Unit 3 Lesson 1 Introduction to Shakespeare Ronald Donn Neville HS 2015-2016

UNIT 3 Lesson 1: Introduction to Shakespeare’s Language

All lessons adapted from the Louisiana ELA Guidebook and are aligned with Common Core Standards.

Learning Target: Students will learn essential elements of Shakespeare’s language and the parts of a Five Act Play, and complete Actively Learn reading task for Act I of Othello. Students will learn the proper way to cite a play as well.

Students will also devote 2 sessions a week to test prep (Monday and Tuesday, on a normal schedule).

PROGRESSION: 3-4 Days

Day 1: Introduction Part A:

BELL: ONLINE SCAVENGER HUNT: “HTRLLAP” Chapter 6: Shakespeare. Bonus grade to anyone who can tell me where J.K. Rowling’s famous series directly uses Shakespeare. Hint: It’s not exactly church.

CCSS: SL 9-10.1, SL 9-10.6, W 9-10.9, W.9-10.10

Materials & Supporting Texts:

-Key Scenes-In-Class Discussion Template (for notebooks) -11 Strategies For Reading the Bard -Character List from Storyboard: -http://www.storyboardthat.com/teacher-guide/othello-by-william-shakespeare-Relationships Mind Map

LESSON:

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Unit 3 Lesson 1 Introduction to Shakespeare Ronald Donn Neville HS 2015-2016

1. Ind: Have students read samples aloud from “Strategies for Understanding Shakespeare’s Language” from enotes.

2. WC: Discuss proper reading methods.

3. WC: Explain ACT I from Actively Learn. Note: Question are a reading guide, and notes are prewriting for research essay. Students should select TEN (10) notes per week that align with choice of themes/research questions.

4. Show “No Fear Shakespeare” http://nfs.sparknotes.com/othello/

Home: Test Prep, “Ozymandias” (various RL Standards Practice)

Day 2-3: Introduction Part B: Four Themes in Shakespeare

Materials:

Othello Mind Map (just a guide)

BELL: HTRLLAP Chapter 7: Biblical Allusions (show excerpt from Iago’s language—first to pick out Biblical Allusion)

BELL: HTRLLAP Chapter 8: Situational Archetypes. How does ______________ draw on Shakespeare’s Othello? View Prezi, “Shakespeare in Popular Culture”: https://prezi.com/lcbmxpbz3hn4/shakespeare-in-pop-culture/

1. WC: Assign ACT I. Teacher will check notes in AL Act I all week.

2. “Cultural Context of Othello”: https://prezi.com/hg7oxiui99wl/copy-of-understanding-the-cultural-context-of-othello/

3. WC: Review Actively Learn Task: THE EXPOSITION: Othello Act I (due next week). Complete some of these tasks in class, let class as a whole answer some questions.

4. TT: Focus on interesting aspects of the play. What seems modern? What seems old?

5. WC: Discuss FEAR and DISAPPOINTMENT as the central motives behind the characters’ jealousy. What does fear do? Explain the importance of each theme, focusing on SETTING (draw a map). Each type of conflict is based on fear:TMAT: Teacher made Materials 504s Present in Classes 21: 21st Century ToolsLDOE: Louisiana Department of Education Guidebook Task WC: Whole Class discussion or lecture TT: Talk Team or Paired Task Ind: Independent Task

Unit 3 Lesson 1 Introduction to Shakespeare Ronald Donn Neville HS 2015-2016

Man Vs. ManMan Vs. GodMan Vs. SocietyMan Vs. Self

CCSS: SL 9-10.1, SL 9-10.6, W.9-10.10, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.10

Home: Othello Act I Actively Learn

Day 4: Introduction Part C: Why the Five Act Play?

1. Five Act Play Structure: Click here2. Web link: http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/education/literature/five-act-play

CCSS: SL 9-10.1, SL 9-10.6, RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.7, RI.9-10.7 W.9-10.10

TMAT: Teacher made Materials 504s Present in Classes 21: 21st Century ToolsLDOE: Louisiana Department of Education Guidebook Task WC: Whole Class discussion or lecture TT: Talk Team or Paired Task Ind: Independent Task

Unit 3 Lesson 1 Introduction to Shakespeare Ronald Donn Neville HS 2015-2016

OTHELLO: KEY SPEECHES & Scenes

NOTE: This is NOT a comprehension list of readings. This is merely a guide for our focused discussions in class. Students must complete AL readings of the entire

play, approximately ONE Act per week.

