Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Quiz, Close Reading Worksheets, and Vocabulary Games (Bundle)

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and literary craft analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 1 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Included are the following: a reading guide, a multiple choice quiz on characters and plot, six close reading worksheets addressing the author's craft, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) By engaging with these materials, students will:

• Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly

• Define complex words and phrases as they are used in the text

• Discern the significance of a given detail

• Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact

• Draw logical inferences about the author's stylistic choices

• Apply knowledge of literary devices including foreshadowing, allusion, metaphor, simile, situational irony, and onomatopoeia

• Analyze the author's paradoxical language to discern a theme related to love

• Isolate examples of punning language

• Explore cause-and-effect relationships

• Identify the best textual evidence in support of a claim

Materials in this bundle may facilitate small-group discussions in which students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development.

Materials are available for teaching a variety of Shakespeare's plays:

• Hamlet - Google and printable

• Julius Caesar - Google and printable

• King Lear - Google and printable

• Macbeth - Google and printable

• Othello - Google and printable

• Romeo and Juliet - Google and printable

• The Merchant of Venice - Google and printable

• The Taming of the Shrew - Google and printable

• The Tempest - Google and printable