Shakespeare and Human Character

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.03.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Objectives
  3. Instructional Information
  4. Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Annotated Bibliography
  7. Resources
  8. Teacher - Student - Classroom Resources
  9. APPENDIX A - Implementing District Standards
  10. APPENDIX B - Sample of Hal's speech / worksheet as referenced in Scaffolding
  11. APPENDIX C - Character Analysis with Suzie as referenced in Activity One
  12. APPENDIX D - Cleopatra's speech → First speech referenced in Activity One
  13. APPENDIX E - Enobarbus's speech → Second speech referenced in Activity One
  14. APPENDIX F - Cleopatra's speech → Third speech referenced in Activity One
  15. APPENDIX G - Movie Maker Assignment and Rubric
  16. Endnotes

That Lady is Loca! or Speech as the Main Method of Characterization in Shakespeare's Plays

Amanda Maureen Stefanski

Published September 2009

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APPENDIX G - Movie Maker Assignment and Rubric

As a final proje ct, you are to create a Windows Movie that presents your assigned character to the class in a way representative of the characterization we discussed during this unit. You have several options for how you can present this character. If you come up with an idea not on this list, you must submit it for approval at least three days (and preferably more) before the presentation.

1) Write a poem, song or rap about the character or performed by the character and present it as a music video.
2) Create a 10 - song soundtrack for Macbeth, which includes at least TWO songs that you identified as being specifically related to scenes with your character. Present the soundtrack as a "NOW That's What I Call Music"-type commercial.
3) Stage a scene where your character is talking to a friend, psychiatrist, parent, etc. about something that happened in the play and his or her reaction to it.
4) Interview your character for the 6:00 News to get his or her reaction to Duncan's murder, or to Macbeth's death, or to the entire event.
5) Re-create one of the scenes from the play IN YOUR OWN WORDS (you cannot use the modern text from the No Fear version - it must be your own. Slang - as long as it is school-appropriate - is allowed).

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