1. Quarter 3 Week 1
Why Read Shakespeare?

2. All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players
All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances And a man, in his time, will play many parts.

3. Why Read Shakespeare? Vocabulary
IN p. 64
Text p. 209
Take a sheet of Cornell Note Paper from the back counter
Write down your four vocabulary words and their definitions, leaving space for 2 synonyms and an original sentence.
Then, in your Interactive Notebook:
Answer Qs 1-4 under critical vocabulary.
Finally, make a pocket for your vocabulary!
(See Ms. Goodin for the supplies!)

4. Why Read Shakespeare? Reading Questions
In p. 65
Text p
Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
In lines 1-5. what is Mack’s claim?
How does Mack engage his audience on p. 203?
Why does Mack believe people have a truncated attention span when reading Shakespeare today?
Cite reasons Mack uses to explain how learning literature relates to learning about life. (Hint: p. 206)
On p. 207, identify the rhetorical questions Mack uses to connect with his audience.

5. Why Read Shakespeare? Analyze the Text
IN p. 66
Text p. 208
Answer the following questions in full sentences:
Analyze the Text Qs 1-4

6. Shakespearean Drama Notes
IN p. 67
Text p
Define the following vocabulary words for Shakespeare:
Tragic Hero
Repetition
Tragedy
Parallelism
Tragic Flaw
Rhetorical Questions
Catastrophe
Cast of Characters
Dramatic Irony
Stage directions
Soliloquy
Dialogue
Aside
Foreshadowing

7. Elizabethan words to know
IN p. 68
Text p. 212
Copy down the list of “Words to Know” and define them!
anon
nigh
wherefore
durst
perchance
whither
ere
prithee
withal
fly
thence
thy
hark
thine
thou
hie
thither
doth
issue
‘twixt
dost
naught
whence
thee
Week 2 Homework: On a separate sheet of paper, write your own paragraph using as many of the words on the list as you can. Your goal is 10 or more!
This will go in a pocket on IN p. 68