This week we will begin learning about Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Times in preparation for reading Romeo and Juliet. At the beginning of the week we will be going to the computer lab to complete a webquest. At the end of the week we will be listening to the How William Became Shakespeare CD. Finally, you will see a PowerPoint presentation discussing Shakespeare's language and dramatic conventions used in his plays. The reading of Romeo and Juliet will begin on the Wednesday we return from February break. In the meantime, you should be reading The Namesake (pp. 1-124) or Nectar in a Sieve (pp. 1 - 78) and preparing for Friday's Socratic seminar. I would like you to have the following items typed in preparation for the Socratic seminar: four discussion questions, two interesting quotes/passages with an explanation, and one connection to another work, film, our real life connection. These typed notes will be worth 20 points.Webquest websites:
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
http://www.renfaire.com/
http://elizabethan.org/
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/elizabethan-theatre-facts.htm
