Description

Table of Contents

Introduction

• Language and Drama: The Two Keys to Teaching Shakespeare to Urban Students
• 31-Day Calendar

Introducing Language and Dialect

• Lesson Plan: Balancing Your Ghetto
• Handout: Thinking About Language
• Lecture on Dialect
• Handout: Comparing Dialects
• Prologue: Standard English
• Prologue: My Dialect

Reading Log System

• Lesson Plan: Reading Shakespeare as a Class Using Reading Logs
• Blank Reading Log Template
• Teacher’s Guide to Terms and Vocab by Act and Scene
• Teacher’s Answer Key FOR EVERY SCENE OF THE PLAY

Close-Reading Handouts

• Fun With Puns (Act I, i)
• Shakespeare Off The Hook (End of Act I)
• Best Practice: The Famous Balcony Scene Handout (Act II,ii)
• Understanding Imagery in Shakespeare (Act III,ii)
• Quick Love Poem in Iambic Pentameter (Act III,v or after)

Acting Troupes

• Introduction by Paul Loomis
• Sonnet Memorization Assignment
• Lesson Plan: Acting Out the Play
• Acting Situations For Urban Students
• Student Guide: 2 Rules for Acting Out Shakespeare
• Acting Troupe Scorecard
• Individual Character Examination
• For the Instructor: How To Grade the Actors
• Lesson Plan: Improving the Acting In Your Classroom
• Handout: Hamlet’s Advice to the Players
• Handout: Acting 101
• Voice Acting Strips
• Final Performance Handout and Grade Sheet

Quizzes, Final Exam and Essay Prompts

• Act I Quiz
• Act II Quiz
• Act III Quiz
• Act IV Quiz
• Final Exam
• Handout: Romeo and Juliet Essay Prompts