Post date: Mar 8, 2010 12:22:40 AM
Shakespeare Bootcamp--Syllabus 1!
Quote: “For man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.” Benedick, V, iv
Monday, March 8: split! Set up
Review bits and pieces
Hand out books
“Whyyyyy Shakespeare???” (said really whinily)
Skits
h/w: read over Act I, i--to p. 25. . . . don’t panic if you get confused. Consult the questions on my page too.
Tuesday, March 9: Review S’speare info
Shakespeare DOL
Read some, watch some
h/w: read p. 29 - 33, I, iii: what kind of person is Don John? Find a quote to prove.
Wed., March 10 S’speare DOL
What do you get, what’s confusing: maybe a little quizette?
Some fig. lang. review
Read DJ and Conrade: set up party, and read some of it?
h/w: read rest of Act II, i, up to p. 59. Use support questions posted on my oh-so-helpful website to understand better and to prep for possible quiz!
Thursday, March 11: 8th Grade Night
Fig. lang. work?
Quiz?
Read aloud: Don John’s displeasure, and tricking Benedick (II, ii, and II, iii)
h/w: finish whatever of II, iii we didn’t finish and go up to p. 91--tricking Beatrice, too! Look for figurative language as you read. Hint: are they REALLY talking about fishing? Is there REALLY fire in Beatrice’s ears????? Finish that reading for MONDAY, March 15, since Friday is together day!
Friday: 3/12: Together day. . . . Public policy work
Complete your reading and fig. lang. work for Monday!
h/w: up to p. 91--continuation of Thurs’s homework
Monday, 3/15: The Ides of March
Let’s talk fig. lang. again, and collect some quotations you like and understand!
read aloud : III, ii--ANOTHER TRICK. . . and then that wacky watch (III, iv)
h/w: complete fig. lang packet.
Tuesday, 3/16
Watch the tricking scene/s. . . then review fig. lang. and find some free range examples.
Work with the watch--look up "farce".