Vito+Brancato

=Planning Template=

Stage 1 -- Desired Results[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/c.gif width="22" height="22" caption="Ordered List"]]
= Shakespeare Unit Text: //Twelfth Night// Established Goals: =

//The students will have...//
 * A positive first time experience with the writings of Shakespeare
 * A basic understanding of the Shakespearen language, Elizebatban theatre, and the Globe Theatre
 * An appreciation of wit and wisdom of Shakespeare

=Essential Questions:=


 * Why do we have to read Shakespeare?
 * What are some of the basic elements ofthe Elizabethan theatre and what are the differences between it and today’s modern theatre?
 * How Shakespeare’s writings have influenced our language today?
 * What are the universal themes concerning human nature/behavior/motivations in Twelfth Night that are still relevant in today’s culture?
 * What is high comedy? Low Comedy?
 * What are plots, main and subplot, of the play and how are they related?

=Essential Understandings:=

//Students will understand…//


 * A basic understanding of Shakespeare’s language
 * Use of literary devices: pun, allusion, dramatic foil, foreshadowing, flashback, metaphor, extended metaphor, comedic relief...
 * The main plot and subplot of the play
 * The use of comedy in the play--getting the jokes--high comdey and low comedy
 * Use of iambic pentimeter in the play

//Students will know...

Students will be able to...//

Stage 2 -- Assessment Evidence
Performance Task(s)

Other Evidence:

=Stage 3 -- Learning Plan=

Learning Activities:

A Comparison Of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy and The Three Storey Intellect. Blooms Taxonomy Taxonomic Level Keywords The Three Story Intellect Creating Generating new ideas, products, or ways of viewing things (Putting together  ideas or elements to develop an original  idea or engage in creative thinking). Designing Constructing Planning Producing Inventing Devising Making Building Evaluating Justifying a decision or course of action (Judging the value of ideas, materials and methods by developing and  applying standards and criteria). Checking Hypothesising Critiquing Experimenting Judging Testing Detecting Monitoring Apply Information Apply a principle Evaluate Forecast Hypothesize Imagine Assess Predict Speculate Judge if/then Idealize Generalise Analysing Breaking information into parts to explore understandings and relationships (Breaking information down into its component elements). Comparing Organising DeconstructingAttributing Outlining Structuring Integrating Applying Using information in another familiar situation (Using strategies, concepts, principles and theories in new situations). Implementing Carrying out Using Executing Doing Understanding Explaining ideas or concepts (Understanding of given information). Interpreting Exemplifying Summarising Inferring Paraphrasing Classifying Comparing Explaining Process Information Analyze Categorize Compare/Contrast Explain Infer Make Analogies Sequence Synthesize Sort Remembering Recalling specific information(Recall or recognition of specific information). Recognising Listing Describing Identifying Retrieving Naming Locating/Finding Gather Information Count Define Match Observe Select Describe Identify List Observe Name Recite