SHAKESPEARE CONQUEST
SCHOLARS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO:
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Read and discuss two Shakespeare plays in depth
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Write a summary of one of the Shakespeare plays discussed
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Write opinion papers on subjects they come across in the play
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Become familiar with the meanings of Common Old English Terms/Vocabulary
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Read, listen to, and/or watch 15 Additional Shakespeare Plays
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Become familiar with Iambic Pentameter
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Make 1 or more Presentations on an Elizabethan Era topic
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Memorize and Recite an assigned Setpiece or Soliloquy
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Help plan and participate in a Family Shakespeare Fair
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Participate in Actors' Training
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Put on a real Shakespeare Play for the Community
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and more....
SHAKESPEARE CONQUEST is a 2-semester fun, interactive, immersion approach to studying the heightened language of one of the greatest bards who ever lived. During the first semester students study one play in depth, discussing a few scenes at a time. They are challenged through the “Royal Challenge” to watch, listen to, or read 17 plays during the same semester. When they do, they are crowned a king or queen! Over the course of the semester there are lectures on interesting poetic nuances, they learn to create a vocabulary list, write papers and give presentations on Elizabethan times. During the second semester students have actors’ training and put on a real Shakespeare play for the community in the spring!
