This term, I hope you will enjoy the selections we will be reading. To begin, we will start with a comedy, after all, we need to have some laughter in class! We will begin by reading William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. To begin, you will need to create an account on Moodle. Please go to the following site: Bay City Public Schools - Moodle. Go to: High Schools - Western High School - British Literature Section 2 (Robinson). Create a new account (unless you already have an existing account). You will receive the enrollment key from me in class.
Once you have created your account and logged in, please Introduce Yourself to the class! Make sure you follow the directions as to what you need to do - I would hate for you to lose points because you didn't follow the directions!
After you introduce yourself, you will take a field trip and visit William Shakespeare in Stratford! During your visit, you will need to answer and do the following:
- Construct a Shakespeare timeline with at least ten important events
- List at least three ways Elizabethan speech is different from yours
- Describe the Globe and explain why it was reconstructed (modern day Globe)
- Discuss the significance of the London plague including conditions during the plague and its relationship to Shakespeare
- Define sonnet, including an example of one of Shakespeare's sonnets
- Access Shakespeare's work online
Have fun learning about Shakespeare. Remember, when you are finished with the field trip to Click on the Discussion Forum: Shakespeare Virtual Field Trip and answer your questions. After you answer your questions, reply to two other classmates (make sure you follow the directions!).
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