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

Tools for this Unit:

Teacher - Student - Classroom Resources

The following resources can be used for gathering additional information on the subjects of Shakespeare, characterization, and teaching strategies for students with disabilities. The actual texts by Shakespeare and Williams can be used during instruction.

Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. New York: Riverhead Books, 1998.

Hall, Tracey and Nicole Strangman. "CAST Universal Design for Learning: Graphic Organizers." (2002), http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_go.html Accessed July 20, 2009

ReadWriteThink. "Defining Characterization" (2004). http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson800/Characterization.pdf Accessed July 27, 2009.

Shakespeare's Globe. http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/ Accessed July 9, 2009.

Shakespeare, William. "No Fear Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV." New York: Spark Publishing, 2006.

Shakespeare, William. "No Fear Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra." New York: Spark Publishing, 2006.

Shakespeare, William. "No Fear Shakespeare: Macbeth." New York: Spark Publishing, 2006.

Williams, Marcia. Tales from Shakespeare. Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 1998.

Williams, Marcia. More Tales from Shakespeare. Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 2000.

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