Day one:
Monday
Objective:
The student will understand the meaning of comedy.
Materials:
A Dictionary
Activity:
The students will look up comedy in a dictionary and write down the meaning.
Class will also discuss the characteristics of a comedy which will be read from by the
Bedford guide.(30 minutes)
The students will read another play The tempest (from the lambs tales book) for the rest
of class.
Homework:
Students will be asked to find other examples of comedy.
Evaluation:
Students will discuss results of what they looked up in class orally during the period.
Handouts:
I will hand out sheets with the characteristics of a comedy so that the students can
identify it as they are reading the play.
For students having trouble trying to get the main idea of the play, I will have a handout
of Lambs tails for them.
Questions:
What is a comedy and what characteristics make up a comedy?
Day two:
Tuesday
Objective:
Student will understand the language and the dialect of Shakespearian times through
vocabulary words that they may have trouble with.
Materials:
The textbook, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Activity:
We will discuss the first half of the play (the main idea, the character focus, and a little
summary by the students. The instructor will go around the class. One student will start
out summarizing the story and each student has to add something. (20-25mins.).
Students will come to class with their other examples of comedy. We will discuss what
makes those examples comedies (25-30 mins.).
Students will be put into groups and asked to make up a list of 10 words that they had
trouble with from the book (10-15 mins.).
Class will come up with a list and we will pick words to be defined and discussed (10
mins.).
Homework:
Study for test on Friday.
Evaluation:
Students will have their list of words to write on the chalkboard.
Teacher notes:
I have to get the list made and either have the students write all of the words down for
themselves or I have to make copies for the test.
Questions:
What happened during the play?
Why is this play a comedy?
What was hard about reading the play
What words did you have trouble with during the play?
Day three:
Wednesday
Objectives:
Class will be able to understand what characteristics make up tragedy.
Materials:
Textbook, Macbeth
Activity:
We will read the first part of Macbeth in class with the class taking turns reading out
loud. (40-45) minutes.
The class will discuss the play and if time permits, we will discuss some characteristics of
a tragedy. (10-15 mins.)
Evaluation:
Students will be evaluated on what and how much they read during the class period.
Questions:
What characteristics make up a tragedy?
Day four:
Thursday
Objective:
Class will understand everything that has been taught during the week.
Materials:
None
Activity:
Class will ask any questions that they have about what has been taught to them during the
course of the week.( 5-25mins).
If no questions, the class will be playing a vocabulary game. (rest of class.)
Evaluation:
Students will be able to ask questions about what they have learned through the course of
the week.
Rules for the vocabulary game:
Divide the class in half;
The board is in the form of Jeopardy w/ one hundred to five hundred points;
The team will be asked a question and if answered right, than team gets point;
If answered wrong other team gets chance to answer and take over possession.
Day five:
Friday
Objectives:
Students will better understand words that may be troublesome to them.
Materials:
A paper with the test printed on it.
Activity:
The class will be taking a test on the vocabulary words that they had trouble with in the
play.
Evaluation:
Students will be evaluated by the teacher on how well they know the words. (Partial
credit will be rewarded for answers that are close.)
Questions:
The questions will be based on what the students have given me.