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Hamlet
Learners examine patterns of imagery in Hamlet by using online resources. Students compare the patterns they see to those they've found in other Shakespeare plays. Then learners draw conclusions about why Shakespeare might have used the...
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King Lear
Young scholars examine patterns of imagery in King Lear by using online resources. Students compare the patterns they see to those they've found in other Shakespeare plays. Then young scholars draw conclusions about why Shakespeare might...
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MND Sound Ball Activity
Students are introduced to Act II, scene 1, lines 188-244 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." They explore and analyze how dramatic lines can have varied interpretations by playing a game of sound ball utilizing a list of vocabulary words...
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Reviewing Status Using Hamlet
Students complete exercises examining the use of status and class in selected portions of Hamlet. Working in pairs of small groups, students act out the mannerisms encountered in the selected text. They compare and contrast these...
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Close Reading
Eleventh graders read and study Hamlet. Then they are introduced to close reading as a means of understanding what is being read--not only understanding the printed word, but also the nuances and connotations of language as it is used by...
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Scene Writing: Literacy and Playwriting
Drama is ever-present in our daily lives and eloquently depicted on stage. Middle schoolers practice writing scenes based on different prompts and frameworks, and then perform those creative scenes for their classmates. The activities...
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Change slander to remorse: Unscripted Scenes
Young scholars hypothesize about the content of unscripted moments, search for evidence in the actual text to support their hypothesis, and explore how this hypothesis would affect characterization.
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Pyramus and Thisbe, Page to Stage
Students read and interpret a script. Then they use higher order thinking skills to transfer information to long term memory. They use the information and interpretations in order to have a model to create dramatic scripts.
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Lesson 1: Theatre Arts
High schoolers create and perform based on cuttings from various plays and literature to demonstrate the learning of the process of improvisation. Students connect improvisation with theatre and real life. High schoolers participate in a...
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Performances of Lear's Speeches
Students engage in a instructional activity which gives them an introduction to the text, as a way to compare and contrast the instructional activity learned at the end of the play. They utilize worksheets imbedded in this plan to...
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Friendship in Julius Caesar
Students examine the vocabulary used to show friendship in Shakespeare's, Julius Caesar. In this Julius Caesar lesson, students discuss their idea of friendship and what it means to them. They work in pairs to determine how same sex...
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Figurative Language Alive: Balcony Scene Charades
Learners act out lines from Romeo and Juliet in a charade-like game.
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Poetry Through the Eyes of An Actor
Students examine the ways poetry has been used by actors. After reading a poem, they discuss the characters and the differences in how the male and female students view them. In groups, they read a few of Shakespeare's sonnets and write...
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Bridging the Language Gap
Students gain an understanding of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this drama lesson, students read the second act of the play and then rewrite the original passages in today's English.
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Macbeth
Students engage in a variety of activities in order to complete a unit about the Shakespeare work of Macbeth. The lessons are part of a layered curriculum. The objective is to create a portfolio to create more layers.
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Julius Caesar : Dramatic Reading Project
Students explore Shakespeare's words. In this literature lesson, students memorize and recite a dramatic interpretation of a passage from Julius Caesar.
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Their Names Are Pricked
Students discuss areas of ambiguity in Julius Caesar and analyze the language as a tool to illustrate complex desires. In this Shakespeare lesson, students define subtext and use a neutral scene to act out subtext. Students create their...
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The Bullying of Malvolio
Students explore Malvolio's behavior and treatment in Twelfth Night. For this literature lesson, students examine the characteristics of a bully. They then work in groups and analyze scenes to determine whether Malvolio fits the...
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Appreciating the Language and Interpreting the Meaning of Hamlet's Soliloquy
Students analyze Hamlet's soliloquy, "To be or not to be." In this Hamlet lesson, students define unfamiliar words in the soliloquy and interpret the lines. Students then read the lines aloud and identify descriptive words. Students...
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Investigating Othello: Peeling Away Layers of Meaning
Students analyze piece of literature by looking at it from one perspective and then by re-evaluating what they have discovered when other layers of meaning are added.
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Help!
Students read a scene from a given play. They act out the important details of the scene calling out for help from classmates as needed.
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Caesar
Students examine patterns of imagery in Caesar by using online resources. Students compare the patterns they see to those they've found in other Shakespeare plays. Then students draw conclusions about why Shakespeare might have used the...
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What? Did Caesar Swoon?
Learners discover the "dumb show," a scene that enacts a story silently while focusing on an example from Hamlet. Divided into groups, they act out the silent scene from the play. Again, in groups, they create a "dumb show" from Julius...
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True and Honorable Wives?
Learners discuss whether men or women are smarter. They divide into groups and review Act 2 of Julius Caesar and look for incidents of characters reading or mis-reading "signs", and making either wise or foolish decisions.