  ACT I (The Prologue: Jealousy Rears Its Head ) Key Plot Points: 

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Act I, Scene 1:  

Iago's "O, sir, content you" monologue” **Page______

 Act I, Scene 3:

       -Othello's "Her father loved me; oft invited me" monologue **Page______

       -Iago's "Thus do I ever make my fool my purse" soliloquy **Page______

ACT II:   (The Conflict: The Scheme) Key Plot Points:  

________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Act II, Scene 1:  

       -Iago and Desdemona's Contest of Wits ("Come on, come on" through "To suckle fools and chronicle small beer') **Page______

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Unit 3 Lesson 1 Introduction to Shakespeare Ronald Donn Neville HS 2015-2016

       -Iago's "That Cassio loves her, I do well believe it" monologue **Page______

Act II, Scene 3:

     -Othello's "Now, by heaven" speech **Page______

     -Iago's "And what's he then that says I play the villain?" soliloquy  **Page______

ACT III:   (Rising Action and Climax: A Marriage Made in Hell) Key Plot Points:

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Act III Scene 3:  

       -Iago "courts" Othello & The Green-Eyed Monster is Born: "Ha! I like not that" through "I am very sorry that you are not well"  **Page______

      -Othello's "This fellow's of exceeding honesty" soliloquy **Page______

      -Othello's "I had been happy, if the general camp" speech through end of scene **Page______

Act III Scene 4:

Key Plot Points, Transition to Falling Action, Foreshadowing  **Page______

ACT IV: (The Falling Action: The Monster Grows)Key Plot Points: 

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Unit 3 Lesson 1 Introduction to Shakespeare Ronald Donn Neville HS 2015-2016

 Act IV Scene 1:

     -Key Plot Points, Foreshadowing, Othello's Language: **Page______

    -"O devil, devil" through end of scene **Page______

Act IV Scene 2: Othello's "Had it please heaven" monologue **Page______

Act IV Scene 3: Emilia and Desdemona: The Willow Song Scene **Page______

    -"I know a lady in Venice" through end of scene   **Page______

ACT V: (Denouement: The Monster is Born)

 Key Plot Points: ________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Act V Scene 2: 

     -"Have you prayed tonight, Desdemona?" through "What noise is this? Not dead? Not yet quite dead?" **Page______

     -Iago's "Demand me nothing" speech ***Page______

     -Othello's "Soft you; a word or two before you go" monologue **Page______

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Unit 3 Lesson 1 Introduction to Shakespeare Ronald Donn Neville HS 2015-2016

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

– Who would have thought that Shakespeare could be found in the world of Harry Potter? But nonetheless, the choir at Hogwarts sings part of the spell of the Three Witches from Macbeth:

“DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE

FIRE BURN AND CAULDRON BUBBLE

DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. (ALSO A RAY BRADBURY SHORT STORY)

EYE OF NEWT AND TOE OF FROG,

WOOL OF BAT AND TONGUE OF DOG,

ADDER’S FORK AND BLIND-WORM’S STING,

LIZARD’S LEG AND HOWLET’S WING.”

– MACBETH, ACT IV, SCENE I

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Unit 3 Lesson 1 Introduction to Shakespeare Ronald Donn Neville HS 2015-2016

OTHELLO RELATIONSHIPS MIND MAP

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Unit 3 Lesson 1 Introduction to Shakespeare Ronald Donn Neville HS 2015-2016

IN-CLASS DISCUSSION TEMPLATE/Cornell notes

Plot—summary of the major actions of each scene

Characters—how they develop/change during the act. You can discuss each characters’ major traits and how others see them on this slide

Conflict/s—what tension/s are established in the act and how do these conflicts develop?

Imagery—note and discuss the thematic importance of dominant imagery (such as the animal imagery and garden imagery in Act One)

Notable Language—this play is full of noteworthy language use indicating irony, outrage, fear, passion, anger, etc. Sometimes the language is quite simple; at other times it is extraordinarily complex. Identify specific passages where the language really stands out (is quotable) and discuss not only what is being said but the manner in which the character expresses his or her thoughts.

TMAT: Teacher made Materials 504s Present in Classes 21: 21st Century ToolsLDOE: Louisiana Department of Education Guidebook Task WC: Whole Class discussion or lecture TT: Talk Team or Paired Task Ind: Independent Task

Unit 3 Lesson 1 Introduction to Shakespeare Ronald Donn Neville HS 2015-2016

TMAT: Teacher made Materials 504s Present in Classes 21: 21st Century ToolsLDOE: Louisiana Department of Education Guidebook Task WC: Whole Class discussion or lecture TT: Talk Team or Paired Task Ind: Independent Task