Teaching Shakespeare has never been more fun! Use these lesson plans to facilitate your students' understanding of the themes, plot, and characters present in Romeo and Juliet. Also see below for a list of Internet resources for additional lessons and helpful resources.

Writing Using Character Analysis

In this 4-day lesson, 9th grade students will explore a variety of literary texts and relate them to their own lives and the lives of others. Students will also create an original narrative poem in iambic pentameter based on one of the characters in Romeo and Juliet.

"…with patient ears attend"

This lesson for high school students helps enhance students' ability to analyze and interpret dramatic scripts. Through this lesson, the structural and linguistic intricacies of Shakespeare's text will become accessible to your students. Students will also develop their own interpretations of the text.

WebLinks and Other Lessons

On this Web page, you will find valuable Internet resources related to Romeo and Juliet and the life and works of Shakespeare. Included on this list are good lessons plans, a source that reviews the grammar used in the Bard's works, and more links that can be used in and out of the classroom.