ELA20S – Twelfth Night - A
Assignment: Poem
(10 marks)
due: May 11
Type: Sonnet
Description:
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Create a poem about love
500 plus word explanation on the poem that includes at least three different figurative
language examples
Must follow the conventions for Shakespearean sonnets (from notes in class)
Do organization for this.
Ideas:
This sonnet will be about love.
What the focus of that love is poet’s choice.
The theme may be positive or negative.
Five Variables of writing:
Form: Shakespearean Sonnet
Central Idea:
Purpose: To entertain people on the topic of _______________
To cause people to think deeply about ______________
Audience: People interested in poems or love
Context: collection of poems on love
ELA20S – Twelfth Night - B
Assignment: Group presentation (10 marks)
due: week of May 9
Type: Skit
Description:
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Recreate a scene from the play
Must memorize lines
Each member must have equivalent amount of work
Ideas:
Choose one scene from the play (or two sections if needed to balance lines.)
Choose an era to present the scene in (have similar types of clothes)
Five Variables of writing:
Form: Skit
Central Idea:
Purpose: To entertain people
Audience: People who are interested Shakespeare
Context: School gym
ELA20S – Twelfth Night - C
Assignment: Essay (20 marks)
due: May 23
Description:
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Essay on the novel Twelfth Night
1200 words (eight paragraphs)
Do organization for this.
Ideas:
Eight paragraphs (opening, part A two paragraphs, part B two paragraphs, part C two paragraphs,
conclusion)
See example outline
Possible:
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Love in Twelfth Night
The minor characters in the play; what are their purposes
The use of masks in Twelfth Night
Create own thesis with discussion with instructor
Five Variables of writing:
Form: essay
Central Idea:
Purpose: To explain _____________________________________________________
Audience: People who have read/are studying Twelfth Night
Context: Collection of essays on Twelfth Night, website on Shakespeare