Individual Work:
Step 1: Tempest Summary (10 mins)
With the idea of a humourous and extremely short play in mind, write a super-short
summary of the play, The Tempest.
Step 2: Character Analysis (5 mins)
Select 1 character from the play and write an in-depth analysis on who they are and why
they are important. What is their purpose in the play and what do they represent?
Step 3: Quotation that Reveals Characterization (5 min)
Find a quote that highlights your character’s traits/importance at a key moment for
them within the play. Explain how this quote is important to your characters’ development
in the script.
Step 4: Quotation that Reveals Theme (10 min)
Find 1 quotation that pertains to 1 theme within the novel. Explain the meaning of your
quote, as it pertains to your theme.
Step 5: Annotate (1 min)
Be sure to annotate your selected quotes in your books!
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Step 6: Elements of Short Stories (5-10 min)
Once you are finished, download Elements of Short Stories from the SSD and give it a readthrough.
Step 7: Short Story Questions (5 min)
With the elements of a short story in mind, write an email to Miss Josselyn with 3 review
questions that you could pose to someone in the class, based on one of the short stories
we’ve read. We will use these in our next class.
Step 8: Debate
Check out the debate topics on the next page. Pick a topic for debate and make sure you
have a debate partner to counter your argument. Write your topic and names on the board.
There shouldn’t be any overlap because we need to cover as many topics as possible.
Step 9: 2-Minute Plays
Note: We will most likely only get to start on this. We will pick up on these where we left off
next week.
You will have roughly 10 minutes total to organize a 2-minute summary performance of
The Tempest. In groups of 5 or 6, create a super-short play that summarizes the plot of The
Tempest. It should really only include the most essential bits of the story, and no direct
dialogue from the play. Use your own words for dialogue. You will need to double up on
characters.
Next Class
Short Story Questions Jeopardy
15 minutes to ask and answer our short story questions
2-Minute Plays
10 minutes to finish working on 2-minute plays
10 minutes of performances
Debates:
You will need to select one of the following arguments to debate:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
 Argue that your favourite picture from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
is the most important picture in the whole book. What themes does it pertain to? How is
it more meaningful than other pictures?
Of Mice and Men
 Argue that Crooks is the most important character of the whole novel.
 Argue that Candy is the most important character of the whole novel.
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Explain how the death of Candy’s dog is the most important example of foreshadowing
within the novella.
Explain how the death of Lennie’s puppy is the most important element of
foreshadowing within the novel.
Explain how Curley’s fight with Lennie is the most important element of foreshadowing
in the novella.
Explain how the incident in Weed is the most important element of foreshadowing
within the novella.
The Tempest
 Argue that Caliban is the most important character in the whole story.
 Argue that Ariel is the most important character in the whole story.
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Pick a theme from The Tempest and argue that it is the most important one within the
play.
YOU WILL NEED DIRECT QUOTATIONS FROM THE TEXT AND REFERENCES TO THEMES
TO SUPPORT ALL ARGUMENTS.