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Due by 4PM

Shakespeare Starts

No Students

Friday

Mastery: Finish Book & Worksheets --Projects Due Thurs.

Book Talks

Book Talks

Mastery: Various Short Pieces of Reading until school is out

Maybe:Book Talks

Mastery: Various Short Pieces of Reading until school is out

Mastery: Various Short Pieces of Reading until school is out

LATE LATE HOT Pink “Making of a Murder Mystery” Fill it in both front and HOT Pink “Making of a Murder Mystery” Fill it in both front and

back. back. HOT pink Ch. 9-12 Questions & Vocabulary HOT pink Ch. 9-12 Questions & Vocabulary

WHITE paper “Mystery Cube Planning Sheet” Fill it all in with WHITE paper “Mystery Cube Planning Sheet” Fill it all in with DETAILS about The Westing Game Mystery. Be colorful and DETAILS about The Westing Game Mystery. Be colorful and

write SMALL on the cube. write SMALL on the cube. AND: paragraph (in correct paragraph form) discussing any AND: paragraph (in correct paragraph form) discussing any

problems you may be having with the project. This paragraph problems you may be having with the project. This paragraph waswas due 4/21due 4/21

Finished Early?Weekly Reader Activities: Simply go to www.weeklyreader.com and click on Subscriber-only content.  See Miss Shanks for our classroom's Magic Word.

 When you get to the Subscriber-only content page  it should look like this.  Click on ANY SECTION EXCEPT Shakespeare. We’ll be using that section in Language Arts, not Mastery.

TWELFTH NIGHT

KING LEAR

TAMING OF THE SHREW

TWELFTH NIGHT

Shanks only

Shakespeare Starts

No Students

Friday

Mastery: Finish Book & Worksheets --Projects Due Thurs.

ShanksBook Talks

Shanks Mastery: Various Short Pieces / Short Stories / Short Plays = Reading until school is out

Shanks: leftover prezos

Shanks’ Extra Credit and

I’ll review the I’ll review the leftover work from leftover work from yesterday and tell yesterday and tell you about your next you about your next assignment (due assignment (due Friday).Friday).

We will read the We will read the Summary of our play Summary of our play together in modern together in modern English.English.

TUESDAY’S TASKSINTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE ACTIVITIES:

•You will view another PowerPoint besides this one to learn about theater and drama. TAKE NOTES ON

IT! It’s in my U:\shankls\assignments folder and it’s called

The Purpose of the Theatre Intro Show..• You will visit my web site at

www.2020nexus.org and click on MY CLASSROOM. Look over what I have posted there about the Shakespeare unit, watch the video if you have not already, and then go to

the page for your class’ play to learn about it. You should find summaries, character

studies, video links, and much of the actual language of the play.

WEDNESDAY’S TASKS

FINISH TUESDAY ’S INTRODUCTION TO

SHAKESPEARE ACTIVITIES: Use a computer in this

classroom if necessary. You can also do it for homework.

•See the next slide for details on task 3 from Tuesday.

Use a computer in this classroom if necessary. You can also do it for homework.

You will visit Weekly Reader’s interactive Shakespeare site to learn about him. Simply go to www.weeklyreader.com and

click on Subscriber-only content. 

Use a computer in this classroom if necessary. You can also do it for homework.

CONTINUED: See Miss Shanks for our classroom's Magic Word.  

Use a computer in this classroom if necessary. You can also do it for homework.

CONTINUED: When you get to the Subscriber-only content page  it should look like this.  Click on Shakespeare.

Use a computer in this classroom if necessary. You can also do it for homework.

CONTINUED: When you get to the Shakespeare site, click his head and you will see thi:.

Use a computer in this classroom if necessary. You can also do it for homework. Due Friday @ 4.

3.1 In what century did Shakespeare live?3.2 Explain the meaning of “bard.”3.3 What problem would Shakespeare have with reading his plays?3.4 How did the Globe Theater get ruined once?3.5 What is one great debate about Shakespeare?

3.6 Name 4 major events in Shakespeare’s life by naming what happened and the year(s) in which it happened.3.7 Explain the meaning of “soliloquy.”

You’d probably really enjoy this extra, optionalActivity. Watch the Rap Video of Macbeth:

We will read the summary of our play together in modern English.

We will read just our Acts & Scenes in the original Elizabethan English.

TWELFTH NIGHT

KING LEAR

TAMING OF THE SHREW

TWELFTH NIGHT

We will read just We will read just our acts & scenes our acts & scenes in the original in the original Elizabethan Elizabethan English.English.

We will start We will start assigning parts assigning parts and characters.and characters.

We will find out We will find out our Modern our Modern Context and re-Context and re-write our acts & write our acts & scenes in scenes in modern English modern English appropriate to appropriate to that context.that context.

Your WEEKLY Your WEEKLY READER READER assignment is assignment is due by 4pm.due by 4pm.

No Students Friday.

Teachers are working on ILP’s.

You may drop off your WEEKLY

READER assignment or

email it on Friday by 4 p.m.

shankLs@d11.org