Thanksgiving Break Assignment

We will begin reading Macbeth on Monday 11/30. Over the break, read the introductory essay on Renaissance drama as well as the biographical sketch of Shakepseare and the background material cconcerning the play (pp 452-439).

Shakespeare Assigment

You may choose either prompt…regardless, this assignment will be worth 75 points. However, considering the fact that “B” is much more challenging, I will weight your score accordingly should you choose to undertake it.

Due Friday 11/20

A. Select one word or passage from each play and write a paragraph explaining how it illustrates a central theme. These paragraphs should contain specific references from the plays (you may incorporate quotes but are not required to do so) and should be grammatically and syntactically clean and precise.

B. Select one word or passage from each play and combine them into a sentence that functions as the statement of a theme for the three plays taken as a whole, then write a brief essay supporting your claim. This essay (3-4 paragraphs) should contain specific references from the plays (you may incorporate quotes but are not required to do so) and should be grammatically and syntactically clean and precise.

Week 12 Schedule

Monday 11/2 - Go over quizzes and AP Prompt Essays.
Finish A Midsummer Night's Dream
HW: Read Act I of The Tempest. Keep marginal
summarizing the play scene-by-scene. Bring BOTH the
Shakespeare comedies and your textbook to clas tomorrow!

Tuesday 11/3 - Homework check/John Donne; discuss Act I
and begin reading Act II
HW: Acts II and III of The Tempest

Wednesday 11/4 - Discuss Acts II and III and begin reading Act IV
HW: finish The Tempest

Thursday 11/5 - Homework check/Francis Bacon; discuss Acts IV & V
HW: Inroduction, "Much Ado About Nothing on Stage,"
and Act I of Much Ado About Nothing.