Power Standard

In a Shakespeare based unit, students would read Macbeth along with a variety of Shakesperean sonnets. Students would begin by learning about the time period in which Shakespeare wrote plays to better understand the theatrical conventions of the time. Next, they would read Macbeth aloud by performing it as a play with each of the students assigned a new character each day. This would allow my struggling student the opportunity to direct his energy toward classroom material, would fulfill his desire for attention and give him the opportunity to utilize his humor through the characters in the play. Public performance may be one of his strengths based on his desire to be noticed in the classroom. Next, students would create epitaphs for the characters using this lesson plan. Students would then read and analyze sonnets in order to fulfill this power standard.