Romeo and Juliet9th Grade English

Ms. Penton

Intro to Shakespeare

• List the letters of the alphabet from A-Z on a sheet of paper. Try to think of a word that can be associated with Shakespeare for each letter. Be prepared to explain your answers.

• Read pages 892 – 896 in your textbook.• Complete Elizabethan Vocabulary worksheet.

Day One• ABC’s of Shakespeare• A – act, actor J – Juliet, Julius Caesar• B – the Bard, balcony K – King’s Men• C – Comedy, Capulet L – London, love• D – drama M – Macbeth,

Montague• E – England N - • F – friar, fate O – the wooden “O”• G – Globe Theatre P – poet,

playwright• H – Hathaway (Anne) Q – queen • I – Italy (Verona) R - Romeo

ABC’s of Shakespeare (continued)

• S – Stratford, Shakespeare, stage• T – theatre, tragedy• U – • V – verse• W – William• X – • Y – • Z –

The Globe Theatre

• http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/• http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/about-

us/virtual-tour

Globe Theatrehttp://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu/globe/index.html

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-globe-theatre-structure.htm