Elizabethan Theatre Lesson 3 - Context Clues PDF

Elizabethan Theatre Lesson 3 - CONTEXT CLUES Unit 5A: Elizabethan Theatre  Entry Prompt When you don’t understand a word you’re reading, what’s the first thing you do? Why? Do you ever get frustrated when you are reading something you don’t understand? How do you manage...

Elizabethan Theatre Lesson 3 - CONTEXT CLUES Unit 5A: Elizabethan Theatre  Entry Prompt When you don’t understand a word you’re reading, what’s the first thing you do? Why? Do you ever get frustrated when you are reading something you don’t understand? How do you manage that?  Discussion 1. What is the definition of context clues? Romeo & Juliet Prologue In the first column, underline words you don’t understand and circle or highlight words that might be context clues. In the 2nd column, write ideas, notes, and questions about the text. In the 3rd column, write the meaning of the speech in contemporary English. Romeo & Juliet Prologue Two households, both alike in dignity, The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, And the continuance of their parents' rage, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; From forth the fatal loins of these two foes The which if you with patient ears attend, A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. Romeo & Juliet Prologue Original Text Notes Modern Version Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife.  Exercise Romeo & Juliet Prologue You are going to analyze the prologue using context clues, what you might know already about the story, the parts of the word itself, punctuation, and anything else that could help determine meaning. Work individually first. Pair up to share your findings.  Exercise Romeo & Juliet Prologue 1st column: underline the words you don’t understand and circle or highlight the words that might be context clues. 2nd column: write ideas, notes, and questions about the text 3rd column: Write down the meaning of the speech in contemporary English. Romeo & Juliet Prologue Example Original Text Notes Modern Words Two households, both alike in dignity, A story about 2 houses These are two well-known or families who are families in Verona and they’ve In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, similar been fighting for a while. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Soldier or sailors Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. sometimes commit mutiny. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes These families produced young lovers who died tragically but, by A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; “Lovers” means it has dying, ended the feud between their parents. to do with romance? Whose misadventured piteous overthrows The word “piteous” Do with their death bury their parents' strife. sounds like “pity.” The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, Romeo & Juliet Prologue Example Original Text Notes Modern Words And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; And this story of the fight of the Are they talking about families is the story we’re going The which if you with patient ears attend, the play itself? to tell tonight. It should take about two hours. What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. Listen well to the story.  Exercise Romeo & Juliet Prologue Share your “modern English version” of the speech.  Discussion 1. Do you agree with the interpretation or not? 2. What sections did you struggle with the most and why?  Exercise Prologue Performance Work in groups of 4 to present the prologue as a chorus. You can say the lines together in unison or assign lines to each person in the group.  Discussion 1. What was interesting about the performance? Why? 2. What improvements could you suggest? 3. What was a section that they presented very well?  Exit Slip What was the hardest part of analyzing the prologue? Why? What was your favorite part of your performance? Why? If you could do your performance again, what would you change? Why? Elizabethan Theatre Lesson 3