The "Montague vs. Capulet" Icebreaker. Split the room into two houses. Give them 10 minutes to create a handshake, a chant, and an insult (Shakespearean style, please: "You egg!" works for Macbeth , but try "Thou art like a toad!").
Here is your roadmap to making Verona come alive. Don’t start by reading the prologue. Start with conflict.
But here’s the secret: They just don’t know it yet. The trick is to ditch the dusty worksheets and design Romeo and Juliet lesson plans that treat the text like the action-packed thriller it is.
