ROMEO AND JULIET

ACT II SCENES I-II

Ms. Marshall-Krauss

HCMS 8th Grade English

ACT II SCENES I-II Warm up: Attempt to read a section of

the primary source. What is this? What do you think it was used for? Can you connect it to anything we’ve read in Romeo and Juliet?

Today’s objective is to read Act II Scenes i-ii, discuss the courting customs of Elizabethan England, and answer written questions regarding literary devices and theme.

WHILE READING Make note of any compliments that

seem as if they could from a handbook such as The Mysteries of Love: The Art of Wooing and Complimenting.

CONNECTIONS In pairs, discuss the compliments you

found in the reading. Next write think of any modern day forms of such texts. Where do young people learn to woo one another today? Are these texts useful or harmful? Explain.

HOMEWORK Study guide 1-3