Classroom Resource

Star-Crossed Lovers Online: Romeo and Juliet for a Digital Age

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

This lesson invites students to use their understanding of modern experiences with digital technologies to make active meaning of an older text, such as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, by asking students to create their own modern interpretation of specific events from the drama. Students first brainstorm a list of technologies they use and then imagine what would happen if Romeo and Juliet were set in a modern-day world and that technology was available to the characters. Students work in small groups to create technology profiles for characters in the play, and then discuss their ideas with the class. Next, students select from a variety of projects in which they re-imagine a scene from the play with modern technology incorporated. Finally, students share their projects with the class and discuss why they made the choices of scene and technology that they did.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.R4

Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.9.R4

Vocabulary

  • Digital tools
  • Electronic tools
  • Appropriately
  • Safely
  • Ethically

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Digital and electronic tools must be used appropriately, safely, and ethically.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Engage in safe and ethical behavior when using digital and electronic tools.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Safe behaviors, interactions that keep you out of harm's way, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
  • Ethical behavior, interactions that align to one's moral code, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.14

Create and edit digital texts that are suitable in purpose and tone for their intended audience and occasion.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.9.14

Vocabulary

  • Digital texts
  • Occasion
  • Audience
  • Purpose
  • Tone

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Necessary skills to create and edit digital texts.
  • The intended audience and occasion should be identified before selecting a purpose and tone for digital text.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Create and edit a digital text for an intended audience and occasion.
  • Create and edit a digital text to achieve a particular tone and purpose.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Digital texts can be used to communicate with a variety of audiences and occasions.
  • They should modify the purpose and tone of their digital texts depending on the audience and occasion.
  • Editing is important in establishing a clear purpose and tone in writing a digital text.
  • Editing is important in appealing to a particular audience and occasion with a digital text.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 9

ELA21.9.20

Adapt speech to purpose and audience in a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English conventions as indicated or appropriate.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.9.20

Vocabulary

  • Purpose
  • Audience
  • Contexts
  • Tasks
  • Formal English conventions

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The conventions of standard, formal English.
  • Methods to modify speech to match the purpose and audience in a variety of contexts and tasks.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Incorporate conventions of standard, formal English into academic and personal speech and oral presentations.
  • Adapt spoken language to the purpose and audience in a variety of situations.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • The conventions of standard, formal English are necessary for effective academic and workplace communication.
  • Spoken language should be adapted, depending on the audience, purpose, and occasion.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 10

ELA21.10.R3

Utilize active listening skills in formal and informal conversations, following predetermined norms.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.10.R3

Vocabulary

  • Active listening
  • Formal conversations
  • Informal conversations
  • Predetermined norms

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • Strategies to identify formal and informal settings.
  • Engage in formal and informal conversations.
  • Predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate active listening skills during formal and informal discussions.
  • Practice predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Conversations and discussions follow predetermined norms which help us actively listen and gain understanding.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 10

ELA21.10.R4

Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.10.R4

Vocabulary

  • Digital tools
  • Electronic tools
  • Appropriately
  • Safely
  • Ethically

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Digital and electronic tools must be used appropriately, safely, and ethically.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Engage in safe and ethical behavior when using digital and electronic tools.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Safe behaviors, interactions that keep you out of harm's way, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
  • Ethical behavior, interactions that align to one's moral code, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 10

ELA21.10.R6

Employ conventions of grammar, mechanics, and usage in order to communicate effectively with a target audience.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.10.R6

Vocabulary

  • Conventions
  • Grammar
  • Mechanics
  • Usage
  • Target audience
  • Punctuation
  • Capitalization
  • Spelling
  • Effective sentence structure
  • Appropriate formality of language

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Grammar, mechanics, and usage conventions.
  • Effective communication strategies.
  • Methods to identify a target audience.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Employ the conventions of grammar, mechanics, and usage.
  • Communicate effectively with a target audience.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • To communicate effectively, they must use the conventions of standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage.
  • There are situations and audiences when formal language should be used, while in other situations, informal language is acceptable.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 10

ELA21.10.14

Create and edit collaborative digital texts that are suitable in purpose and tone for their intended audience and occasion.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.10.14

Vocabulary

  • Collaborative digital texts
  • Occasion
  • Audience
  • Purpose
  • Tone

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Necessary skills to create and edit digital texts.
  • Collaboration skills.
  • The intended audience and occasion should be identified before selecting a purpose and tone for digital text.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Create and edit a collaborative digital text for an intended audience and occasion.
  • Create and edit a collaborative digital text to achieve a particular tone and purpose.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • They can collaborate with peers to create one final product.
  • Digital texts can be used to communicate with a variety of audiences and occasions.
  • They should modify the purpose and tone of their digital texts depending on the audience and occasion.
  • Editing is important in establishing a clear purpose and tone in writing a digital text.
  • Editing is important in appealing to a particular audience and occasion with a digital text.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 10

ELA21.10.20

Adapt speech to purpose and audience in a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English conventions when indicated or appropriate.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.10.20

Vocabulary

  • Purpose
  • Audience
  • Contexts
  • Tasks
  • Formal English conventions

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The conventions of standard, formal English.
  • Methods to modify speech to match the purpose and audience in a variety of contexts and tasks.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Incorporate conventions of standard, formal English into academic and personal speech and oral presentations.
  • Adapt spoken language to the purpose and audience in a variety of situations.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • The conventions of standard, formal English are necessary for effective academic and workplace communication.
  • Spoken language should be adapted, depending on the audience, purpose, and occasion.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

