McCotter - Shakespeare Can Be Fun-Tuesday P.2 Assignments

Hello everyone! This week we will continue with Act 4 of the Tempest and adding important characters and events to our map.


Please complete the following steps and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions you might have. 
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 31" video. 
2. Use the "Shakespeare Week 31" slides as needed. 
3. Complete the map activity for Act 4. Be sure to leave a little bit of room for on the island Act 5 events! 

Have a great week!

Hello everyone! This week we will read and map Act 3 of Shakespeare's The Tempest. 


Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out with questions. 
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 30" video. 
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 30" slides as needed. 
3. Complete the "Tempest Map" for Act 3. I have attached a new copy incase you need one. Otherwise, please keep adding to your original map.

Students will continue reading The Tempest and mapping major plot points and characters on the map. 


Please complete the following steps and reach out with any questions you have. 
1. Watch the "Shakespeare Week 29" video. 
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 29" slides as needed. 

3. Complete the mapping activity for Act 2 on the map you started with for Act 1.

This week we will continue reading Act 1 of the Tempest and adding important events and characters to our map. 



Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out with questions. 
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 28" video. 
2. Print the "Tempest Map" if you can't find your original. If you have your original there is no need to print another one. 
3.Use the "Shakespeare week 28" slides to complete the mapping activity (found on the last slides of the presentation).

Hello everyone! This week we will begin a new play, The Tempest. I split the first act in half as it is rather long. 


Please complete the following steps and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions. 

1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 27" video. 
2. Use the Shakespeare week 27" slides as needed. 
3. Complete the "Tempest Map" activity. Feel free to use the provided pdf or make your own island as a starting point.

I hope you all had a wonderful spring break!
This week you will get to see the names that your classmates suggested for Twelfth Night, or What You Will.

Please complete the following activities and reach out with any questions you have.
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 26" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 26" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "printable-dice." Print the die and on one face put your name. On all the other five faces write numbers that represent something about you, or are special to you in some way. Be sure to explain to me what the numbers represent!

This week students will hear one of Shakespeare's comedies that has two titles!

Please complete the following activities and reach out if you have any questions.
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 24" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 24" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity:Shakespeare week 24."

This week you will identify some of the tragic elements Shakespeare used in Romeo and Juliet.

Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
1. Watch the "Shakespeare Week 23" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 23" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Romeo and Juliet Tragic Elements Chart."

This week we will look at an abridged version of Romeo and Juliet, and focus on the prologue that comes at the beginning of the play.

Please complete the following tasks and reach out if you have questions.
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 22" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 22" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity Romeo and Juliet."

We finish Midsummer Night's Dream this week!

Please complete the following activities and please reach out with any questions you may have!
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 21" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare Week 21" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity: Midsummer Character Organizer Act V."

We will continue to examine different character motivations throughout act IV of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out with questions.
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 20" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare Week 20" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity: Midsummer Character Organizer Act IV."

Hello everyone! This week we will continue to discuss different character's motivations and what is keeping them from getting what they want in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Please complete the following steps and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions you may have!
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 19" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 19" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity: Midsummer Character Organizer Act III."

Hello everyone! This week we read act II of Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 18" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 18" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity: Midsummer Character Organizer Act II."

Welcome back everyone! If you guessed that A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy then you were correct!
We will begin Act 1 this week, and work on keeping track of the characters and their motivations.

1. Watch the "Shakespeare wk 17" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare Week 17" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity: Midsummer Character Organizer Act I" and be sure to turn it in to me.

Happy New Year and welcome back to APEX and semester two! We are going to start off this semester with a brief review of the characteristics of Shakespeare's histories, tragedies, and comedies.

Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions!
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 16" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 16" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Comedy or Tragedy" activity and turn it back in to me.

Have a wonderful week!

Happy New Year and welcome back to APEX and semester two! We are going to start off this semester with a brief review of the characteristics of Shakespeare's histories, tragedies, and comedies.

Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions!
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 16" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 16" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Comedy or Tragedy" activity and turn it back in to me.

Have a wonderful week!

Hello everyone! Welcome to the last week of instruction for 2020! You made it!!

This week we will complete the tragedy Macbeth.

Please complete the following tasks. Be sure to reach out if you have any questions.
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 15" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 15" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Macbeth Quotes Act V" activity.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! "See" you in 2021!

Welcome back, everyone! I hope you had a fantastic break and pondered what you are thankful for.

This week you will go through both Act III and Act IV of Macbeth. This play is true to its genre as a tragedy...brace yourself for some dark parts.

Please complete the following activities and don't hesitate to reach out with questions!
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 14" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 14" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Macbeth Quotes Act III and Act IV" activity.

Have a wonderful week!

Hi everyone! This week we continue the tragedy Macbeth. And a tragedy it is...prepare yourselves for some sad events.

Please complete the following steps and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 13" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 13" slides as needed.

3. NO ACTIVITY OR HOMEWORK THIS WEEK!
Due to the Thanksgiving break you all are getting a break from completing the "Macbeth Quotes Act II" activity. I removed it from the Google Classroom resources, even though the directions in the video say to complete it. Please know you are not required to do any more than enjoy Act II this week.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This week we will start a tragedy by William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

Please complete the following steps and reach out with any questions.
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 12" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare Week 12" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity: Macbeth Quotes Act I."

The final act of Much Ado About Nothing brings back the comedic feel as things take a turn for the better.
This is the final act of Much Ado About Nothing. I hope you enjoy!

Please do the following activities and reach out with any questions!
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 11" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 11" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Activity: Much Ado About Nothing Journal."
4. Use the "Requirements: Much Ado About Nothing Journal" as needed.

5. Optional, but HIGHLY recommended, watch the clip "MuchAdoAct5."

We are continuing with our Much Ado About Nothing play as we read and journal about act IV (4) this week.

Please do the following activities and reach out with any questions.
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 10" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 10" slides as needed.
3. Review the "Requirements: Much Ado About Nothing Journal"
4. Complete the "Activity: Much Ado About Nothing Journal" as the same character as before.

5. Optional, but HIGHLY recommended, watch the "Much Ado Act 4" clip.

The comedy continues in Act III. I am LOVING this play, and I hope you are enjoying it, too.

Please complete the following activities and reach out with any questions.
1. Watch the "Shakespeare week 9" video.
2. Use the "Shakespeare week 9" slides as needed.
3. Review the "Requirements: Much Ado About Nothing Journal"
3. Complete the "Activity: Much Ado About Nothing Journal" for act III.

4. Optional, but highly recommended, watch the "MuchAdoAct3" video.

Hey everyone! I hope you enjoyed the first act of Much Ado About Nothing. The plot thickens as we get into Act 2 and the characters enjoy a masquerade at Leonato's.

Please complete the following activities and reach out with any questions. Have fun!
1. Watch "Shakespeare week 8."
2. Read over the "Requirements: Much Ado About Nothing Journal"
3. Complete the "Activity: Much Ado About Nothing Journal"
4. Use the "Shakespeare week 8" slides as needed.
5. Recommended but not required: Watch "MuchAdo2" clip to actually see part of act 2.


6. Have a parent fill out the "Permission to Share" survey.

It's time! We are starting our first Shakespearean play: Much Ado About Nothing.
This is one of Shakespeare's comedies. We will go through the play act by act. (Think of an act of a play like a chapter in a book).

Please complete the following activities and reach out with any questions. Have fun!
1. Watch "Shakespeare week 7."
2. Read over the "Requirements: Much Ado About Nothing Journal"
3. Complete the "Activity: Much Ado About Nothing Journal"
4. Use the "Shakespeare week 7" slides as needed.
5. Recommended but not required: Watch "MuchAdo1" clip to actually see part of act 1.

Hi everyone! This week you will learn what types of plays Shakespeare wrote and complete a sorting activity.

