Date: January 26, 2000
Grade Level(s): 12
Subject(s):
Goals: The students will be able to:
Procedure:Shakespeare book Handout for group instruction
Activities: Hand out already on desk
a. Attention getter
On board- September 27, 1594
"Welcome to the London Theatre! You have just been selected as the talented actors and actresses to perform one of the plays by the wonderful new playwright William Shakespeare."
b. Instructions
-Two plays are Much Ado about Nothing and Romeo and Juliet- both we have read in class
You will be working in groups for this activity, but you will be doing very little interaction face to face with your group for the first few days.
You will e-mail ideas to your group members while you are searching the web for information on Shakespeare, his plays, his life, etc.
Be sure to e-mail your group members with links to the great web pages that you find.
-After obtaining the e-mail addresses of your group members, e-mail back and forth to:
1. Pick one act that your group will perform for this class
2. Decide who plays each character
-Be sure to pick the person who can best represent each character
-The purpose of this is to recognize the distinguishing qualities of each character and attempt to portray these qualities in your chosen act
3. Create a new ending for the scene to work on creative writing skills
-This is what will be acted out in class
-Be sure to keep the characters' personalities intact
4. Evaluation
-I will grade you on how well you seem to understand the characters through the acting out of the scene and by how well you can keep the personality
the same in the new ending.
-I will also grade you on your imaginative ending
-You will be graded on how well you keep on task
In addition,
-Each group will evaluate another group on character understanding and creativity- I will grade you on your evaluation of another group
-You will complete a self-evaluation after you have performed your act
All of the above activities should take about 15 minutes
c. Separate into groups
-Raise hands to decide who goes in each group -- allow students to decide which play they would like to be in -- about 5 people in each group
5-10 minutes
d. Assignment for the day
-By the end of the class period each person should turn in:
1. A typed paper with the names of group members and their e-mail addresses
2. As many web addresses as you found today on Shakespeare ranking them
from the best to the worst and tell why
3. Intended act of performance
4. Who plays what character
5. Ideas for new endings
-We will work of this project for one week and perform it beginning next Monday.
This activity should take the remainder of class time
For disabled students:
All students can participate in this activity. If moving around and acting is difficult for one person, they can have another part as something
a bit less mobile. If speaking is the problem, there are parts with no speaking involved. Any problem that is encountered can be taken care of.
Being that this is a group activity everyone will be able to work together and produce a quality performance and try to involve everyone.
Shakespeare
We have read two of Shakespeare's plays, "Much Ado about Nothing", and "Romeo and Juliet".
Your objective:
To act out one act from either play, analyzing the characters motives. But rather than just doing standard Shakespeare, your group will create a new
and creative ending for the act.
- While e-mailing between your group members:
1. Pick one act that your group will perform for this class
2. Decide who plays each character
-Be sure to pick the person who can best represent each character
-The purpose of this is to recognize the distinguishing qualities of each
character and attempt to portray these qualities in your chosen act
3. Create a new ending for the scene to work on creative writing skills
-This is what will be acted out in class
-Be sure to keep the characters' personalities in tact
Timeline
| Today: | E-mail group members to begin getting organized (an assignment will be given in class) |
| Tuesday: | Work on this project in your groups using the word processor to type your ideas. Each group member must use the computer for the same amount of time. |
| Wednesday: |
We will discuss with the rest of the class group ideas. Each group is responsible for a 2-3 minute computer based presentation of their ideas on this assignment this far. |
| Thursday: | Writer of the Week |
| Friday: | Final touches, practice acting |
| Monday: | Begin performances |
| Tuesday: | Performances |
| Wednesday: | Guest speaker-School computer specialist, Mr. Carpenter, will teach us how to create a web page and why it is important |
| Thursday: | Begin creating web page that contains all of the plays that were written by this class |
***Be as creative as you can with this. Have fun with it. Feel free to use props, music or anything else you can think of to make your performance
better.***
**If your group needs help with this project I will be available after school until 4:30, before school beginning at 7:00, 5th period, and of
course during class. Do not feel bad about asking for help! **
Assessment:
1.Teacher Evaluation
Each student will be graded on:
Useful Internet Resources:
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The Shakespeare Web
http://www.shakespeare.com/
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Shakespeare Oxford Society Homepage
http://www.shakespeare-oxford.com/
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William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/
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Shakespeare Bookshelf
http://www.ipl.org/reading/shakespeare/shakespeare.html