The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "All's Well That Ends Well" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "As You Like It" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "All's Well That Ends Well" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "The Comedy of Errors" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "Coriolanus" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
Students will perform a close reading of Mark Antony's from Shakespeare's Julis Caesar 3.1 monologue by cutting the text by 50%. Students will evaluate use of tone within the speech and choose appropriate tone words for the monologue. Students will then perform the monologue for the class.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "Cymbeline" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
Students will perform a close reading of a scene from Shakespeare (or another complex text). Students will evaluate the more important elements of a scene including plot, tone, and movement.
Students will create a visual character map examining connections between characters and developing inferences about character motivation in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Students will be introduced to the drama and language of Shakespeare by delivering the famous last words of his characters. Students will infer character motivation from the text.
Students will examine Gertrude's behavior in Shakespeare's Hamlet and synthesize what they know about Gertrude in order to perform her character in a scene and evaluate where Gertrude's loyalties lie.
Students will analyze Petrarchan conventions within the three sonnets in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Students will evaluate whether Juliet adheres to or rejects these conventions.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "Julius Caesar" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "Henry V" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
Students will be introduced to Shakespeare's Macbeth by creating a scene using a script without character names and stage directions. Students will use inference skills to add movement and meaning to the scene. Students use dialogue only to discover the structure and format of the scene and create introductory decisions about the characters in the play.
Students will analyze the sisters in Macbeth by examining a primary source: Holinshed’s The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande. Students will use the elements of visual literacy to analyze a woodcut from Holinshed. Students will synthesize the information from the primary source, the play, and the visual to create descriptions of the sisters.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "The Merchant of Venice" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "Much Ado About Nothing" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
Students will evaluate the dynamics of the scene using a basic movement game to figure out how Viola's words fail and succeed in wooing Olivia.