Romeo and Juliet meets West Side Story: the Balcony Scene comparison ESL/ELL

Romeo and Juliet meets West Side story. In this lesson students compare the balcony scene depicted in the clips from two different movies that have a very similar story.

Students will practice using new vocabulary, comparison/contrast expressions and create their own review of the video of their choice either in writing or orally.

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This is a Google Drive file that you will receive a copy of. The lesson itself is a Google Slides presentation.

• The lesson includes:
• Lesson objectives
• warm-up slides
• vocabulary preview slides
• links to the video clips of the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet and West Side story
• Graphic organizers for writing down comparison/contrast ideas
• Final product - a clip review, which can be done either in writing or as an oral presentation
• Speakers notes with additional links and ideas

This lesson can be easily adapted to mixed-proficiency level ESL/ELL classes.

This is a digital resource. Please follow instructions and make a copy of the Google Slides presentation for your own use.

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