Letters to Juliet

Fact, Question, Response

Use this organizer to keep track of your thoughts as you listen to the audio story. In the "Fact" column, record interesting or useful factual information you learn about the topic. In the "Question" column, write questions that occur to you as you listen. Finally, in the "Response" column, make a list of responses to the story, either as they occur to you or in relation to one of the facts or questions you’ve listed.

Language Identification

Listen closely and check off each phrase as you hear it

• It's a tradition that likely goes back centuries. People started out leaving notes on a local landmark said to be Juliet's tomb.
• By the 1990s, Verona was receiving so many letters, it created an office to deal with them.
• This comes from India; this one, from Japan.
• Dear Juliet, recently I broke up with my boyfriend. I feel very sad because I still love him
• The women you are hearing from call themselves secretaries - secretaries of Juliet.
• The secretaries reply to each and every letter.
• It's up to over 6,000 letters a year
• The city pays for stamps and paper. Furthering their identity as the home of Romeo and Juliet is not a bad thing for tourism.
• When there's a - maybe a difficult letter, we talk to each other to see which is the best answer to give.
• People start the letters - often - saying, Juliet, you are the only one who can understand how I feels - which is nice, in a way; but very sad, in another way...
• I have been working here 20 years.
• The secretaries also keep every letter they receive. And so there's an archive available to the public.

Fill in the Blank

As you listen to the story, fill in the blank in each sentence below with the word or phrase that fits best.

• By the 1990s, Verona was receiving so many , it created an office to deal with them.
• The women you are hearing from call themselves - secretaries of Juliet.
• Furthering their as the home of Romeo and Juliet is not a bad thing for tourism.
• How long can a person stand in this fire hose of human , and take it?
• In a world that can be , the secretaries are there.