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Shakespeare Reading and Writing Schedule

Submitted by bradb on Wed, 12/19/2007 - 19:04.
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Winter 2010 Introduction to Shakespeare

Preliminary Reading and Writing Calendar

Jan 4
Jan 5
 Jan 6 Jan 7
Jan 8
First day of class: why are we here? What Shakespeare have you read? Liked? Disliked? Elizabethan World View
 Elizabethan World View
 Elizabethan World View Intro to Sonnets, verse, meter and rhetoric if needed
Jan 11 Jan 12 Jan 13 Jan 14 Jan 15
"Procreation sonnets": 1-17. Read as assigned in class.  Admiring sonnets to a young man: 18-126. Read 20, 36 and 55. Betrayal: 78, 80, 81 and 88 Still more admiring sonnets: 94, 107 and 116 No class but read and respond to three sonnets of your choosing from 1-126 that haven't been assigned. respond as usual--two responses to other journals and at least response to a response to you.
Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22
Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday Seemingly angry sonnets: 121, 123, and 125
 "Dark Lady" Sonnets: 127-152. Read Sonnets 130, 131, 133 More "Dark Lady" sonnets:  140, 149 and 152 Sonnet podcast production
Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan 29
Sonnet Readings Merchant of Venice
 Merchant of Venice Merchant of Venice
 Merchant of Venice
Feb 1 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5
Merchant of Venice Merchant of Venice Merchant of Venice Richard II
 Richard II
Feb 8 Feb 9 Feb 10 Feb 11 Feb 12
Richard II Richard II Portfolio Readings; Drama Club/Independent Work Day Richard II Drama Club 
Feb 15 Feb 16 Feb 17 Feb 18 Feb 19
Presidents Day Holiday Richard II Richard II Sonnets/Comdey Essay Draft Day Drama Club Work Day
Feb 22 Feb 23 Feb 24 Feb 25 Feb 26
Sonnets/Comdey Essay Draft Day Seminar Practice Day Seminar Essay due for grading Drama Club Work Day
Mar 1 Mar 2 Mar 3 Mar 4 Mar 5
Literature Review One due Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors Drama Club Work Day
Mar 8 Mar 9 Mar 10 Mar 11 Mar 12
Hamlet Hamlet
 Hamlet
 Hamlet Drama Club Presentations
Mar 15 Mar 16 Mar 17 Mar 18 Mar 19
Drama Club Presentations Drama Club Presentations Literature Review Two due CCCC CCCC
Mar 22 Mar 23 Mar 24 Mar 25 Mar 26
Finals Finals Finals
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