Shakespeare is Still Relevant!

Description

This introduces William Shakespeare's language by providing students with an opportunity to examine phrases and sayings first written in his plays. Students will read an informational text as well as spend time researching various Shakespearean phrases and their presence in his plays to determine his continuing relevance in modern language today. Students will be able to apply Shakespearean phrases to modern situations in order to determine his relevance.

Publisher: OER Commons
Submitter: OER Commons
Last Updated: 7/22/2016

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8 Learning Standards

Teaches CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 (Supporting alignment)
1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

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Teaches CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4 (Supporting alignment)
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

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Teaches CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9 (Supporting alignment)
9. Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).

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Teaches CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.4 (Supporting alignment)
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).

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Teaches CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.5 (Supporting alignment)
5. Analyze in detail how an author's ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).

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Teaches CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.6 (Supporting alignment)
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.

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Teaches CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4 (Supporting alignment)
4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.

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Teaches CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.4 (Supporting alignment)
4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9—10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

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