Please complete the following steps in order and reach out with any questions you come up with!
1. Watch "Shakespeare week 6."
2. Use the "Shakespeare Can Be Fun week 6" slides as needed.
3. Complete the "Shakespeare Comedy vs. Tragedy Sort" and turn it back in.

Hello everyone! This week we will learn more about the Globe Theater and you will get to try your hand at making a model of it (or conducting further research if that's more your thing!)

Please complete the following activities in order and reach out with any questions!
1. Watch "Shakespeare week 5"
2. Go through the "Shakespeare Can Be Fun Week 5 The Globe Theater" slides.
3. Pick ONE activity from slide 10 to complete.

Have fun!

Hello everyone! This week we will conclude reading "A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare." You will then get to create a timeline of Shakespeare's later life.

Please complete the following activities, in order. Reach out with any questions or concerns you have! Have fun.
1. Watch "Food for Thought snap bracelet" video
2. Watch "Shakespeare week 4" video
3. Complete the "Shakespeare Timeline Activity"
4. Use the "Shakespeare Can be Fun Week 4 Shakespeare's Later Life" slideshow as needed.

Hello everyone! It was exciting to see what you already KNEW, WHAT you wanted to learn, and what you did LEARN about William Shakespeare's childhood. This week we will read about his young adult life. Then, you will share 5 new things you learned about his life from this week's reading. However, you won't be filling out a survey this week, but a graphic organizer.

Please do the following steps in order and reach out with any questions!
1. Watch the video "Shakespeare Lesson 3"
2. Open the "Shakespeare Facts" slide and add 5 new things you learned. Either type right in the boxes or print it out, write on it, and submit as a photo.
3. Use the "Shakespeare Can Be Fun Lesson 3: A Child’s Portrait of Shakespeare" slideshow as needed for reference.

I look forward to seeing what you learned!

Hello everyone! Are you ready to learn about William Shakespeare? Well, ready or not, here it comes!

This week I will introduce the beginning of the biography on William Shakespeare, "A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare," and see what you already know about him, what you want to know about him, and what you learned from the first part of the biography.

Please complete the following items, in order, and get the items returned to me no later than next Tuesday morning.

1. Watch the beginning of the video "Shakespeare lesson 1"
2. Complete the "K and W Survey"
3. Finish the video "Shakespeare lesson 1"
4. Complete the "L survey"
5. Use the provided slideshow, "Shakespeare Lesson one 8/31-9/1" from my video as needed.

Please visit me in office hours or email me if you have any questions. Have a great week!

Hello everyone! Are you ready to learn about William Shakespeare? Well, ready or not, here it comes!

This week I will introduce the beginning of the biography on William Shakespeare, "A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare," and see what you already know about him, what you want to know about him, and what you learned from the first part of the biography.

Please complete the following items, in order, and get the items returned to me no later than next Tuesday morning.

1. Watch the beginning of the video "Shakespeare lesson 1"
2. Complete the "K and W Survey"
3. Finish the video "Shakespeare lesson 1"
4. Complete the "L survey"
5. Use the provided slideshow, "Shakespeare Lesson one 8/31-9/1" from my video as needed.

Please visit me in office hours or email me if you have any questions. Have a great week!

Welcome! I am so excited that the start of the school year is finally here! Now while I didn't ever expect to be teaching online I know we can still make the most of this year. I am excited to get to know all of you and to have you all try out your first assignment here on Google Classroom.

Below you will find 4 attachments. Please view them in order and complete your assigned work in a timely matter. All work is due no later than the morning of your next APEX day, but the sooner you get it done and turned in the better.

1. Video overview of the class and this week's lesson
2. This week's assignment - an acrostic poem
3. Video "Google Classroom Tutorial" on how to submit your acrostic poem via Google classroom
4. The power point used in my first video (view if needed)

Please email me at [email protected] or visit me in office hours from 9-10 am with any questions!

I can't wait to learn more about you!