Introduction
Students watched the following videos on Shakespeare:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geev441vbMI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVmOric9nUo
Then a video on Iambic Pentameter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lsuyUNu_4
After hearing the prologue to Romeo and Juliet read aloud, students translated each line into everyday English and then marked the first seven lines in iambic pentameter.
Here is an example:
u / u / u / u / u /
Two housel holds bothl a likel in digl ni ty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geev441vbMI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVmOric9nUo
Then a video on Iambic Pentameter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lsuyUNu_4
After hearing the prologue to Romeo and Juliet read aloud, students translated each line into everyday English and then marked the first seven lines in iambic pentameter.
Here is an example:
u / u / u / u / u /
Two housel holds bothl a likel in digl ni ty