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William Shakespeare:  April 23, 1564-April 23, 1616

 Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet:  8th Grade Core Literature Selection
  Maine Learning Results Objectives:

• E/LA A10, Adjust viewing and listening strategies in order to comprehend materials viewed and heard.  A11, Generate and evaluate the notes they have taken from course related reading, listening, and viewing.B5, Demonstrate an understanding of lengthy, complex dialogues. B12, Identify the universality of themes and examine the connections among various expressive forms (e.g., films, fiction, drama) by drawing on their broad base of prior knowledge.  B13, Demonstrate understanding of enduring themes  of
                                                   literature by differentiating between main ideas and themes after they study story elements.
  
  Assignment Links:

A.  Project Ideas for this Unit (Aligned to Maine's Learning Results)  Choices for All learning styles, interests and ability levels.

B.  Scoring Rubric for Projects

C.  MRL Benchmark Assessment Task:  Writing the Elizabethan Sonnet

D.  Performance Task Assessment List for Sonnet

Helpful Links:

The Renaissance:   Culture, Fashion, History, It's all here!   NEW LINK	http://renaissance.dm.net/
Shakespeare's Biography	http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/  Shakespeare Biography
Shakespearean Insults:	http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html
Insult Kit	Shakespeare Insult Kit
Tour the Globe Theatre	http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/
Glossary of Shakespearean Vocabulary	http://shakespeare.about.com/library/blglossary.htm?once=true&
Sonnets	Shakespeare's Sonnets (1-76) Shakespeare's Sonnets (77-154)
Medieval Food Recipes	http://www.geocities.com/MedievalWorld/LinksFood.html
Elizabethan Costume (Fashions, Pictures, Patterns)	http://www.renfaire.com/Costume/index.html
Guide to Medieval Terms	Guide to Medieval Terms
The Black Death	http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/bdeath.html
Masks...check out some great ideas for your mask, especially the Italian masks.	http://www.themaskstore.com/index.htm
Heraldry:  Coats of Arms  (NEW)	http://digiserve.com/heraldry http://renaissance.dm.net/heraldry/primer.html http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Heraldry.htm
Medieval Medicine	http://www.lehigh.edu/~jahb/herbs/medicine.html

Home Page This site is divided into the ten "books" listed here, each of which in turn is divided into "chapters." Links followed by an asterisk (*) open up a "pop-up" note on the same page; links without the asterisk go to a different page; links external to the site are signalled in green, and open a new window in your browser. Introduction: Site map , help , and FAQs Books: Shakespeare's life TARGET="_top">The ISE Home Page The stage Society History and politics The background of ideas The drama Literature, art, and music Some plays explored Reference and indexes Texts: The texts of the plays in their original spelling     Search the site Listen to an opening fanfare... For fast connection. For modem.   To listen to the sound files you will need Real Player. How to refer to this site in an essay. This site originally published in February 1998. Most recent update 16 February 2003. Written by Michael Best. © Internet Shakespeare Editions 2001. Acknowledgements Copyright notice [Notes] The "seven ages" of Shakespeare's life The section on Shakespeare's life is divided into these topics: Shakespeare's childhood Shakespeare's schooling Shakespeare's youth Success... Shakespeare's maturity Last years in London Shakespeare in Retirement   Some fast facts about Shakespeare's life. (Return) Shakespeare's Stage The section on the stage is divided into these topics: Early stages Public, outdoor theatre Private, indoor theatre The masque Staging A scene performed Actors and acting Costumes and props The audience (Return) Renaissance Society The section on Renaissance society is divided into these topics: Country life Huswifery Husbandry The family City life Life at Court (Return) Renaissance history and politics The section on Renaissance history and politics is divided into these topics: Shakespeare and early history The history of the Histories Henry VIII and the Tudors Elizabeth James Crime and the law The puritans (Return) The history of Renaissance ideas The section on Renaissance ideas is divided into these topics: The Medieval universe Order? Education New knowledge Religion The supernatural (Return) The drama of Shakespeare's time The section on the drama of Shakespeare's time is divided into these topics: Greek and Roman drama Moralities and Mysteries Early English history plays Early English tragedies Early English comedies Shakespeare's contemporaries Shakespeare's early reputation (Return) Literature, art and music The section on the non-dramatic literature, art and music, is divided into these topics: Elizabethan English Poetry Prose Women writers Publishing Renaissance art Architecture in England Music (Return) Some plays explored The plays in this section: Hamlet The Taming of the Shrew A Midsummer Night's Dream Romeo and Juliet The Merchant of Venice Henry IV, Part One Henry V Much Ado About Nothing As You Like It Julius Caesar Twelfth Night Measure for Measure Othello King Lear Macbeth The Winter's Tale The Tempest (Return) Reference The reference section is divided into these topics: A chronology of the period The sources Shakespeare used Some Renaissance maps Bibliographies Frequently asked questions about Shakespeare Indexes (Return)

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