Shakespeare

Analyze the Learner 9th grade class Southern Ohio 28 students

• 26 Caucasian • 2 African-American• 16 girls• 10 boys• Mostly from middle class• 3 students have ADHD

Main Objective The students will learn about William

Shakespeare, some of his works, and the culture he lived in.

The students will learn this within a weeks period.

Technology Technology & Materials:

• Computers• YouTube • Articles

Monday• See what the class already knows about Shakespeare

• Discuss his background/read articleWhat year he lived/died?What was going on when he was alive?

What was the culture/their response to his works?Elizabethan period

Tuesday• The impact Shakespeare had on his society

• How that affects our society today

• Can you still relate to a writing that was written that long ago? Why or why not?

• Read articles/look at works

Wednesday• Look at the different works of Shakespeare

• Read scenes from his comedies, tragedies, and romantic dramas

• Compare and contrast to TV shows and movies that are popular today

• YouTube clips will be shown of adaptations of Shakespeare’s works

Thursday• Split the classroom into groups and give

them scenes from different plays of Shakespeare’s

• Have them practice to do their own adaptation of the scene on Friday

• Students can modernize it, keep it the same, or do anything as long as the content/message stays the same

• Students will use laptops to rewrite scenes and print out

Friday• Each group will perform their scenes

Works Cited (2003). In Folger Shakespeare Library. Retrieved

February 2, 2015, from http://www.folger.edu/documents/Folger_Hamlet_ cg.pd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIcCE3s_rFc William Shakespeare (2011). In History.com. Retrieved

February 2, 2015, from http://www.history.com/topics/british- history/william-shakespeare

The Elizabethan Age. (n.d.). In National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved February 2, 2015, from http://www.shakespeareinamericancommunities.org/education/elizabethan-age