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British Literature Resources Anglo-Saxon Unit Resources

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[|Macbeth Made Easy - Group Work]

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[|A Pilgrimage to Thee: Sonnet 27, an Illuminated Text by Ariella Silverstein-Tapp and and C. Asoynec]
A peaceful and contemplative examination of Shakespeare's Sonnet 27: "Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed."
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[|Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot - PowerPoint Presentation]
[|Presentation.] A presentation on the "Life is a Tale told by an idiot" speech from Macbeth//. In this case, it is designed to illuminate my very particular take on the soliloquy -- that Macbeth is in fact, devestated by his wife's death -- and that all they have done, which was originally for her, is utterly without (like life) purpose or meaning.//
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[|Macbeth: "Is this a Dagger that I see before me" - Performance]
This short little excercise (10 minutes to rehearse in groups [about 1/4 of the class], 10 minutes to perform [for all 4 groups]) has students act out the "Is this a dagger..." soliloquy. Full text available to registered subscribers only
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[|Macbeth - Act IV, scene 1 questions for partners]
[|Partner work]. Some questions for partners to help them understand the setup for one of the most difficult scenes in the play.
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[|Sonnet 97 an Illuminated Poem by Alex Nuttall and Alex Galus]
An examination of Shakespeare's Sonnet 97. Full text available to registered subscribers only
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[|Sonnet 60 - Take One - An illuminated text on Shakespeare's Sonnet 60 by Beilin & Elaine Ye]
A student Power Point presentation illuminating Shakespeare's Sonnet #60. This Illuminated Text was created before the Sonnet Research Project -- and these moving poems helped lay the foundation for that activity. Full text available to registered subscribers only
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[|Bloody Resolve: A Macbeth Illuminated Text by Elizabeth Mucha and Renee Leber]
The first Shakespeare Illuminated Text on our site and one of the best. The students use Macbeth's own words to indict his bloody intentions -- the movement of the words, the letters, and the music create a masterful impression of Shakespeare's words. Shakespeare works wonderfully for these Illuminated Texts - though I must confess, I have only lately started offering this assignment with Shakespeare and plan to expand it this year. One great avenue of Illuminated Texts is to play with the word textures -- the interplay between various words that exists outside of the meaning or plot of the text (see [|Stephen Booth]) and Shakespeare is wonderful for doing this. Full text available to registered subscribers only
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[|The Tempest - Some Colonial Songs]
Lyrics to two songs that can be used with the Colonialism/Imperialism Tempest Group Work (or they also work well as part of an in-class discussion). The two songs speak of colonialism from different points of view, and they are: "Don't Drink the Water" by The Dave Matthews Band, and "Bed's Are Burning" by Midnight Oil.
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[|Macbeth - A cut scene exercise]
This exercise has students decide what to cut from a very difficult scene -- then they go to other groups (this is a jigsaw group work) and share what they came up with Full text available to registered subscribers only
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[|Forsaken Beauty: An Illuminated Text of Shakespeare's Sonnet 12 by Luke Strom & Jordan Oswald.]
This presentation, created using Microsoft Power Point, makes wonderful use of space and color to make Shakespeare's words "come alive." The words and letters become trees -- the background changes depending on the tone and meaning of a line Full text available to registered subscribers only
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[|Macbeth - Act IV, scene 2 & 3 - group reading.]
[|Group Reading]. A group reading of Act IV, scene 2 & 3 from Shakespeare's Macbeth. See earlier group readings for specific instructions.
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[|Hamlet - An animated film by Kerry Ferrantella]
This animation of Act 1, Scene 1 of Hamlet //is done with skill, wit, and creativity by Kerry Ferrantella and his classmates. Kerry used the free program Windows Movie Maker to animate the still drawings that he had created and then they created the voice overs. The overall effect is astonishing and original. Mr. Ferrantella's teacher is Ian McCarthy, also of Whitney Young High School -- and I am greatful to him and Kerry for allowing us to share this on the website. I can't wait to use the project with my own students. Be patient when you click on the link below -- it is a large file and may take a minute to load.
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[|Macbeth - Act I - A small group reading.]
 A close reading done by a small group of 4-5 students of Act I from Macbeth//. With this type of in-class assignment, a group leader is chosen the day before and told to look over (though not answer) the questions the night before.//  Full text available to registered subscribers only
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[|Macbeth - Act II, scene 2 thru Act III, group reading]
[|Group Reading]. A group reading through Act III of Macbeth//. See earlier group reading for specific instructions.
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Jane Eyre Unit