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    This document outlines a 4-week lesson plan for teaching Shakespeare's play The Tempest in an English class. Each week focuses on 1-2 acts of the play and incorporates activities like reading passages aloud, class discussions, film viewings of the play's scenes, and comprehension checks. The plan aims to give students background on Shakespeare and the historical context of the play, help them closely analyze themes and characters, and conclude by discussing whether they agree with Prospero's decision at the end of the story.

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    Nightingale, 2021
    English II - The Tempest
    Week I - Background & Act I
    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

    Background/Buy-In How to Read/Scene I Scene II (Part 1) Scene II (Part 2) Comprehension


    -Shakespeare/historical -Watch Act 1 (film) -Read first part (up until Ariel’s -Read second part Check/KWL Chart
    overview -How to read Shakespeare arrival, line 186) -Ariel and Caliban - -Comprehension Check
    -Overview of Tempest (LINK to presentation) -Act out the story of Prospero/ compare/contrast (LINK) (Questions in Margins)
    (LINK to presentation) -Read Scene I Antonio (small/whole group(s) -Discussion -introduce KWL charts
    depending on class size) -start KWL Chart for Act II
    (LINK)
    -Start watching Act II (film)

    Week 2 - Act II
    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

    Scene I (Part 1) Scene I (Part 2) Scene 2 Foils Comprehension


    -Watch rest of Act II (film) -Read second part - Antonio and Sebastian’s plot -Finish KWL Chart for Act II Check/KWL Chart
    -Read first part (Up to line 179 - -Double Trouble - Sebastian -Plot/Subplot -Foils: Sebastian/Antonio, -Comprehension Check
    the men fall asleep) and Antonio -Predictions Trinculo/Stephano (LINK) (Questions in Margins)
    -Discussion -Read Scene 2 -Start KWL Chart for Act III
    -Start Act III (film)

    Week 3 - Act III & IV


    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

    Act III, Scene I Act III, Scene II Act IV, Scene I (Part 1) Act IV, Scene I (Part 2) Comprehension
    -Finish Act III (film) -Read Scene II -Start Act IV KWL -Read second part Check/Act V
    -Read Scene I -Who said that? - Themes in -Watch Act IV (film) -Discussion/Predictions -Comprehension Check
    -Ferdinand and Miranda Scene II -Read first part (Up to line 142 - -Finish KWL Chart for Act IV (Questions in Margins)
    -Finish Act III KWL Prospero dismisses the spirits) -Start Act V (film)
    H. Nightingale, 2021
    Week 4 - Act V
    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

    Act V, Scene I (Part I) Act V, Scene I (Part Close Read - Prospero’s Epilogue/Project Wrap-Up
    -Finish Act V (film) 2)/Comprehension Check Revenge? -Soundtrack project (LINK) -Finish/share soundtracks
    -Read first part (Up to 172 - -Read second part -Excerpt from literary critique -Student Survey
    Ferdinand and Miranda are -React to ending “Shakespeare and the French
    revealed) -Comprehension Check Poet” (Savvas - LINK) - explores
    -What next? (LINK) (Questions in Margins) how Prospero chose virtue over
    vengeance
    -Free Write: Do you agree with
    Prospero’s decision? Do you
    think it makes sense in the
    context of the play? (LINK)

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