Exploring the Bard\u2019s Scripts<\/em> assignment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Allow students to explore online with the different plays of Shakespeare\u2019s canon and complete the assignment.<\/p>\n
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Journal write: \u00a0\u00a0Have each student write on their piece of paper what kind of Shakespeare performance they are interested in.\u00a0 They could respond to a genre, relationship, mono\/scene, character choice, vocal characteristic, staging\/blocking, etc.<\/p>\n
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Talk with the class about their personal choices.\u00a0 Have the students share why they are interested in what they are interested in.\u00a0 Let them talk about what they want to perform, and then lead them into talking about how they each go about choosing a performance piece on their own.\u00a0 What steps do they take?\u00a0 How do they wade through all of Shakespeare’s plays and characters to find that magic piece that cries out to them “Perform me!”?\u00a0 Give pointers of your own along the way and encourage the students to find pieces that are active and that challenge and stimulate them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Write the word PASSIVE on the board.\u00a0 Brainstorm what this word means.\u00a0 Model the passive monologue from Comedy of Errors<\/em>.\u00a0 Explain how this could very well be made funny and active in the context of the play or with a partner, but not by itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Write the word ACTIVE on the board.\u00a0 Brainstorm what this word means.\u00a0 Model the active monologue from Henry IV part 1<\/em>.\u00a0 Have the class examine what makes this monologue active.\u00a0 How is active acting stronger and more interesting to watch?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Remind students of the time limit requirements of both a monologue and a scene.\u00a0 (I read the exact rules of both events from the Shakespeare Competition handout to the students).<\/p>\n
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Set the students free to explore and read and find their own pieces.\u00a0 Be on hand to help steer the students toward choices that would be appropriate for them to perform without dictating what they must perform.\u00a0 Give the students encouragement to keep exploring on their own with some input from you if they need it.<\/p>\n
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Once a student (or partnership) has found a performance piece, have them sign up for the piece by writing down their name, the play they’ve chosen, the act and scene of the play, and the character’s name(s).\u00a0 Then have them get a copy of the scene or monologue that they will be performing.<\/p>\n
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ASSESSMENT:<\/h4>\n
Students can be assessed on their Exploration work and final decision of a piece to perform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OBJECTIVE: Students will demonstrate their ability to choose good material to perform by selecting an active Shakespeare monologue\/scene. MATERIALS NEEDED: Computer lab Exploring the Bard\u2019s Scripts assignment guidelines \u00a0Exploring the Bard’s Scripts.Lesson 2 Passive mono (Comedy of Errors 3.2 line 75) and active mono (Henry IV part 1 2.3 line 40) \u00a0\u00a0Lady Percy and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4340,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4337\/revisions\/4340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}