Romeo & Juliet PBL Lesson

Background Information & Pre-Requisites:

Using Romeo and Juliet as a framework and by using project-based learning, students will be able to tackle problems and issues beyond the classroom, incorporate prior knowledge, use critical thinking skills to actively engage in their learning, collaboratively work in groups and demonstrate in tangible ways that they have learned key concepts and skills. The target audience are English 10 students. These students are 14-16 years old. This is a mandatory course that students are expected to take. It is required that students have finished reading or viewing the play in its entirety. They will have also had experience in small groups discussing a variety of issues from the play and will already be comfortable with resources like GoogleDocs, Padlet and Stormboard. Additionally when creating groups, the instructor should do their best to ensure that each group has a variety of students that vary in their academic level, SES, race, prior knowledge/experience and culture. This assignment can be adapted to fit a variety of grade levels.

Objectives:

Prescribed Learning Outcomes (English 10 – British Columbia)

• A1 – Interact and collaborate in pairs to explore experiences, ideas, and information to create a variety of texts
• A2 – Express ideas and information in a variety of situations to explore and respond
• A4 – Select, adapt, and apply a range of strategies to interact and collaborate with others including initiating and sharing responsibilities and acknowledging and discussing diverse points of view
• B6 – During reading and viewing, select, adapt and apply a range of strategies to construct, monitor and confirm meaning including comparing and refining predictions, questions, images and connections
• B8 – Explain and support personal responses to texts by relating reactions and emotions to understanding of the text and explaining opinions using reasons and evidence
• C4 – Create thoughtful representations that communicate ideas and information to explore and respond
  • *Note that each PLO can be adapted to fit a variety of specific learning objectives/curriculum depending on grade and location.

Materials:

• Four Small Clips from Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet taken from YouTube via the MovieClips channel.
  • Balcony & Proposal
  • Romeo Fights Tybalt
  • Romeo Commits Suicide
  • Juliet Commits Suicide
• Internet Access
  • Need to access website, videos, Questionnaire, Google Docs, Padlet & Stormboard
• Computers/Tablets
  • Ideally one per student, however since they will be working in groups, one source can be shared amongst 3 or 4 students

 

 

 

Now let’s get started! Please continue to The Lesson Introduction.