1. Choose your favourite character from the play and create a character profile (include a picture if you wish!)
2. If you were a film
director who would you cast in the leading roles of Juliet and Romeo? Justify your choice.
3. Draw a cover for a
new, modern adaptation of the play - ensure you use symbolism.
4. Choose a scene
from the play and transform the text into modern language (maybe include lots
of slang for a teen version)
5. Re-write the ending
with Romeo and Juliet living happily ever after - remember you will need to tie
all together so that the two families forgive and unite.
6. Why do you think
the play is so popular today? Write a
short comment about why audiences still rate it as one of Shakespeare's best
plays?
7. Write a sonnet
about the story.
8. You are a set
designer. Design the set for the balcony
scene.
9. Write a review of
the film adaptation that you studied in class - pay particular attention to the
casting of (the wonderful!!) Leonardo DiCaprio and Clare Danes in the title
roles.
10. Rewrite the story
of Romeo and Juliet in the style of either a horror story or as a
detective/crime story.
