Twelfth NightSaddleback Educational Publ, 2006 M08 1 - 43 pages Shakespeare's plays are thought-provoking and complex texts that explore the human themes of romance, deceit, tragedy, comedy, and revenge. These activity guides are designed by teachers for teachers to help students navigate the complexity. Each guide contains a total of 30 activities divided into six sections of four activities and one review. At the end of each guide is a final test, a variety of culminating activities, and an answer key. Each reproducible activity eBook is approximately 68-pages |
Contents
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A Picture of Malvolio Act two Scene 5 | 8 |
Deceit Abounds Acts one and two | 9 |
To Be Made a Fool of Act two Scene 5 and Act three Scene 2 | 14 |
Review | 15 |
Clarification of Mistaken Identities Act four | 16 |
Malvolios Plea Act four Scene 2 | 17 |
Suspension of Disbelief | 18 |
Rapping and Rhyming Act four Scene 2 | 19 |
Review | 20 |
Understanding Antonio Act five | 21 |
Review | 10 |
Portrait of Viola Act two Scenes 2 and 4 and Act three Scene 1 | 11 |
Doubletalk Act three Scene 1 | 12 |
Deluded Malvolio Act three Scene 4 | 13 |
Short Story Elements in Twelfth Night Act five | 22 |
Malvolios Revenge Act five Scene 1 | 23 |
Disguise | 24 |
Common terms and phrases
_____ Olivia Act five Act four Act three Activity 26 actor Answers will vary Bear-baiting believe that Olivia brother Cesario Viola Curio deceiving deception dressed drinking Duke Orsino England enters and reports falling action falls in love Feast of Fools Feste Feste's fight Final Test following characters following may serve Frozen Tableaux grading guideline Hamnet he’s humor Illyria lines London Malvolio Act Malvolio enters Malvolio leaves Maria enters married MATH Meaning mourning Olivia loves Olivia thinks Olivia’s house Orsino’s court passion PERSUASIVE Writing pranks priest quotations Review Directions Romeo and Juliet Scene 1 Background Scene 2 Background Sebastian and Viola Shakespeare Made Easy Shakespeare’s plays sheet of paper shipwreck sing Sir Andrew Aguecheek Sir Andrew enters Sir Toby Belch sister song space provided stage directions Suggested length theater themes Toby and Sir Twelfth Night Directions Viola asks William Shakespeare witty woman Write the letter yellow stockings
Popular passages
Page xv - Shakespeare's plays expected a spectacle for the price of admission. Therefore, there were many devices to produce a gasp from the audience. For example, a device in the loft of the theater could raise and lower actors so that they could play gods, ghosts, or other unusual characters. Additionally, a trapdoor in the stage offered a chance for a quick appearance or disappearance. The actors could suggest a beheading or hanging with various illusions on the stage. Sound effects suggesting thunder,...
Page 31 - For the rain it raineth every day. A great while ago the world begun, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, But that's all one, our play is done, And we'll strive to please you every day.
Page 7 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Page xvii - After 1611, at the age of 47, Shakespeare moved back to Stratford exclusively, settling into life at New Place and enjoying a renewed relationship with his daughters, especially Susanna. He prepared a will, which has become famous for the request to leave his wife their "second best bed." Many have debated whether this is a sentimental or cynical bequest. In the same year that his daughter Judith married, 1616, Shakespeare died at the age of 52. However, it was not until 1623 that all his plays were...
Page xvii - But Shakespeare still had what is considered his finest writing to do. He began his writing of tragedies beginning with Hamlet in 1600. In the following five years, Shakespeare wrote Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear. Why Shakespeare turned to these darker, more serious themes is widely debated by scholars. But all agree that these plays established Shakespeare's premier place in English literature. Toward the end of 1609 through 1610, Shakespeare began to write his problem romances. These works, The...
Page xvii - Armada in 1588, when Shakespeare was about 24 years old. Queen Elizabeth was skillful in navigating through the conflicts of religion. She maintained religious independence from Rome as the Church of England became firmly rooted during her reign. Additionally, she financed the establishment of colonies in America to grow the British Empire and expand its economic opportunities. At the end of her reign, England was the leader in trade, naval power, and culture. Because of its role as the main economic,...
Page v - ... help busy teachers gain quick access to classroom-tested and age-appropriate activities that make the teaching of Shakespeare an easier task. Each regular activity, as well as each culminating activity, can be modified to be an individual or a group task, and the reviews and tests can be used as quick comprehension checks or formally scored assessments.
Page xv - Curtains: fabrics draped around a bed that could be opened or closed for privacy Draw: Actors pull their swords from their sheathes. Enter: a direction for a character to enter the stage. This can be from the audience's right (stage right) or the audience's left (stage left). Enter Chorus: a direction for an actor to come to the center of the stage and offer some introductory comments, usually in blank verse or rhyming couplets. In Romeo and Juliet, the Chorus delivers a sonnet, a form of poetry...
Page 6 - The devil a puritan that he is, or any thing constantly, but a time-pleaser ; an affectioned ass, that cons state without book, and utters it by great swarths : the best persuaded of himself; so crammed, as he thinks, with excellencies, that it is his ground of faith that all that look on him love him ; and on 130 that vice in him will my revenge find notable cause to work.
Page xvi - ... was not unusual since it was accepted that the engagement period was as legally binding as the marriage. The couple had a daughter, Susanna, followed by twins, Hamnet and Judith. Not much is known about Shakespeare during the next seven years, but his name is listed as an actor in London by 1 592. This was a difficult time for the theater because measures to prevent the spread of the plague regularly closed the theaters. Between 1594 and 1595, Shakespeare joined the Chamberlain's Men as a playwright...