ROMEO AND JULIET WEB DISCOVERY

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Select: Meet Bill

1. When was William Shakespeare born? Where? To Whom? What did his dad do for a living?

2. How many children were in his family of origin? What sports did he enjoy? What happened when William was 15?

3. The early actors of Shakespeare’s times would regularly do what?

4. How old was Shakespeare when he got married? To whom did he get married?

5. What types of plays were his early works?

6. When did he write Romeo and Juliet?

7. What were the names of the two theatres in which he performed?

8. Instead of relying on amplifiers, what did Shakespeare have to use?

9. How did Shakespeare’s competitors try to keep up with him?

10. How did Shakespeare fight back?

11. When and where did Shakespeare retire?

12. Explain his will.

13. How old was he when he died?

14. Where was he buried?

15. What inscription is on his tombstone?

Select: Elizabethan Times/Sex-Crossed Lovers!

16. Who played the women’s roles? When did the first women appear on the English stage?

Select: Elizabethan Times/Shakespeare A Rip-Off Artist?

17. Summarize this “news story.”

Select: Elizabethan Times/Juliet Disses Romeo!

18. What did Juliet call Romeo?

Select: Elizabethan Times/Cold Off the Press

19. State one important fact from this “news story.”

Select: Elizabethan Times/You Make The Call

20. Explain why there was at one point two versions of Romeo and Juliet.

Select: Homepage/The Setting/The Tragedy

21. How old was Shakespeare when he wrote Romeo and Juliet?

22. The story is about a pair of _________-____________ teenage lovers.

Select: Two Houses/Meet the Capulets

23. Describe Capulet

24. Describe Lady Capulet

25. Describe Juliet

26. Describe Tybalt

27. Describe the Nurse

28. Describe the Friar

29. Describe the Prince

Select: Two Houses/Meet the Montagues

30. Describe Montague

31. Describe Romeo

32. Describe Mercutio

33. Describe Benvolio