Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scenes 2-3 – Journal
Double-entry journal for Act 1, Scenes 2 and 3 of Romeo and Juliet: students quote and explain lines on Paris and Capulet's talk, the nurse and Juliet's relationship and Lady Capulet's view of Paris, then summarize each scene.

- Grades
- Grades 9–12, High School
- File type
- Multiple File Types
- Editable
- Yes
- Subject
- ELA, Literature
- Topic
- literature, literacy
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Editable
- Yes
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What's inside this resource
This 2-page resource is a Double Entry Journal for Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scenes 2-3.
This comes in PDF so you can print and distribute to students. It also comes in an editable Word document so students can type into it on their devices.
There are 4 different journal entries for students to respond to and indicate which lines from the play support their response.
Students will summarize, reflect and analyze in their journal entries.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Analyze the relationship between the nurse and Juliet using quoted lines
- Summarize the events of Act 1, Scenes 2 and 3
Teaching tips
- Students need their own copy of the play, since the journal gives line ranges such as 1.3.1-67 but not the text itself.
Skills covered
- Comparing viewpoints — students contrast how Lady Capulet and the nurse react to Paris's marriage proposal
- Citing lines — students record the act, scene and line behind each journal response
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
- Double-entry journal
- Textual evidence
- MLA citation
- Characterization
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