Romeo and Juliet Comprehensive Exam with SCR & ECR

Assessment · Grades 8–10 · PDF · $5 or included with All-Access

This is the end-of-unit test I give after we finish Romeo and Juliet. It covers the whole play, from the Capulet feast to the families ending the feud, and it's built for grades 8-10.

Students start with 20 multiple-choice questions on plot and character. Then they write two short constructed responses: one on the role of fate, one on how Mercutio shapes the play's themes. Each SCR comes with a guidance note that tells them where to look in the text.

The essay is a correspondence ECR. Students write a formal letter to their school's curriculum board arguing for or against keeping Romeo and Juliet in the high school curriculum, with a checklist that covers thesis, evidence, counterarguments, and formal tone.

What's included

• 20 multiple-choice questions covering the full play
• Answer key for the multiple-choice section
• SCR 1: the role of fate, with guidance prompts
• SCR 2: Mercutio's role in the play's themes, with guidance prompts
• Argumentative letter ECR with a six-point checklist
• Lined response pages for each written section

How teachers use it

• Summative test at the end of the play
• Split it: multiple choice and SCRs one day, the letter essay the next
• Pull the SCRs or ECR on their own for STAAR-style writing practice