Aula sobre romeu e julieta

Theme of the class: Engaging students with Romeo and Juliet

Functional aims: Reading and writing about facts in the simple present / using personal pronouns.

Structural aims: Reading for gist, scanning and simple present.

Critical Pedagogical aims: Give the students a general view of marriage rules and impossible loves in the past and how it is nowadays.

Consider: Age: 10-12

Level of skill: beginners

Size of the class: 30 students

I- Introduction

You’ll read the biography of an important writer of the 17th century. Read the text and complete with the asked informations:

William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)

“To be or not to be, that’s the question.”

Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, in 1564. Very little is known about his life, but by 1592 he was in London working as an actor and a dramatist. Between about 1590 and 1613, Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays and collaborated on several more. Many of these plays were very successful both at court and in the public playhouses. In 1613, Shakespeare retired from the theatre and returned to Stratford-upon-Avon. He died and was buried there in 1616.

Place of birth: __________________________________________________

Year of birth: ___________________________________________________

Number of plays he wrote: ___________________________________

Year of death: __________________________________________________

II- Pre-reading

1. Look at the scene below. It is the poster of an old movie called “West Side Story” (Amor, sublime Amor)”, and it was produced in 1960.

a. What genre do you think that fits with the picture?

( ) Action ( ) Romance ( ) Crime

( ) Comedy ( ) Musical ( ) Horror

2. Now read the synopses of the movie and answer the following questions and exercises.

West side Story