GCSE Romeo and Juliet

Live tweeting of discussion and analysis of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet from GCSE and A Level Lit Teacher/Examiner and absolute Shakespeare nut. #teamJuliet

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

For real. 💯

[Jade Pearce @PearceMrs]

Really enjoyed hosting a parent info evening on all things learning at school last week
🧠Our cognitive architecture and how we learn
🧠Effective strategies for independent study - spacing & retrieval
🧠Strategies to avoid
🧠 Sleep
🧠Mobile phones
🧠Music

[Douglas Wise @DoWise]

Wider reading booklet for Romeo and Juliet >> https://t.co/dyE8Palhbk Something for students to engage with as part of their remote learning work. With thanks, as always, to @BL_Learning #TeamEnglish

[Douglas Wise @DoWise]

Romeo and Juliet study booklet >> https://t.co/C2AwnfWYo3 Word and PDF versions #TeamEnglish

[Shabnam Ahmed @Shabnamagram]

If it’s any use to anyone, I made a Romeo and Juliet revision booklet for the question on male aggression. #teamenglish @Team_English1 #romeoandjuliet

https://t.co/OGtk4YaJUJ

[Mrs Dawson-Darby @MissDawsonEng]

Trying to get braver with sharing resources. A booklet on Romeo and Juliet for year 7 with key scenes focused on gender. Hopefully it saves at least one person some time! @Team_English1 #edutwitter #ECT
https://t.co/rufARf42UX

[Luke Crawford @MrLukeCrawford]

What do you think are the biggest misconceptions in Romeo and Juliet?

[GCSE Romeo and Juliet @GCSE_RandJ]

@Miff__ @AnnaR1977 @GCSE_Macbeth @OldFortunatus Remember, this is also a reflection of the times. R&J is a 'plague play', the audience wouldn't see it as odd to wish to just get on with it & get the body tucked away in a crypt.
But FL does want it rushed, & covers it with his rant at her parents' grief. He's against the clock!

[GCSE Romeo and Juliet @GCSE_RandJ]

@kibble34 (We also know that Capulet eventually Capitulates - which his name betrays)

[GCSE Romeo and Juliet @GCSE_RandJ]

@kibble34 But we know he is not the modest type. He is downplaying Juliet's beauty, she is a child - if he were to talk up her beauty it would play into the rhetoric that she is a woman and undo all of the arguments for delaying the marriage that came moments before.

[Jasmine Clarke @JasmineRClarke]

Was discussing this old resource at work today so thought I’d reshare ☺️It’s a series of R&J practise Qs with an extract for each Act/Scene. Feel free to adapt or RT, link below👌🏼
https://t.co/HC5NsaDm7Z
@Team_English1 @EnglishWales #teamenglish #RT #englishliterature #edutwitter

[GCSE Romeo and Juliet @GCSE_RandJ]

@GCSE_Macbeth I'd change the exam to one paper. Section a: literary heritage with a mix of Shakespeare (maybe some Marlowe) and pre1914.
Section B: modern text
Section C: unseen poetry.
Schools still teach the required amount, but students get more choice come exam time.

[GCSE Romeo and Juliet @GCSE_RandJ]

Here’s a question that has come up in DM and my revision session at school today: What is Shakespeare’s intention/purpose in writing #RandJ ?
Would love to hear your points for this tricky piece of AO3

[GCSE Romeo and Juliet @GCSE_RandJ]

When you look at the encounters between Juliet and her men, Paris' egocentric world view is clear. Unlike Romeo who presents himself as 'unworthy' of the saint Juliet, P's overuse of 1st person pronoun 'I' & possessive adj 'my' reflect that for him it's Juliet who's less worthy.

[GCSE Romeo and Juliet @GCSE_RandJ]

Have been talking a lot about masculinity with my group today - always great to return to Act 1 Scene 1 and the servants

[GCSE Romeo and Juliet @GCSE_RandJ]

“Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?”
So starts one of the great sketches all English teachers love to act out spontaneously (I promise - you should try it in the hall one day); but to analyse it can be a bit of a pain. To get it, change your thinking and remember this is a PLAY.

[GCSE Romeo and Juliet @GCSE_RandJ]

Well, that's all folks. Thanks for watching with me. For those heading back into school tomorrow, stay safe; and those still embracing distance learning, stay safe. x

[GCSE Romeo and Juliet @GCSE_RandJ]

Lord C has a real fixation on future legacies that has shone through in this production. He rarely talks of Juliet without also considering her role as his heir. Even with her death he provides her jointure #AlmostLiveFromtheRSC

[Erica Whyman @EricaWhyman]

Again this feels like a foreshadowing of Hamlet. A man of God cannot risk being in the tomb. What does he hear? What does he fear? The human truth is greater than the Church. And Juliet dies like a Roman Emperor. All is upturned, and all is simple.Just love #AlmostLiveFromtheRSC