Romeo and Juliet Chess Set

"Juliet must be the Queen. She is the most important girl character in the story. The Queen in chess in also very strong, like Juliet. They can both do whatever they want in a strong way."

"I decided to make Tybalt the knight for the Capulet side of the chess game. The knight protects the other pieces in the game the same way Tybalt thinks that he is protecting the Capulet honor from Romeo's offenses."

"I made the character of Friar Laurence into the bishop. In the chess games the bishop is a religious person and in the story Friar Laurence is also a religious person. He is also trying to protect and help Romeo."

Common Core Standards

• Reading: Literature
  
  

  11.RL.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

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• Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
  
  

  5. Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

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Math Common Core Standards

• Modeling with Geometry
  
  

  G.MG.1

  Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations 1. Use geometric shapes, their measures, and their properties to describe objects

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• Geometric Measurement & Dimension
  
  

  G.GMD.4

  Visualize relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects Identify the shapes of two-dimensional cross-sections of three-dimensional objects, and identify three-dimensional objects generated by rotations of two-dimensional objects.

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