Wednesday – January 28, 2015 Entry Task  Take out book, reading log/daily edits  Be in your seats! Don’t be tardy! Agenda Do you have your syllabus signed??? Review themes from yesterday Shakespeare background In-class Expository Essay  Go over expectations Homework: signed syllabus – Friday

You will need… Reading log Pen/pencil Shakespeare background notes – To be handed out!

Learning Targets I can identify grammatical errors in a sentence. I am familiar with William Shakespeare and the history of Elizabethan theatre I know what is expected of me in the expository essay

Success Criteria Students will have… …completed their reading log and daily edits …taken notes on Shakespeare …reviewed the terms conform and rebel

Theme Statements: Do you Agree or Disagree? True love is worth dying for. 2. It is worth sacrificing your family to be with the one you love. 3. A person can be in love at age Hatred is a feeling that is taught. 5. Fate determines our lives. 6. Love at first sight is a sign of true love. 7. Parents do not have the right to determine whom their children date.

What is the connection between the theme statements and Romeo and Juliet ?

We study Shakespeare because... He is the most widely read author of all time. The themes are still relevant We want to understand allusions (references to other works) Learn to appreciate puns Understand DRAMA as a form of writing

Phrases popularized or invented by Shakespeare All's well that ends well Break the ice Dead as a doornail Elbow room Good riddance Heart of gold Love is blind Too much of a good thing Wild-goose chase

Remember: At times the language may seem foreign but the big ideas are something we can easily relate to! Big Ideas in Romeo and Juliet Forbidden love Infatuation (crush) vs real love Destiny vs. free will Conflict between parents and children Revenge

William Shakespeare & Elizabethan Theater

Born in Stratford-upon-Avon April 23, 1564 Died in Stratford-upon-Avon April 23, 1616 Early life and family

In Shakespeare’s time, spelling was not formalized, so Shakespeare’s name was spelled: Shakspear Shagspere Shaxper Shaksper

Shakespeare probably went to school until he was between 13 and 15 years old. He would have learned Latin, English and math.

Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in He was 18. She was 26.

Six months after they were married, William and Anne had a daughter named Susanna. In 1585 twins Judith and Hamnet were born. Hamnet died at age 11.

Shakespeare arrived in London around 1595 and worked as an actor. After he began writing plays, they were performed at The Globe Theater.

Wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and started out as an actor He wrote comedies, histories, and tragedies R & J was written about 1595 (Tragedy)

Elizabethan Theaters The Globe was a standard Elizabethan Theater (built in 1599) Was built by Lord Chamberlain’s Acting Company (Shakespeare worked for them) Theater troupes were almost like gangs. At the time, actors and people associated with the theater were of very low status. Theater was meant to be popular entertainment for the masses. Elizabethan theater is named for…

Queen Elizabeth

The exterior of the Globe Theater (a modern reconstruction)

An aerial view of the new construction

Views of the Interior People near the stage would be called ‘groundlings.’ Fancy people would sit in the seats.

The Stage Space for musicians before the show The ‘Above’- this is where angels and good spirits would appear The main stage- this is where most of the action takes place. The ‘Below’- bad spirits and devils would emerge from trap doors in the stage

Actors Were only men and boys Young boys (whose voices had not changed) would play the women Considered indecent for women to appear on stage

Shakespeare died on his birthday in 1616 and was buried in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Shakespeare’s tomb reads: Good frend for Jesus sake forbeare to Digg the dust encloased heare. Blest be ye man yt spares these stones and Curst be he yt moves my bones.

In his will, Shakespeare left almost all of his property to Susanna and her husband. He left his second best bed to his wife.

To conform 1.The act of changing one’s behavior or actions to be like someone or something else 2.What are some examples of how teenagers conform? 3.Why do teenagers conform?

To rebel 1.To act or behave opposite to what is expected 2.What are some examples of how teenagers rebel? 3.Why do teenagers rebel?