MONDAY October 4

WEEKLY STANDARDS: 1.1E, 1.1G, 1.2A, 1.3B, 1.3C, 1.5C, 1.5E

Objective: Students will complete a test on the material learned during the first unit.  Students will read about the life of William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Stage in preparation for beginning “Julius Caesar.”

Journal: What do you remember about William Shakespeare?  Last year you read his play “Romeo and Juliet.”  Did you enjoy the play?  Why or why not?  Did you find it difficult to understand Shakespeare’s way of writing?

Agenda: 1) Unit Test #1

2) Week 4 Vocabulary: Introducing SAT vocabulary words

3) William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Stage: Reading and note-taking on Shakespeare and his plays.  Pp. 741-749

SAMPLE NOTE-TAKING:
       
        The Elizabethan Stage

                Hooking the Audience's Attention

                        1) The Elizabethan theater was a social place for people to get together
                        2) The actors at these theaters had to move around a lot to hold the audience's attention


Homework: Read “The Play: The Results of Violence” pp. 750-751 and take notes.  Review Shakespeare notes for a brief quiz on Tuesday.