Student Resources

Graphic Novels

 http://www.amazon.ca/Romeo-Juliet-Graphic-Novel-Original/dp/1906332614  (shows students what a graphic novel cover looks like)

http://mangashakespeare.com/glossary/ROMEO&JULIET_Glossary.pdf   (all scenes are in simplistic language, making it easier to understand)

http://departingthetext.blogspot.ca/2013/03/how-to-read-graphic-novels_4.html (helps students understand how the technicalities of graphic novels work to tell the story/play)

YouTube Links

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDPOtoVWv6U (a R&J mashup of  Zeffirelli’s and Luhrman’s versions of the play)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRrvQ1vZxcg (a synopsis of R&J in simplified language and vivid images)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZLVlajiihI (balcony scene)

 

Wikis

http://shakespeare.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page (example of a Shakespeare wiki page that states character’s names in R&J and their role in the play)

 

Music

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7v3ol5OEfE&list=PL69BFDCACE6525C79 (a playlist a user created on Youtube of music surrounding the themes of  R&J)

http://julietsplaylist-emmerz.blogspot.ca/ (an example of Juliet’s playlist with reasoning behind why those songs were chosen and how they relate to each scene)

 

Drama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHoaPLO6Zd8 (Royal Shakespeare Company performance of R&J)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiBKEJ1zxYg (an amateur video of students performing scenes from R&J)

 

 

 

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