Advanced Placement Classroom

<p>Part of Prufrock's new series for the upper level classroom, <i>Advanced Placement Classroom: Romeo and Juliet</i> is a user-friendly guide to teaching one of Shakespeare's classic plays. Featuring more than 50 reproducible pages to supplement student projects, debates, and writings, this guide teaches students to consider new perspectives on the traditional tale. Teachers can implement day-to-day study of the play with intriguing journal prompts, introduce challenging critical thinking with lessons that put Juliet's nurse and Friar Lawrence on mock trial for their role in bringing together the lovers, and much more.<br><br>Prufrock's new line of innovative teaching guides is designed to engage students with creative learning activities that ensure Advanced Placement success. The <i>Teaching Success Guide for the Advanced Placement Classroom</i> series helps teachers motivate students above and beyond the norm by introducing investigative, hands-on activities including debates, role-plays, experiments, projects, and more, all based on Advanced Placement and college-level standards for learning. <br><br>Grades 7-12</p> Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Why Shakespeare? Chapter 3 Why Romeo and Juliet? Chapter 4 Reading Romeo and Juliet Lesson 1: Tchaikovsky’s Symphonic Version of Romeo and Juliet Chapter 5 Understanding Romeo and Juliet Lesson 2: Art? Not Art? Lesson 3: Apothecary’s Cabinet Chapter 6 Performing Romeo and Juliet Lesson 4: Interpretive Group Performances Lesson 5: Courtroom Drama Chapter 7 Talking About Romeo and Juliet Lesson 6: The Play as a Consideration of Government and Law Lesson 7: Art Museum Field Trip Chapter 8 Writing About Romeo and Juliet Glossary Appendix A References Resources for Further Study About the Author Common Core State Standards Alignment