LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE

HOW ROMANTIC  ARE YOU?

“Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is!” 
 (Act 1, scene 1)
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

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Are you in love? What's your ideal love? In this project, we'll put our romantic mode on and discover the joys and pains of love. Ready?

First, we start off with a love song... 

What's your favourite love song?
Share it with us in your class PADLET!

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Do some research and find your best English love song.
2. Double click anywhere on the Padlet to start.
3. Just copy and paste the link from YouTube or ant other video sites.
4. Write a sentence: This song reminds me of...
5. What's the message behind the song? Write a short paragraph.

Read the play, Romeo and Juliet, at home

ROMEO and JULIET. pdf

AUDIO

ACTIVITIES

KEY TO THE EXERCISES OF ROMEO AND JULIET

PC TASKS:
- How much do you know about SHAKESPEARE? DO THE QUIZ

- Love, Marriage, Romance, Flirting 1
- Love, Marriage, Romance, Flirting 2
- Love, Marriage, Romance, Flirting 3

Watch the Movie with Leo di Caprio

1. Reflect on the film and the book in groups. DIFFERENCES.


Question 1. SETTING: Places Where does the classical play and the new version take place? Example: Verona vs Verona Beach. Where are they? Which century?
Question 2.. IMAGERY: metaphors & images :
WATER (swimming pool, beach, aquarium...) and FIRE (petrol station, fights...)
DAY and NIGHT, the MOON. What do they mean?
Question 3.. LANGUAGE. Which characters speak in verse and which in prose? Who is the narrator?
Question 4. THE FANCY DRESS PARTY. What's the role of the costumes the characters wear?
Question 5. ELEMENTS. To make the new version, basic elements have been changed. Example: swords for gun
Question 6. Other differences between the classical version and the film version



2. YOU ARE THE NEW DIRECTOR for the ADAPTATION OF  ROMEO AND JULIET for the 21st century.

THINK ABOUT...

1. Main characters. Who are the actors and actresses?
 What is the Friar like? And the Prince?

2. Setting: where does the action take place? Any music?

3. Elements: Make it modern with technology: mobiles, internet, GPS...

4. Time & communication

- How do characters fight? where?
- How do they know about the party at the Capulet's?
- How do Romeo and Juliet communicate?
- How do you represent banishment?
- How does the Friar communicate with Romeo in Mantua?

5. Other elements



Review some grammar

Uses of Present Perfect Simple from Isadown

WRITING TOPICS FOR A "MY WORLD"

ROMANTIC PROJECT OPTIONS

1. Perform your favourite scene of Romeo and Juliet, live or on video!
2. Book trailer
Summarize the book into a trailer of 2-3 minutes. You can use images, sounds, video clips and quotes from Shakespeare. Make the audience really eager to read the story!:))
3. Create a Romeo and Juliet canvas at edcanvas.com

OTHER LOVE SONGS WE HAVE ENJOYED

Some romantic movies...