SHAKESPEARE
We go slow to go fast.
Take heed: this is YOUR way to access what you've missed; sleeping in class and absences (excused or otherwise) are not acceptable! The resources are listed, the teacher is available; you are responsible for making up what you missed.
Click here to look at the syllabus
Word wall: scansion, syllable, foot, meter, iamb, trochee, spondee, pyrrhic, stress-banking, thought-phrasing, elision, expansion, feminine ending, -ed, aside, "tragedy", alliteration, assonance, paraphrase, heroic couplet, exeunt, denouement, dramatis personae
Link Here for the poetry terms definitions page
Link Here for the list of Commonly Used words and their meanings
Link Here for the poetry terms definitions page
Link Here for the list of Commonly Used words and their meanings
Important websites: MIT Shakespeare, No Fear Shakespeare, The Folger Shakespeare Library
In-class resources: The Shakespeare Lexicon; Shakespeare's Names; Shakespeare Aloud; Pronouncing Dictionaries (RP & SAE); The Complete Works (Arden)
Extra Credit is given to those that read a part in each of our play selections!
Please remember: Late assignments receive half credit
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION (FIRE DRILL, GAS LEAK, INTRUDER) DURING PASSING/LUNCH, ROY WILL BE OUT BACK BY THE BASEBALL FIELDS
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CURRENT PROJECT
Final Exam
Take the Final Exam here.
Refresh your memory on the Poetry terms and Common usage words (links above)
Be sure you know major characters and important events from each of our readings
Important quotes here
Refresh your memory on the Poetry terms and Common usage words (links above)
Be sure you know major characters and important events from each of our readings
Important quotes here
UPCOMING/PREVIOUS PROJECTS
THE TEMPEST
Act V quiz here
5/14--Read Act V
Act IV quiz here
5/9--Read Act IV; read through
5/8--Watch the film
Act III quiz here
5/6--Read Act III
Watch the first two Acts of the film
Act II quiz here
5/2--Finish Act II.
5/1--Read through II, i
Act I quiz here
4/30--Finish Act I
4/29--Cast the play; read through I, ii, 369
HENRY IV, part 1 (1H4)
Act V quiz here
4/24--Read Act V
Act IV quiz here
4/23--Read Act IV
Act III quiz here
4/22--Finish Act III
4/18--Begin Act III; read through III, ii
4/17--Compare/contrast Hollow Crown version
4/16--Watch Globe version
4/15--Finish Act II; take the Act II quiz here.
4/12--Read through II, iv, 388.
4/11--Read through II, iv, 115.
4/9-10--Statewide testing
4/8--Take the Act I quiz here.
4/5--Finish Act I
4/2--Read thru I, ii.
4/1--Welcome back! A brief history of the English Crown from Richard III through Henry VII. Here is the genealogy.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Act V quiz here
3/19--Read Act V; take the quiz
Act IV quiz here.
Act III quiz here.
3/18--Finish Act III; take Act III quiz. Read Act IV (it's super short)
3/15--Insult-o-rama: insult Roy as your exit ticket! Use this handy-dandy Shakespeare insult kit! Read Thru III, ii, 365.
Act II quiz here
3/14--Finish Act II; take Act II quiz. Read thru III, i.
Act I quiz here
3/13--Finish Act I; take Act I quiz. Read through II, i, 194.
3/12--Intro and cast play; read thru I, i.
Act V quiz here
3/11--Finish Act ; take the quiz; watch the film
3/8--Begin Act V; read through V, vii.
Act IV quiz here
3/7--Finish Act IV; watch Act IV of the film
3/6--Read through IV, iii, 181
3/5--Watch Act III of the film
Act III quiz here
3/4--Read Act III; quiz tomorrow.
3/1--Finish Act II of film.
2/28--Watch film through II, ii.
Act II quiz here
2/27--Read Act II
Take the Act I quiz here
2/26--Finish Act I
2/25--Read through I, iv.
2/22--Cast play; begin reading
2/21--Intro Macbeth
The Sonnets
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William Shakespeare had to make money during the plague years when the theaters were closed; one of the ways he worked the hustle was writing poetry on commission. Among those works were the 154 sonnets. Here are the good ones: II, III, VIII, IX, XII, XVIII, XX, XXII, XXIII, XXVII, XXIX, XXXIV, XXXV, LIV, LV, LVII, LXXI, XCI, XCIV, CIV, CVI, CXVI, CXXI, CXXVII, CXXX, CXXXVIII, CXLI, CLIII, CLIV
Sonnet Performance Rubric here; let me be clear: This is a "Sonnet Performance." If you do not present your memorized sonnet for the class, you will receive ZERO for the unit.
2/22--Cast the play; begin reading.
2/21--Any stragglers; intro Macbeth
2/20--Wrap-up/final sonnets
2/19--Initial rounds done
2/18--Sonnet presentations begin! Everyone is due; volunteers appreciated.
2/15--Short day; Winterfest Pep Assembly!
2/14--Let's listen to a nice Valentine's Day story before we have a work day on our sonnets; performances Monday
2/13--Begin Shakespeare: The Legacy. Quiz here. This link to see it on youtube might work.
2/12--Ice day (again)...rrr...
2/8--Now, use your paraphrase and stress banking to make your scansion reflect the meaning of your sonnet.
2/7--Looking at yesterday's thought-phrasing, rewrite each line in your own words (paraphrase)
2/6--Ice Day...rrr...
2/5--Break down each line into its individual thought-phrases (remember the pyramid of numbers?)
2/4--Begin sonnet project:
1/22--Welcome and intro.
William Shakespeare had to make money during the plague years when the theaters were closed; one of the ways he worked the hustle was writing poetry on commission. Among those works were the 154 sonnets. Here are the good ones: II, III, VIII, IX, XII, XVIII, XX, XXII, XXIII, XXVII, XXIX, XXXIV, XXXV, LIV, LV, LVII, LXXI, XCI, XCIV, CIV, CVI, CXVI, CXXI, CXXVII, CXXX, CXXXVIII, CXLI, CLIII, CLIV
Sonnet Performance Rubric here; let me be clear: This is a "Sonnet Performance." If you do not present your memorized sonnet for the class, you will receive ZERO for the unit.
2/22--Cast the play; begin reading.
2/21--Any stragglers; intro Macbeth
2/20--Wrap-up/final sonnets
2/19--Initial rounds done
2/18--Sonnet presentations begin! Everyone is due; volunteers appreciated.
2/15--Short day; Winterfest Pep Assembly!
2/14--Let's listen to a nice Valentine's Day story before we have a work day on our sonnets; performances Monday
2/13--Begin Shakespeare: The Legacy. Quiz here. This link to see it on youtube might work.
2/12--Ice day (again)...rrr...
2/8--Now, use your paraphrase and stress banking to make your scansion reflect the meaning of your sonnet.
2/7--Looking at yesterday's thought-phrasing, rewrite each line in your own words (paraphrase)
2/6--Ice Day...rrr...
2/5--Break down each line into its individual thought-phrases (remember the pyramid of numbers?)
2/4--Begin sonnet project:
- Choose a sonnet (no more than 2 people per sonnet)
- Copy and paste your sonnet on to one page
- Arial 18 point font
- double spaced
- Begin scansion for rhythm
1/22--Welcome and intro.