Romeo and Juliet key extract and quotation booklet
A comprehensive resource designed for Year 9 and Year 10 students studying Romeo and Juliet. This booklet includes carefully selected quotation-focused analysis, summaries and targeted tasks to develop students’ understanding of key scenes, characters and Shakespeare’s methods.
Includes focused tasks and quotation analysis activities exploring the following key scenes:
• Act 1 Scene 1 – Servant/brawl focus
• Act 1 Scene 1 – Romeo focus
• Act 1 Scene 2 – Capulet and Paris
• Act 1 Scene 3 – The Nurse, Juliet and Lady Capulet
• Act 1 Scene 4 – translated Queen Mab speech
• Act 1 Scene 5 – Lord Capulet and Tybalt
• Act 1 Scene 5 – Romeo meets Juliet
• Act 2 Scene 2 – Balcony Scene
• Act 2 Scene 3 – Friar focus
• Act 2 Scene 6 – Romeo marries Juliet
• Act 3 Scene 1 – Brawl between Capulets and Montagues
• Act 3 Scene 2 – Juliet reacts to the news Romeo is banished
• Act 3 Scene 5 – Romeo and Juliet wake up together
• Act 3 Scene 5 – Juliet refuses to marry Paris
• Act 4 Scenes 1-5
• Act 5 Scene 1 - Romeo reacts to the news Juliet is ‘dead’
• Act 5 Scene 3 – The end
Ideal for:
Homework – Set key scenes for students to focus on and consolidate by making independent notes on a range of carefully selected quotations.
Independent study – Help students revisit key scenes and develop their quotation analysis skills.
Lesson activities – Support close textual analysis, class discussion and written responses.



