Romeo and Juliet A Web Quest Project

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Romeo and JulietA Web Quest Project

• By Leah OdamEnglish teacherCherokee County
  High School

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Alabama Course of Study English Language Arts
(9th grade)

• 2-critique oral presentation
• 6-synthesize information for oral and written
  reports
• 13-make effective oral presentations
• 17-demonstrate the basic conventions of standard
  English
• 21-extend familiarity with all available
  technology and software
• 30-discuss cultures and genres represented in
  selections from world literature

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Introduction-I

• In the next few days you will be in groups
  exploring various aspects of the play Romeo and
  Juliet as well as the life and times of the
  playwright William Shakespeare.

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Introduction-II

• Each person in the group will be responsible for
  a part in this project. Also, each person will be
  responsible for presenting his/her findings to
  the class during a group presentation.

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Group Responsibilities-I

• Each group will consist of four students.
• Each student will have a role to play in the
  group.
• It is up to the group to decide who will play
  what role.

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Group Responsibilities-II

• Genealogist
• This person will study the Montague and Capulet
  families and make a family tree for each family.
• This person will include any family, friends, and
  servants in the respective family tree.
• This person will also be responsible for
  explaining the relationship of each person to
  another to the class.

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Group Responsibilities-III

• Map Maker
• Draw a map of Verona, Italy.
• Make sure to include the Montagues house, the
  Capulets house, Friar Laurences cell, the town
  square, the mausoleum, and the city of Manchua.
• Each location should be placed in respect to how
  they are described in the play.
• Go to the following web site to find a map of the
  city of Verona, Italy www.italydestination.com/it
  alymaps
• Go into detail about what the places may have
  looked like based on what you have read (example
  the Capulets house and the balcony).

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Group Responsibilities -IV

• Biographer
• Write a short biography of Shakespeare after
  answering the following questions.
• You will find the answers to the questions at the
  web site www.online-literature.com/shakespeare
• You must include the information from the
  questionnaire, but you are not limited to only
  that information.

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Group Responsibilities-V

• 1. When and where was William Shakespeare born?
  When did he die?
• 2.What was the name of Shakespeares wife?
• 3. How many kids did Shakespeare have and what
  were their names?
• 4.What was Shakespeares theater named?
• 5. What was Shakespeares theaters motto?

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Group Responsibilities-VI

• 6. Name 4 Shakespearian tragedies.
• 7. Name 4 Shakespearian histories.
• 8. Name 4 Shakespearian comedies.
• 9. Name 4 of Shakespeares poem.
• 10. Under what category does Romeo and Juliet
  fall? Why do you think this is so?

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Group Responsibilities-VII

• Historian
• Learn and report about the societies of Victorian
  Italy.
• You may wish to talk about the way social
  structures were made up, religions and beliefs of
  the day, and anything else you feel is important
  for us to better understand the society Romeo and
  Juliet was set in.
• Look on the following web site to find this
  information www.victorianweb.org

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Presentation

• After everyone has completed his/her research,
  the group should come together to make a
  presentation using Power Point.
• Each person will have a minimum of five slides
  for his/her presentation (excluding the
  genealogist and the map maker-they will have two
  slide and a poster board with their respective
  information).
• Each slide will contain movement and some kind of
  picture/clip-art.

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Rubrics

• Knowledge of assigned material ___
• Power Point (movement and pictures) ___
• Answering assigned questions and implementing the
  requirements ___
• Presentation (loud, eye contact) ___
• Peer grading _____
• 1-could do much better
• 2-could do better
• 3-average
• 4-very good
• 5-exceptional

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Conclusion

• By the end of this project you will have seen how
  technology can help us better understand a play
  written hundreds of years ago. I hope you
  understand how helpful technology and the
  Internet can be. I also hope you have fun with
  the project. Be imaginative and wow us!

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Bibliography

• www.italydestination.com/italymaps
• www.online-literature.com/shakespeare
• www.victorianweb.org