Lesson:

HistoricalTimelineforRomeoandJuliet

GradeLevel:9
th
grade

LengthofLesson:Three45minuteclassperiods

OverviewoftheLesson:StudentswillusethetechnologywebtoolMyhistrotocreatea
historicaltimelineoftheeventsthroughouttheplayRomeoandJuliet.

EssentialLeaningOutcomesQuestions:Bytheendofthislesson,studentswillbeable
to
usethetechnologywebtoolMyhistrotoordertheeventsintheplotoftheplay,identifywhereand
wheneventstakeplace,andidentifyasignificantquotationwhichconnectswitheachrecorded
event.

NCCommonCoreStandardsBeingAddressed:
CraftandStructure:
CCSS.ELALiteracy.RL.910.4
Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyareusedinthetext,including
figurativeandconnotativemeaningsanalyzethecumulativeimpactofspecificword
choicesonmeaningandtone(e.g.,howthelanguageevokesasenseoftimeand
placehowitsetsaformalorinformaltone).
CCSS.ELALiteracy.RL.910.5
Analyzehowanauthor'schoicesconcerninghowtostructureatext,orderevents
withinit(e.g.,parallelplots),andmanipulatetime(e.g.,pacing,flashbacks)create
sucheffectsasmystery,tension,orsurprise.

MaterialsNeeded:Laptop/InternetMyhistrowebsiteRomeoandJuliettext.

HowtheLessonWillFlow:
1)IntroducethewebtoolMyhistrototheclass.Eachstudentwillloginandcreatetheirown
account.Theteacherwillmodelcreatingseveraleventstoputintoastory.Studentswillthen
practicetofamiliarizethemselveswiththetool.(time:30minutes)
2)StudentswillthencreateadocumentwheretheywilllistthemajoreventsfromeachActin
theplay(twominimum/someActshavemayhavemore).Theymustbesuretonotetheyear,
thedayoftheweekinwhichtheeventoccurs,specifictime(ifknown,orsimplyindicatemorning
orevening),andfinally,thecitywheretheeventoccurs(VeronaorMantua).Then,students
shouldchooseonedirectquotewhichcapturestheessenceofeachchosenevent,andinclude
theAct,scene,andlinenumbersinparenthesisaftereachquote.
3)StudentsthenopenMyhistroandusetheirdocumentinformationtocreatetheeventsofthe
story.Inthewrittentext,studentsshouldputthequotations.Then,studentswilldownloada
photo/photoswhichdepictthemainactionineacheventtheyhavechosen.Studentsmustbe
suretoincludethetime,day,andyear.Onthemap,studentswillindicatealocation(Mantuaor
Verona).

Assessment:

Assessmentrubric:
_____*AretheeventschosenanaccuraterepresentationofthemajoreventsineachAct?(Two
minimum)

_____*Didthestudentcorrectlyidentify
_____Dayoftheweek?
_____Timeoftheday?
_____Year

_____*Didthestudentincludeadirectquotewhichaccuratelyoverviewstheeventtheyhave
chosen?
_____DidthestudentincludetheAct,scene,andlinenumbersaftereachquotation?

_____*Didthestudentselectaphotothataccuratelycapturestheevent?

_____*Didthestudentaccuratelyidentifythecitywheretheeventtakesplaceonthemap?

SourcefortheLesson:LaurenOwen