LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL: ȘCOALA GIMNAZIALĂ BĂLCEȘTI
TEACHER: DOBRE (BĂLCESCU) ROXANA
GRADE: 8th
UNIT 6: DONʼT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER
LESSON: ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare
TYPE OF THE LESSON: MIXED
TIME: 50 MINUTES
OBJECTIVES- BY THE END OF THE LESSON, LEARNERS WILL DEVELOP
- STRATEGIES FOR WATCHING AND UNDERSTANTING A SHORT VIDEO
BASED ON THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY ROMEO AND JULIET;
- COMPRHENSION AND SPEAKING SKILLS BY DISCUSSING IDEAS FROM
THE PLAY;
- SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH A PERSONALISED SPEAKING ACTIVITY
BASED ON AN ELEMENT FROM THE PLAY;
MATERIALS: ROMEO AND JULIET VIDEOS, WORKSHEET, TRANSCRIPT,
CHARACTER FLASHCARDS, GAMES
INTRODUCTION: In this lesson plan, learners will be introduced to the Shakespeare play
Romeo and Juliet, a short animated video. They will watch the video and complete
comprehension acivities, and then will be guided to think about and discuss the idea of family
feuds from the play. Finally, learners willdevlop their speaking skills by role playing a
situation where two friend have done something mean to each other.
Procedure
1. Introduce and watch the video (15 minutes):
Teacher asks learners if they have ever had an argument with a friend, classmate or
neighbour. If so, what was it about? Did they make up? Then, tells the learners that they are
going to watch a video called Romeo and Juliet, which is a story about a feud( a long,
ongoing argument) between two families.
After they have watched the video, they are given some video worksheets, where they
have to match words and pictures. They also have to order some sentences according to the
video. Play the video again and learners check their answers to exercise 3.
Ask learners if they liked the story and why. Did they think it was funny, interesting,
happy/sad, etc?
If your learners need more support understanding the video, you might like to adapt
the transcript of the video and get learners to act it out.
2. Discuss ideas from the play (5-10 minutes):
One of the ideas in Romeo and Juliet is ‘family feuds’. The depth to which you discuss
the ideas and questions in this stage will depend on your learners’ age and maturity, and you
may need to provide more or less support.
Ask your learners if they think it was a happy ending and why. Elicit that it was sad for
Romeo and Juliet, but also positive because the two families ended their feud.
As a class, review the story with consequences sentences, i.e.:
1. Because of the family feud, Tybalt is angry when he sees Romeo with Juliet.
2. Because Tybalt is angry, he kills Mercutio.
3. Because Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo kills Tybalt.
4. Because Romeo kills Tybalt, he is sent away.
5. Because Romeo is sent away, Juliet makes a plan but Romeo doesn’t find out about it.
6. Because Romeo doesn’t find out about it, he thinks Juliet is dead and kills himself.
7. Because Romeo is dead, Juliet kills herself.
8. Because Romeo and Juliet are dead, the families end their feud.
Ask your learners what happens each time someone retaliates – does it make the
situation better or worse? Is it better to retaliate or try to forgive people?
3. Extension (30-40 minutes):
Ask your learners to imagine a situation where two friends or classmates have done
something bad to each other. For example, one friend told another friend’s secret, so the other
friend also tells a secret, or one classmate copied another classmate’s work, so the other
classmate draws on their book. Brainstorm ideas on the board.
Tell learners they are going to work in pairs and role play the situation. In the role play
they need to explain to each other why they did what they did and how they were feeling, and
decide whether to apologise and forgive each other.
Learners can either plan a dialogue in their notebooks first or role play it directly.
Monitor and help as needed. Fast finishers can swap roles or try another situation.
Ask learners what happened in the end. Did they forgive each other? Some pairs
could perform their role play for the class!
4. Setting homework: Write an essay about the importance of friendship in your
life.
