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Due by 4PM Shakespeare Starts No Students Friday Mastery: Finish Book & Worksheets -- Projects Due Thurs. 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

Assignments To Work On 1.FINISH Ch. 13+ hot pink sheet. 2.CONTINUE TO WORK ON YOUR PROJECT AT HOME OR MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO COME IN BEFORE SCHOOL, AT LUNCH, OR AFTER SCHOOL IF YOU WANT TO DO IT HERE. LATE HOT Pink “Making of a Murder Mystery” Fill it in both front and back. HOT pink Ch Questions & Vocabulary WHITE paper “Mystery Cube Planning Sheet” Fill it all in with DETAILS about The Westing Game Mystery. Be colorful and write SMALL on the cube. AND: paragraph (in correct paragraph form) discussing any problems you may be having with the project. This paragraph was due 4/21

Finished Early? Weekly Reader Activities: Simply go to 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.

Shanks Book 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 leftover work from yesterday and tell you about your next assignment (due Friday).  We will read the Summary of our play together in modern English.

TUESDAY’S TASKS INTRODUCTION 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 ShowThe Purpose of the Theatre Intro Show. The Purpose of the Theatre Intro Show You will visit my web site at 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 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 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, optional Activity. 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 our acts & scenes in the original Elizabethan English.  We will start assigning parts and characters.

 We will find out our Modern Context and re- write our acts & scenes in modern English appropriate to that context.  Your WEEKLY READER assignment is due by 4pm. No Students Friday. Teachers are working on ILP’s. You may drop off your WEEKLY READER assignment or it on Friday by 4 p.m.