton.  New York:  Viking, 1967. (decision making)
• Home Before Dark by Sue Ellen Bridgers.  New York:  Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.  (the generation gap)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding.  New York:  Putnam, 1954. (the role of friendship and peer pressure)
• I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier.  New York:  Pantheon, 1977. (the use of deception and its consequences)
• Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene.  New York:  Dial, 1973.  (teenage love)
• The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier.  New York: Pantheon, 1974  (isolation of the tragic hero)