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Listen and view this rap music video summarizing the plot of Romeo and Juliet. Then, see if you can come up with your own rap/song to summarize the plot and/or highlight your favorite parts.

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Using Canva, choose a timeline template and fill in the details with all of the significant plot points of the story. Determine the number of scenes and how many you should highlight in this timeline. This will help create a summary of the entire play in a logical, organized fashion.

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Pretend that you are the characters in the story. Assume their traits, thoughts, feelings, and more. Using Google Docs, type up a diary entry or letter to another character (from the character whose role you are assuming) in the story.

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Romeo and Juliet each have soliloquies throughout the play where they speak their minds by themselves. How would you portray these scenes? Record yourself with a camera acting out one of the soliloquies from the play. You can upload the video to YouTube or share it with me to present to the class.

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What do you see as we read? Using Google Drawings create a visual representation of your three favorite characters in the story. Shakespeare gives limited descriptions of the characters. Use what he provides, but then add your own twist. Be creative!

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Create a group of 3-5 people for this assignment. Using FigJam, a collaborative whiteboard tool, brainstorm some potential responses to this question: How can we apply the themes of Romeo and Juliet into modern times/our lives?

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Reading Shakespeare can be challenging due to the words and syntax he used. LitCharts has a translation into modern English of Act One, Scene One. After reading the translation, choose a different scene and create your own translation into modern English. Feel free to use slang or any currently common words.

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ROMEO

Well, now you missed the target. She won't be hit by arrow. She's like , protected by the armor of chastity. She is immune to the weak and childish arrows of love. She ignores words of love, refuses to even let you look at her with loving eyes, or open her lap to receive golden gifts that would even tempt a saint. Oh, she's rich in beauty. But she's also poor, because when she dies her beauty will die along with her.

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ROMEO Well, now you missed the target. She won't be hit by arrow. She's like , protected by the armor of chastity. She is immune to the weak and childish arrows of love. She ignores words of love, refuses to even let you look at her with loving eyes, or open her lap to receive golden gifts that would even tempt a saint.

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Using your phone camera or another device, go outside and take photos of various objects, architecture, and other similar things that relate to the play. (For example, roses and flowers are common symbols). With each photo, write a brief summary of the photo and its significance/what it represents.