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Enjoy these free Romeo & Juliet Resources!
This is a  Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare character introductio podcast by Hello, Friday! by Meredith O'Neill on Spotify.

Romeo & Juliet Who's Who? Character Introduction

Please enjoy this free pre-reading activity which will help students understand key characters in Romeo & Juliet.  Access the student handout, answer key, and Slides to use with this audio here.  Access the audio for this file here.

Romeo & Juliet Act II Summary

Romeo & Juliet
Act II Synopsis

This thirteen-minute audio will deepen your students' understanding of the important elements in Romeo & Juliet Act II.  The audio provides a brief synopsis via a scene-by-scene breakdown, character analysis, and examination of literary elements.  Listen here.

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Romeo & Juliet
Act V Synopsis

This twenty-two minute audio will deepen your students' understanding of the important elements in Romeo & Juliet Act V.  The audio provides a brief synopsis via a scene-by-scene breakdown, character analysis, and examination of literary elements.  Listen here.

This Romeo & Juliet prologue analysis by Hello, Friday! podcast by Meredith O'Neill on Spotify.

Romeo & Juliet Prologue Analysis

Help your students understand the Romeo & Juliet Prologue with this line-matching activity and audio file which explains the handout in depth.  Access the handout and answer key here and the audio here.

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Romeo & Juliet
Act III Synopsis

This twenty-five minute audio will deepen your students' understanding of the important elements in Romeo & Juliet Act III.  The audio provides a brief synopsis via a scene-by-scene breakdown, character analysis, and examination of literary elements.  Listen here.

Romeo & Juliet Act I Synopsis from Hello, Friday! podcast on Spotify.

Romeo & Juliet

Act I Synopsis

This fifteen-minute audio will deepen your students' understanding of the important elements in Romeo & Juliet Act I.  The audio provides a brief synopsis via a scene-by-scene breakdown, character analysis, and examination of literary elements.  Listen here.

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Romeo & Juliet
Act IV Synopsis

This seventeen minute audio will deepen your students' understanding of the important elements in Romeo & Juliet Act IV.  The audio provides a brief synopsis via a scene-by-scene breakdown, character analysis, and examination of literary elements.  Listen here.

Quick & Meaningful Plug-Ins 

Sometimes teachers need quick and meaningful plug-ins to extend lessons, fill a few minutes, or provide much-needed brain breaks.  Meaningful plug-ins assist with scaffolding, too, so keep them bookmarked during your Romeo and Juliet unit study.

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Your students will enjoy listening to the actors explain the complexities of playing characters in Romeo and Juliet.

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Director Michael Oakley addresses the question:  Is Romeo and Juliet's love ideal?

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The Romeo and Juliet Ballet

Seeing Romeo and Juliet in a different medium, in the case, a ballet, deepens students' appreciation and strengthens their analytical skills.  Show this clip to explore a performance  behind the scenes, or this clip of the ballet's balcony scene.  Another option is to share PBS's video of adapting the ballet for screen.

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