Day 1: Unit 3 Overview + All the World's A Stage |
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Today's Goals:
•Understand what this unit is about •Determine why this unit is being taught |
Focus Questions:
Who is Shakespeare? Why is Shakespeare so hard to read? How can I get better at reading Shakespeare? Why are we reading Shakespeare? |
Day 2: Unit's Key Vocabulary |
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Today's Goals:
Learn about key terms related to the stage explore and identify different types of irony |
Focus Questions:
What is irony? What is the difference between irony and a coincidence? What terms are important to understand related to theater? |
Day 3: The History of Drama |
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Today's Goals:
to examine where, how, and why drama exists For each time period, read the section, and answer the questions on page 2 |
Focus Questions:
What were the origins of drama? Why is it important to know where drama originated? How has drama changed through time? |
Day 4: The History of Drama (Continued) |
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Today's Goals:
to examine where, how, and why drama exists For each time period, read the section, and answer the questions on page 2 |
Focus Questions:
What were the origins of drama? Why is it important to know where drama originated? How has drama changed through time? |
Grammar Test |
1/9 |
Day 5 : Shakespeare Life and Times |
1/10 |
Today's Goals:
To examine Shakespeare's life in order to understand why he wrote what he wrote To examine the time period Shakespeare grew up in, including culture to understand context |
Focus Questions:
Who is Shakespeare? Why is he still relevant today? |
Day 6: The Globe Theater |
1/11 |
Today's Goals:
To learn more about Shakespeare's life To examine the globe theater and its parts |
Focus Questions:
What is the Globe Theater? Why is the Globe Theater important to theater/drama history? |
Drama Term +Irony Quiz |
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Day 7: Unlocking Shakespeare: Language (Yodish) |
1/15 |
Today's Goals:
• Examine Yoda and Yodish and try to understand how Yoda constructs sentences •Create skits using Yodish |
Focus Questions:
•How does Yoda create sentences? •What is the difference between Yodish and English? •What are the different types of sentences? •How can I write like Yoda? |
Day 8: Unlocking Shakespeare: Language (Syntax) |
1/16 |
Today's Goals:
•Compare and contrast Yodish with English •Generate a definition of syntax •Determine the connection between Yodish and Shakespeare |
Focus Questions:
•How can Yoda help us understand Shakespeare? •What is syntax? •What is the difference between standard and nonstandard syntax? •How does syntax help us understand Shakespeare? |
Day 9: Unlocking Shakespeare: Language
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1/17 |
Goals
•Review yesterday’s homework •Review sentence, phrases, and clauses •Determine the meaning of sentences •Begin speaking like Shakespeare |
Focus Questions
•What did you learn from yesterday’s lesson? •How can this knowledge assist you with understanding Shakespeare? •What is a sentence? A clause? A Phrase? •How do we determine the meaning of sentences? How can I speak “like Shakespeare |
Day 10: Unlocking Shakespeare: Vocabulary
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1/18 |
Today's Goals:
•To examine commonly used words in Shakespeare’s time •To demystify words •To write like Shakespeare |
Focus Questions:
•How can my writing sound like Shakespeare? •How can writing like Shakespeare help me understand Shakespeare? •How do I understand Shakespeare’s vocabulary? |
Day 11: Unlocking Shakespeare: Meter
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1/30 |
Goals:
•Examine Prose vs. Verse •Look at different types of verses •Understand how syllables naturally create sound patterns •To define foot and meter •To examine scansion •To understand WHY Shakespeare uses Iambic Pentameter |
Focus Questions:
•In what form does Shakespeare write? •Why does Shakespeare’s Meter, matter? •Where and why does Shakespeare change from prose to verse or change his meter? •What is the difference between a foot and meter in poetry? •How do we determine the meter in poetry? •What is Scansion? |
Day 12: Unlocking Shakespeare: Meter
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1/31 |
Goals:
•Determine which lines are hip hop and Shakespeare •To watch a TED-X talk about the power of Iambic Pentameter •To explore how Hip Hop and Shakespeare are similar •To practice scanning for meter. |
Focus Questions:
•How is Shakespeare’s use of meter similar to hip-hop and rap music? •How is Iambic Pentameter useful? •What are the similarities between Hip Hop and Shakespeare? •How do I scan for meter? (review) |
Day 13: Demystifying the Sonnet |
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Goals
±Define Sonnet ±Explore the origins of the form ±Explain the connection between the sonnet and Shakespeare ±Understand how to understand sonnets. |
Focus questions
±What is a sonnet? ±Where do sonnets come from? ±What is a Shakespearean sonnet? ±How do I understand what a sonnet is saying? |