Shakespeare Links

You will have today's class period ONLY to complete this assignment. PLEASE WORK DILIGENTLY!

I have gathered together several websites that have information about Shakespeare or his times. Use these websites to finish filling out your information guide to Shakespeare.

http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/shakespeare1

After you have completed the background information on Shakespeare, please choose one of the quotes after the jump. You will research how this quote is used in modern times by checking on The New York Times website for current articles that still use Shakespeare's words today. 

For fun, check out this hilarious parody of Forrest Gump for the life of William Shakespeare!

List of Shakespeare FAMOUS Quotes after the jump!

R&J Helpful Links

Sometimes, reading Shakespeare and figuring out what he means can be difficult. There are ZILLIONS of resources on the web, but here are a few that I recommend without the extraneous (and unreliable) high school student websites out there. I will continue to add to this post as I find more extremely helpful resources!

Easy Reading

• Audio version will full cast: Quick, fun, great voices!
• http://www.speak-the-speech.com/romeoandjuliet.htm
• OpenSource Shakespeare: Concordance, searchable texts, and easy navigation!
• http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=romeojuliet
• No Fear Shakespeare: A side-by-side Shakespeare text and modern text. Also available in book format to buy!
• http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/
• Bartleby: Online copy of Shakespeare’s text accompanied with line numbers
• http://www.bartleby.com/70/index38.html

Helpful Analysis

• Mr. Bruff offers detailed and sound analysis with a delightful British accent. He has many videos that can help you with other texts and assignments, too. The following are video analyses of Romeo and Juliet.
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqGFsWf-P-cB7YAoARj6iAFCglAfy9aN2

Portfolio Assessment: The Menu of Activities

A “Portfolio Assessment” gives you the opportunity to show your strengths and do assignments that interest you about the novel of choice. In this case, we will all be reading TKAM, but we each will have different ending portfolios with our own unique mix of assignments. Each of the layers below (A, B, and C) have assignments that are alike in difficulty, but engage different personal skills.

• Layer C is the creative, “lighter” assignments that require you to interact with the characters, plot, and setting to create different products. Together, Layer C will count as a quiz grade.
• Layer B is the hard-and-fast knowledge check that proves you really did read the novel and that you really did understand what was happening. Each assignment in Layer B will count as an individual classwork grade.
• Layer A is the significant writing that will be counted as a test grade.
• You will also receive a grade based on your hard work in class as well as the completion of all of the assignments. This will be a classwork grade. This means when you have the opportunity in class to be working, you are ready, able, and concentrated on that work.

This assignment is geared for you to succeed. Choose the assignments under each layer that you best understand and that you know you can do well and receive a good grade on. Do not just choose something because it is easy...Trust me, if you go that route, it is never as easy as you think it will be and because you don’t care about it, you won’t do A+ work. Happy reading! Happy learning!

Check out the full Portfolio Assessment sheet here!

SPRING 2015 DUE DATES:
ONE Layer B: Wed 4/1
ONE Layer C: Fri 4/3
BOTH Layer C: Thurs 4/16