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Weekly Overview:

Unit Description:  The Elizabethan Period-The Renaissance Comes to England

Essential Questions:

1.      Can students identify characteristics of the Elizabethan Period and how those characteristics are reflected in the literature of the period?

2.      Can students explain why the subjects and themes of Shakespearean plays are as relevant today as they were in Shakespeare’s day?

3.      Can students identify elements in tragic plays such as Macbeth or Hamlet that distinguish them as Shakespearean tragedy?

4.      Can students demonstrate how characters in Macbeth or Hamlet compare and contrast with characters in other classic works and with real-life persons (e.g., friends, teachers, celebrities, politicians)?

Resources/Materials:   Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum, McDougal Littell Literature Book, McDougal Littell Resource Manager Unit 2, No Fear Shakespeare-Macbeth 

Standards/Benchmarks/GLEs:  03b, 07d, 09a, 09d, 13b, 29a, 37d, 39c

Objectives:

TSWBAT analyze  Shakespearean tragedy

TSWBAT interpret character motives in a Shakespearean play

TSWBAT compile information on a chosen political leader

TSWBAT design a PowerPoint Presentation on a chosen political leader

TSWBAT test their knowledge of a Shakespearean play

TSWBAT compare and contrast two forms of Macbeth

TSWBAT demonstrate a PowerPoint presentation on a political leader

TSWBAT explain their findings on a political leader using a PowerPoint presentation

Student Learning Activities:

Bell Work

Reading and discussion on Act III of Macbeth

Students will use split page note taking technique on reading

Students will complete Macbeth Act III comprehension questions

 No Bell Work

Students will meet in the Computer Lab to work on a Webquest project

Bell Work

Comprehension quiz on Act III of Macbeth

Students will view a portion of Macbeth DVD-Act III

Character note taking

Bell Work

Students will present Webquest presentations

Bell Work

Students will present Webquest presentations

Homework:

Monday:  Read Frankenstein Ch. 17- 21 and complete study guide-due Tuesday, 12/1/09

ACT Prep Homework-Vocabulary Skills, Using Context Clues p. 512, ex. 1 & 2-due Thursday

Assessments:   The students will be informally assessed on class discussion and participation.  The students will be formally assessed on Bell Work, Macbeth comprehension questions, Macbeth Act III quiz, Webquest presentations, ACT Prep homework, and Frankenstein study guide.

What strategies will I use to address literacy this week? Literacy will be addressed through daily bell work, class discussions, and activities using the strategies of brainstorming and split-page notetaking.