LIFE Academy

Shakespeare - Semester 1

 

Where are you on your Race to Royalty? 

 

     Are you still a Peasant? Have you made it to Knight? Are you a Baron or Baroness, or have you made it Prince or Princess? Did you make it to King or Queen? Is your ambition set for Emperor or Empress?

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                                                                                CURRENT ROYAL STATUS'

 

          Emperor/Empress:  High Emperor Tevin, Emperor Eli, Emperor Ammon, High Empress Emma

          King/Queen: King LeGrand, King Spencer

          Prince/Princess: 

          Duke/Duchess: 

          Marquess/Marchioness: Marquess Nathan, Marchioness Leith, Marchioness Marni

          Count/Countess: Countess Angel, Countess Ashley, Countess Julianna, Count Zeke

          Baron/Baroness: Baron Collin, Baroness Mackenzie

          Knight: Sir Ashton, Sir Ethan, Sir Vinny

          Magistrate: Magistrate Ethan

          Guildsman: Guildswoman Melanie

          Commoner: 

          Peasant: Enoch, Micah, Oliver, Sariah

 

 

The Queens Challenge: The Ten Steps

1.  Read Julius Caesar and discuss it in class

2.  Hand in your completed Vocabulary List

3.  Make it at least to Marquess or Marchioness (7 plays) in the Race to Royalty (Recommended Plays to Watch or you can  listen to them from Libravox.org)

4.  Participate in the Shakespeare Parents Fair

5.  Participate in the Spring Performance

6.  Turn in your Personal Vocabulary List & the completed Common Old English Terms List

7.  Pass off the Iambic Pentameter

8.  Make a 10-15 minute Presentation on an Elizabethan Era Topic

9.  Recite from memory the Soliloquy

10.  Turn in 7 Opinion Papers and a Summary of Merchant of Venice

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                                                            JULIUS CAESAR Reading & Writing Inspirements

 

                                          September 22nd - Read: Act I, Scenes 1-2. Be ready for colloquium with a discussion question or two. 

                                                                   Opinion Paper: In your opinion, what makes a great leader? Give an example from your life.

                                                                   Bonus Question: What is an Epicurian?

                                                                   Presentation on  

                                          September 29th - Read: Act I, Scene 3. Be ready for colloquium with a discussion question or two. 

                                                                   Opinion Paper: What is the difference between acting and reacting? Give two examples.

                                                                   Bonus Question: When was Julius Caesar's date of birth and when did he die?

                                                                   Presentation on The Geography of England by Angel and The House of Tudor by LeGrand.

            October 6th - Read: Act II, Scene 1. Be ready for colloquium with a discussion question or two. 

                                Opinion Paper: Have you or anyone you know of ever made a decision that could ultimately lead to your destruction

                                                     or theirs? What kinds of decisions can lead to destruction?

                                Bonus Question: What is the Feast of Lupercal?

                                Presentations on Mysticism and Animals by Ammon and Off with His Head! Unemployment, Crime, & Punishment 

                                                    by Zeke.                          

           October 13th - Read: Act II, Scene 2. Be ready for colloquium with a discussion question or two. 

                                Opinion Paper: List all the characters introduced so far in the play and how they are related to Caesar.

                                Bonus Question: What does the "Ides of March" mean?

                                Presentation on What the Heck is a Fork? Food & Dining Customs by Ashley and The Ruling Class by Leith and 

                                                   Natural Order & Social Position by Nathan.

          October 20th - Read: Act II, Scenes 3-4. Be ready for colloquium with a discussion question or two. 

                               Opinion Paper: What is superstition? Does it play a part in your life? Explain.

                               Bonus Question: What is a soothsayer?

                               Presentations on Myths, Legends, and Mysteries by Ashton and Theater and Acting in the 16th Century by Spencer

                                                  and A Man's Home is his Castle - Housing for the Rich & Poor by Emma.

          October 27th - Read: Act III, Scenes 1-2. Be ready for colloquium with a discussion question or two. 

                               Opinion Paper: When you do something wrong, what kind of emotions do you experience? Do these emotions

                                                     affect your actions? If so, how?

                               Bonus Question: Who was Cato?

                               Presentations on Mental Illness & Retardation by Melanie and Death, Burial, & Ghosts by Collin.

        November 3rd - Read: Act III, Scene 3. Be ready for colloquium with a discussion question or two. 

                               Opinion Paper: Compare Brutus and Cassius as leaders. Who would follow and why?

                               Bonus Question: What does "bear affliction" mean?

                               Presentations on War of the Roses by Vinny and The Life of Queen Elizabeth by Sariah.

      November 10th - Read: Act IV, Scenes 1-2. Be ready for colloquium with a discussion question or two. 

                               Opinion Paper: Mob Rule. Does this ever happen today? Can anything good come from it?

                               Bonus Question: Who was Cicero?

                               Presentations on The King James Bible by Micah and Witches, Fairies, and Things that go Bump in the Night by 

                                                       Julianna.

      November 17th - Read: Act IV, Scene 3. Be ready for colloquium with a discussion question or two. 

                               Opinion Paper: Is Anthony a good friend? Explain.

                               Bonus Question: Who are the gods that are always being referred to?

                               Presentations on Weapons by Ethan and God, Religion, & Superstition by Enoch and Body and Mind by Ella.

        December 1st - Read: Act V. Scenes 1-3. Be ready for colloquium with a discussion question or two. 

                               Opinion Paper: Write a summary of Julius Caesar.

                               Bonus Question: Name one of the anachronisms in Julius Caesar.

                               Presentation on All in a Day's Work - Professions of the Times by Tevin and Roles of the Sexes by Marni and What 

                                                  Did People Wear by Navy.

       December 8th - Read: Act V. Scenes 4-5. Be ready for colloquium with a discussion question or two. 

                               Opinion Paper: None.

                               Bonus Question: Shakespeare based the play primarily on what literary work?

                               Presentation on Who Gets an Education? What and Why? by Mackenzie and Who's Who in the Arts by Eli and 

                                                  Religion of the Times by Oliver.

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Semester 2 Begins December 9th - See Semester 2 for Details...