During the beginning of this project we will mainly be reading and discussing the events in the first couple of acts of the play.

Reference Sites:

Text of Romeo and Juliet:
http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/romeo_juliet/index.html

Summary and Analysis, Romeo and Juliet:
http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/romeoandjuliet/

When reading the original version I find that reading the summary of a scene before reading the actual scene helps comprehension immensely. This method puts all of the relevant details in the forefront of your mind and you'll be more apt to pick these details out of the text when reading.

class 1

Read the summary of Act 1.  
Full summary -> http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/romeoandjuliet/fullsumm.html

Create a tableau and in it match all sentences from the full summary of Act 1 to the corresponding parts of dialogue from Act 1 scenes 1&2