PROJECT SHAKESPEARE

English IIB
PROJECT SHAKESPEARE
Due: April 9, 2010

1. Class is divided in five (5) groups.
2. Read about William Shakespeare’s world on pp. 683-685 of the Language of Literature textbook and pp. 8-14 of Shakespeare Made Easy: Julius Caesar.
3. All information should be typed on white or colored paper. Choose your own font size and style.
4. Information should include the following:
a. Timeline – Shakespeare life and times
b. Facts – example: monarch, era, theater
c. Photos (in color)
d. List of plays according to COMEDY, TRAGEDY, and HISTORY (Include some photos for some of the plays.
5. The project should be presented in a poster board or as a diorama.

RUBRIC:
Relevance of information – 50 points
Creativity – 25 points
Neatness – 10 points
Group effort – 10 points
Promptness – 5 points

29th Week March 29-April 2, 2010

English IIB
Lesson Plan #29 Week #29
March 29- April 2, 2010

Selection:
Excerpt from Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki-Houston (Quiz)
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Homework:
Define Shakespearean Terms: Shakespearean drama, tragedy, tragic hero, blank verse, soliloquy, aside, and dramatic irony. Due Thursday
Define rhetorical devices: repetition, parallelism, rhetorical questions. Due Thursday

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #11 – FM #s 1-10/Farewell to Manzanar.
2. Work on definition of terms. LOL pp. 686-687.

Tuesday
1. Read “Shakespeare’s World” on pp. 683-685 in the LOL textbook.
2. Take notes.
3. Distribute copies of JC, study guide questions, and terms definition sheet.

Wednesday
1. Read background on JC on p. 689 of LOL.
2. Use foldable paper in two columns and list all characters’ names leaving two spaces in between names. As you read, take notes on important details about the character.
3. Start reading JC.

Thursday
1. Discuss terms defined.
2. Find examples as you go.

Friday
NO SCHOOL

28th Week March 22-26, 2010

English IIB
Lesson Plan #28 Week #28
March 22-26, 2010

Selection: Excerpt from Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki-Houston

Homework:
Vocabulary #s 1-10 barracks, plank, swagger, ambush, quiver, scuttled, councilors, inevitable, designation, protest

Activities
On Monday, I will give a quiz. Please study autobiography, Executive Order 9066, Loyalty Oath, Nisei Regiment, Internment camp, Concentration camp, Patriarch, Shikata Ga Nai, Issei, Samurai, Inu, Nisei, and Oori. After the quiz, we will proceed to read the excerpt starting on page 602 of the Language of Literature.

On Tuesday, we will analyze tone of a passage and cite samples from the text of specific examples of tone.

On Wednesday, you will complete the Comparison and Contrast chart for Night and excerpt from Farewell to Manzanar. You will also answer guide questions.

On Thursday, we will go over the first three sets of guide questions. Then, you will work on vocabulary words.

On Friday, I will give a reading check for the excerpt. Then we will discuss the answers to the questions.

Prepare for Monday’s quiz.

27th Week March 8-12, 2010

English IIB
Lesson Plan #27 Week #27
March 8-12, 2010

Selection: Night by Elie Wiesel, pages 89 until the end
- Focus on: character, characterization, setting, plot, details, figurative language, irony, grammar concepts


Homework:
Excerpt from Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Language of Literature textbook (LOL)

Activities
On Monday, I will give you a quiz on Night. Then we will discuss the questions and answers to the reading check once everyone is finished with the packet after the quiz.

On Tuesday, we will continue the discussion and maybe look at the background to Farewell to Manzanar in preparation to the reading that will follow and see similarities between Night and Manzanar.

On Wednesday, we will watch bits of the Elie Wiesel film. You will be asked to comment via an essay.

On Thursday and Friday, we will view another film (TBA/surprise). We will analyze similarities in the three selections: novel, excerpt, and film.