ELA21.11.R3

Utilize active listening skills in formal and informal conversations, following predetermined norms.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.11.R3

Vocabulary

  • Active listening
  • Formal conversations
  • Informal conversations
  • Predetermined norms

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • Strategies to identify formal and informal settings.
  • Engage in formal and informal conversations.
  • Predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate active listening skills during formal and informal discussions.
  • Practice predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Conversations and discussions follow predetermined norms which help us actively listen and gain understanding.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

ELA21.11.R4

Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.11.R4

Vocabulary

  • Digital tools
  • Electronic tools
  • Appropriately
  • Safely
  • Ethically

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Digital and electronic tools must be used appropriately, safely, and ethically.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Engage in safe and ethical behavior when using digital and electronic tools.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Safe behaviors, interactions that keep you out of harm's way, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
  • Ethical behavior, interactions that align to one's moral code, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

ELA21.11.17

Use images, sound, animation, and other modes of expression to create or enhance individual or collaborative digital and multimodal texts that are suitable in purpose and tone for their intended audience and occasion.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.11.17

Vocabulary

  • Images
  • Sound
  • Animation
  • Expression
  • Collaborative
  • Digital texts
  • Multimodal texts
  • Purpose
  • Tone
  • Intended audience
  • Intended occasion

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Necessary skills to include images, sound, animations, and other modes of expression in digital and multimodal texts.
  • Collaboration skills.
  • The intended audience and occasion should be identified before selecting a purpose and tone for digital or multimodal texts.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Work independently or collaboratively to use images, sound, animation, and other modes of expression to create or enhance digital and multimodal texts.
  • Work independently or collaboratively to create digital or multimodal texts that are suitable in purpose and tone for their intended audience and occasion.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Digital texts can be used to communicate with a variety of audiences and occasions.
  • They should modify the purpose and tone of their digital texts depending on the audience and occasion.
  • They will frequently collaborate with others to develop digital products in school and in the workplace.
  • Images, sounds, animation, and other modes of expression can enhance digital and multimodal texts.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 11

ELA21.11.23

Deliver a speech suitable for an authentic audience for a specific purpose, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.11.23

Vocabulary

  • Suitable
  • Authentic audience
  • Purpose
  • Command
  • Formal English

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The conventions of standard, formal English.
  • Methods to modify speech to match the purpose and audience in a variety of contexts and tasks.
  • Situations with an authentic audience include student-led conferences, public meetings, or community-based groups.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Incorporate conventions of standard, formal English into academic and personal speech and oral presentations.
  • Adapt spoken language to the purpose and audience in a variety of situations.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • The conventions of standard, formal English are necessary for effective academic and workplace communication.
  • Spoken language should be adapted, depending on the audience, purpose, and occasion.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.R3

Utilize active listening skills in formal and informal conversations, following predetermined norms.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.12.R3

Vocabulary

  • Active listening
  • Formal conversations
  • Informal conversations
  • Predetermined norms

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • Strategies to identify formal and informal settings.
  • Engage in formal and informal conversations.
  • Predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate active listening skills during formal and informal discussions.
  • Practice predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Conversations and discussions follow predetermined norms which help us actively listen and gain understanding.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.R4

Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.12.R4

Vocabulary

  • Digital tools
  • Electronic tools
  • Appropriately
  • Safely
  • Ethically

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Digital and electronic tools must be used appropriately, safely, and ethically.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Engage in safe and ethical behavior when using digital and electronic tools.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Safe behaviors, interactions that keep you out of harm's way, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
  • Ethical behavior, interactions that align to one's moral code, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.14

Actively engage in collaborative discussions about topics and texts, expressing their own ideas by respectfully contributing to, building upon, and questioning the ideas of others in pairs, diverse groups, and whole class settings.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.12.14

Vocabulary

  • Collaborative discussions
  • Pairs
  • Diverse groups
  • Whole class settings

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The format and process for respectful, collaborative discussions in a variety of settings.
  • Methods for expressing their ideas, contributing to and building upon others' ideas, and questioning the ideas of others.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Participate in a collaborative discussion in pairs, diverse groups, and whole class settings.
  • Express their own ideas, contribute to and build upon others' ideas, or question the ideas of others.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • They can better understand a topic or text by discussing their ideas with others.
  • There are multiple ways to respond to others in a collaborative discussion, including answering questions, asking questions, or adding to others' ideas.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.17

Use images, sound, animation, and other modes of expression to create or enhance individual or collaborative digital and multimodal texts that are suitable in purpose and tone for their intended audience and occasion.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.12.17

Vocabulary

  • Images
  • Sound
  • Animation
  • Expression
  • Collaborative
  • Digital texts
  • Multimodal texts
  • Purpose
  • Tone
  • Intended audience
  • Intended occasion

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Necessary skills to include images, sound, animations, and other modes of expression in digital and multimodal texts.
  • Collaboration skills.
  • The intended audience and occasion should be identified before selecting a purpose and tone for digital or multimodal texts.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Work independently or collaboratively to use images, sound, animation, and other modes of expression to create or enhance digital and multimodal texts.
  • Work independently or collaboratively to create digital or multimodal texts that are suitable in purpose and tone for their intended audience and occasion.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Digital texts can be used to communicate with a variety of audiences and occasions.
  • They should modify the purpose and tone of their digital texts depending on the audience and occasion.
  • They will frequently collaborate with others to develop digital products in school and in the workplace.
  • Images, sounds, animation, and other modes of expression can enhance digital and multimodal texts.
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