English WEEK 4 – Romeo and Juliet: the Prologue
Age Range: Year 8
English Tasks Reading Tasks
Work through the Power Point “Romeo and Juliet: ● Remember to keep reading a variety of books at the Prologue” (Slides 1-11) home. Your child could share part of what they are reading (an extract, a page, a chapter) every Slide 2: THINK: Based on the titles/posters, which day. adaptation of Romeo and Juliet interests you the most and why? ● Recommended reading: Slide 3: Famous quotes from Romeo and Juliet. Slide 4: Watch the trailers from three famous film Noughts and Crosses (series) – Malorie versions of Romeo and Juliet. THINK: Which Blackman version appeals to you more and why? The Fault in Our Stars – John Green Warm Bodies – Isaac Marion Slide 5: The story of Romeo and Juliet. Still Star-Crossed – Melinda Taub Slide 6: The Prologue. Want – Cindy Pon Slide 7: Understanding the Prologue. Juliet Immortal – Stacey Jay Slide 8: The two main themes of the Prologue. Starry Eyes – Jen Bennett Saving Juliet – Suzanne Selfors Slide 9: TASK 1: Rewrite the Prologue in modern Five Feet Apart – Rachael Lippincott (contemporary) English. Romeo’s Ex: Rosaline’s Story – Lisa Fiedler N.B. The Romeo and Juliet Translation included in the Crushing on a Capulet – Tony Abbott Week 4 Learning Pack will help you! The Juliet Club – Suzanne Harper When You Were Mine – Rebecca Serle Slide 10: The Prologue rewritten with the theme of Compulsion – Martina Boone African lions. American Panda – Gloria Chao His Dark Materials Series – Philip Pullman Slide 11: TASK 2: Write your own version of the Prologue using a theme of your choice. Alternatively, follow the links below for other suggestions: EXTENSION: https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books- Sir Patrick Stewart (aka Jean-Luc site/2016/feb/11/top-10-doomed-romances-in-ya-fiction Picard/Professor X) is reading a sonnet a day (including Sonnet 18). Check out his twitter page: https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books- site/2013/feb/14/naima-b-robert-top-10-romeo-juliet- https://twitter.com/SirPatStew stories
https://redwing.lib.mn.us/shakespeare-inspired-ya-lit/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/17-contemporary- reads-inspired-by-william-shakespeare/
The Globe Theatre is streaming free Shakespeare productions on their YouTube channel:
https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/watch/
Continue to use the Summer 1 Knowledge Organiser (Romeo and Juliet) to practise retrieval of learning, revise key concepts, themes and words and to support learning.
Year 8 Week 4 ENGLISH 11/05/20 | CASTLEMAN ACADEMY TRUST Spellings Writing Tasks
Learn these spellings and write a sentence using each See English Tasks section for more detail. word in the correct context, i.e.: “In Romeo and Juliet, the Montagues and the Capulets are involved in a violent TASK 1: Rewrite the Prologue as a modern feud.” translation.
Ancient N.B. The Romeo and Juliet Translation included in the Contemporary Week 4 Learning Pack will help you! Fatal TASK 2: Write your own version of the Prologue. Feud Grudge Mutiny Nought Patient Prologue Rival
If you don’t have a dictionary or a thesaurus at home, a great site to use is: https://www.dictionary.com/
As is: https://www.thesaurus.com/
Useful sites and clips http://youtube.com/watch?v=gvCpDknV6Ps Romeo and Juliet trailer (Franco Zeffirelli, 1968) http://youtube.com/watch?v=AftvENnn37w Romeo + Juliet trailer (Baz Luhrmann, 1996) http://youtube.com/watch?v=jTGWNHa1wIQ Romeo & Juliet trailer (Carlo Carlei, 2013) http://youtube.com/watch?vbeV56hp4T3w the Prologue (from the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film) https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/romeojuliet/page_2/ a modern translation of the Prologue http://www.william-shakespeare.info/script-text-romeo-and-juliet.htm full play script of Romeo and Juliet
Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with
The following websites provide good ideas for reading as well as KS3 Reading Lists (Years 7, 8 and 9). https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/reading-lists-for-ks3-pupils/ (with separate lists for Year 7, 8 and 9) https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/60-great-books-for-reluctant-readers-at-ks3 (ideas for reluctant readers) https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/ks3 https://www.lovereading4schools.co.uk/year-groups/ks3/key-stage-3
TO KNOW BY THE END OF MAY If all else fails, focus on these fundamentals, it will really help your child on returning to school!
Reading Spelling Read the common exception words for Years 5 and 6 Spell the Year 5 and 6 common exception words
Contact details should you have a query about your English learning: Mr Yeates: [email protected] Mrs Hall: [email protected]
Year 8 Week 4 ENGLISH 11/05/20 | CASTLEMAN ACADEMY TRUST