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Twelfth Night Act 2 Sc 4 Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore act 2, scene 4 of Twelfth Night. In this Shakespeare lesson, students watch a video segment of the scene and discuss the plot as well as literary devices.
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Twelfth Night Act 4 Scene 1

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students read and complete play analysis activities for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. In this play analysis lesson, students read Act 4 Scene 1 and a summary of the scene. students complete close reading activities in discussion points,...
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Twelfth Night Act 4, Scene 2

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students complete play analysis activities for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Students read Act 4, Scene 2 for the play and a summary. Students complete close reading activities including discussion points, themes, literary devices....
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Twelfth Night Act 4 Scene 3

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students complete play analysis activities for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Act 4, Scene 3. In this play analysis lesson, students read the scene and practice summarizing. Students complete close reading analysis activities for the...
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Twelfth Night Act 5

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students complete play analysis activities for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. In this play analysis activity, students read Act 5 and a summary of the play. Students complete close reading analysis activities including characterizations,...
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Twelfth Night Act 3 Scene 2

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students complete play analysis activities for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Act 3 Scene 2. In this play analysis lesson, students read the scene and a summary of it. Students complete close reading activities of discussion points, and...
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Introducing the Ghost: Asking Questions and Finding Answers

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students write words that describe the Ghost in Hamlet and act out scenes to grab the audience's attention. In this Hamlet lesson plan, students use language to interpret feeling and grab the audience's attention.
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Hamlet on the Ramparts: A Pre-reading Activity

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the first act of Hamlet. In this Shakespeare lesson, students pantomime important events from Hamlet in a pre-reading activity. Classmates observe the performances and write reviews.
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Who's the Fool in King Lear

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students complete close reading and character analysis for Shakespeare's King Lear. In this play analysis instructional activity, students reenact scene 1, Act 1 and pick only the lines that demonstrate action. Students act out the scene...
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Inside Hamlet

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars examine how tone and inflection shape the character of Hamlet. For this Shakespeare lesson, students summarize what they know of Hamlet and complete a read around. Young scholars discuss the inflection patterns and tone in...
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Much Ado About Nothing Writing Task

For Students 7th - 8th
In this Shakespeare worksheet, students study the names of 16 people, places or events in Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare. Students match the sets of pairs that are contrasting opposites or that share a relationship in the play.
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Character Found Poems: Investigating Language in Twelfth Night

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students create found poems to represent characters in Twelfth Night. In this Shakespeare lesson, students discuss how to compose found poems and select characters from the play to write their poems about. 
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Thrusting Greatness Upon Television 3

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a model video using Orsino's speech from Twelfth Night. In this literature and film making lesson, students watch a video clip of Osino's speech and overdub it using Audacity or iMovie. 
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Characteristics of Point of View and Dialogue

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discover the impact of dialogue Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this drama lesson, students read selected scenes and note the point of view and dialogue in the scenes.
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Julius Caesar Background

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students discover Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this drama activity, students read the first act of the play and discuss the historical background of the play. Students also respond to questions about the characters.
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Choosing Sides

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the alliances in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this drama instructional activity, students read the play and act out the conflict and controversy among Brutus, Caesar, Cassius, and Marc Antony.
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Let the Leader Beware

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students consider the tone of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. For this drama lesson, students read the first two acts of the play and discuss tone of the acts. Students also respond to questions about the characters and their...
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Analyzing Solutions in Julius Caesar

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this drama lesson, students read through Act IV of the play and then collaborate to determine Brutus's role in the military. Students write their evaluations.
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Words, Words, Words

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discover Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this drama lesson plan, students read the first act of the play and then rewrite the original passages in today's English.
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Romeo and Juliet Newspapaer

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create a newspaper based on their reading of Romeo and Juliet.
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Romeo and Juliet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read Romeo and Juliet and then write an essay from the point of either Lord Capulet or Friar Lawrence persuading someone to adopt their views concerning marriage.
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OF PASSIONS SUNDRY AND STRANGE

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners examine on-line primary sources to gain an understanding of Elizabethan attitudes toward different character traits. They use these ideas to help explain Lear, or another strong character, more fully.
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Reader's Theater, King Lear, and the Language of Gesture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform a Reader's Theater of a small section of the play, King Lear. They examine the text, read a handout for Reader's Theater techniques, cut and reorder lines in small groups, and add choreography to perform their scene.
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And. . . Freeze!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a short section of a scene very closely and develop a tableaux as a start to the performance process. They write a paragraph in the voice of a character. They present their beginning, middle and end tableaux to the class.

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