Week 8 - November 16

Final week of the first semester of Shakespeare!

Let us know if you've earned your crown!
Crown Requirements (due this week)  

• Have read all of King Lear as part of your 7 plays
• 7 plays total read, watched or listened to (email the mentors your list or bring your list to class)
• Memorized and passed off the Albany speech
• Turned in your character sketch (do a thorough job of this!)
• Turned in your summary of King Lear
• Done your Shakespeare presentation

Note cards

peevish

     fretful, irritable; obstinate; headstrong

gudgeon

     credibility, gullibility

gaged

     a pledge or pawn, security; a challenge

occasion

     circumstance, opportunity; need, requirement

debtor

     a person in debt or under obligation to another

Memorization
If you haven't passed off the Albany speech we'll be doing that in class

Reading Assignment

All of Act Five (finish reading King Lear)

Writing Assignments

Summary of King Lear AND Character Sketch

Week 7 - November 9

It's hard to believe there are only two weeks left until the end of our first semester! As we get close to wrapping up our study of King Lear and closer to our Kings and Queens of Shakespeare evening on Friday, December 1st,  there are several things to finish.

To be crowned a king or queen and to earn a crown here are the things that need to be completed by the last day of class so we know how many crowns to order and have enough time for them to arrive.

• Pass off the Albany speech to Jessica, Sister Brown or Sister Maurer
• Have given your Shakespeare presentation
• Read, watch or listen to 7 Shakespeare plays (Remember that reading all of King Lear and watching the King Lear play we saw on Vision day can count for two of the seven and you can read and listen to a tape or CD at the same time if you choose)
• Turn in finished Character Sketch (the person you chose two classes ago) AND a summary of what happened in King Lear (due the last day of this semester, November 16)

Homework

Memorization - prepare to pass off Albany speech to a Shakespeare mentor this Thursday (or last chance on the following Thursday)

Note cards

Usurer

   money-lender, one who charges excessive interest

Compromise

   to damage, weaken or expose

Rank

   high, great; foul-smelling, stinking

Beholding

   sight; attention; obliged, indebted

Reading Assignment

Act 4 Scenes 6-7

Writing Assignment

Is it easier to forgive others or yourself? Why? How are both types of forgiveness important?