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Lesson 06: The Adder and the Ladder: Figurative Language as Persuasion in Julius Caesar
Students will read, speak, and analyze Brutus's soliloquy of 2.1.10-36, where he uses figurative language to associate ambition …
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"You should not have believed me": Multiple Readings of Hamlet
One of the most engaging discussions to have about the play Hamlet concerns the sanity of Hamlet and Ophelia: Is Hamlet truly mad or just feigning madness? Does Ophelia commit suicide or drown by accident? This lesson introduces students …
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"A rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear:" original line or familiar find?
Today students will examine a primary source document from 1684 that includes many of the same lines found in Romeo's speech to Juliet in
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A Casket, A Casket
In today’s lesson, students will explore the theme of “All that glisters is not gold.” 2.7.65. Students will understand the reasoning that motivates Portia’s three suitors (The …
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Enter Ophelia: Stage Directions, Promptbooks, and Film
The lesson offers students a chance to learn more about Ophelia’s mad scenes in Act Four of Hamlet by encouraging them to look at the scene as a script that has both fascinated and inspired actors and directors since the play was …
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The Trial of Iago: "To you. . . remains the censure of this hellish villian"
Students will analyze text and utilize outside resources to determine Iago's fate, which is not addressed by Shakespeare in the play. They will then present their findings in an organized "trial" scenario. Since students will be researching …
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"For I Can Speak Against the Thing I Say"-An Antithesis Scavenger Hunt
Antithesis is a feature of Shakespeare's writing where a word, image, thought, or phrase is balanced by an opposite word, image, thought, or phrase. Students will examine Shakespeare's use of antithesis in his verse and prose in order to discover …
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Parenting 101
Students will examine Romeo and Juliet in the context of three excerpts from The Office of Christian Parents: Shewing How Children Are To Be Gouerned throughout All Ages and Times of Their Life. These excerpts deal with instructions …
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Lesson 23
"Good Words are Better than Bad Strokes"
Working in groups as either Antony's or Brutus' campaign teams, students will determine how they wish to represent their own and their opponent's camps visually and with audio. Using
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Illuminating Macbeth
Students will perform a close reading of a soliloquy or monologue and construct an illuminated text using Photostory that demonstrates …
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Mapping Shakespeare
Each student will focus closely on one character in the play and create a visual representation of that character's language, personality, motivation, and relationships. He or she will then use that visual piece as a jumping-off point for …
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"The World's Asleep": But Not Your Classroom
Students will get an introduction to King Lear by manipulating some of his lines and analyzing them for signs of the character's …
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Plotting the Prologue: Romeo and Juliet
Students will explore performing the plot outline and prologue to Romeo and Juliet as a pre-reading activity. Through movement and vocal work, students will work in groups to create a brief presentation of the prologue to clarify meaning, get …
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Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's Tortured Sonnets
Today, students will read four of Shakespeare's sonnets that can be read from either Macbeth's or Lady Macbeth's point of view. Students will analyze the sonnets and determine whose point of view is being expressed and support their decision with …
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"O how I faint when I of you do write:" Analyzing Shakespearean Sonnets Using "SOAPSTone" and Performance
Students will learn to use SOAPSTone—a strategy that helps students break down a text to understand its intended point of view and audience—in order to analyze Shakespeare's sonnets. Students will then physicalize their …
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Mixing it up with Romeo and Juliet
Having students create a soundtrack for the play, by picking one song to represent each scene, can help them make personal connections to the plot as well as get them motivated to more fully understand the …
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"Now, unto thy bones, goodnight."
After reading 5.1.297, the teacher will lead a discussion about the meaning of "epitaph" and the ways in which we remember …
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"Who is it that can tell me who I am?":
Performances of Lear's Speeches
The themes of love, transformation, redemption, and forgiveness are central to King Lear and to Lear's relationships with his daughters. Asking students to read, analyze, and perform two of Lear's speeches—one from the beginning of …
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"O Beware, Sir, of Jealousy:" Passion and Jealousy in Othello and the Sonnets
Students sometimes have a difficult time understanding the difference between Othello's jealousy and his passion. As a pre-reading activity, students will examine these ideas by creating tableaux ("living pictures") to examine the difference …
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The Macbeth Tango
In an effort to understand the strong personalities of the two main characters, the students will examine how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth relate to each other in individual scenes and throughout the play. By taking elements of that relationship and …
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