Scholars in the Shakespeare Class at Liber-T Commonwealth

Shakespeare This was a great week.      In class we Read Act I scene 3-5 in hamlet.   We also played a 2 nd round of hitchhiker.   Thank you, Angelo for bringing cookies!   Thank you all for turning in your papers this week.   A lot of you are making good progress watching/listening/reading Shakespeare’s plays.   Keep up the good work!   Our lecture this week was about the different kinds of plays.   Shakespeare wrote 4 different kinds: Histories, tragedies, comedies, and problem plays. (7) Histories : The plays dramatize generations of Medieval trials.   They depict Joan of Arc, the Hundred Years of War with France, and the War of the Roses between York and Lancaster.   It is a historical narrative. (the plays: king john, Richard II, henry IV parts I and II, Henry V, henry VI parts I, II, and III, Richard III, Henry VIII) (11) Tragedies : “Shakespeare’s tragedies are...easiest to identify because they con...

In class this week Angelo started us out with Vocabulary and Ms. Marina did a presentation on God, Religion, and Superstition during Shakespeare’s time.   Ms. Ursula Taught us all about the characters in hamlet.   She also went over the entire summary of hamlet before we read in class Act I scenes 1-2.   We ran out of time so we will finish the lecture on the types of plays next class. Presentation: God, Religion, and Superstition given by: Ms. Marina The two major religions in Elizabethan England in the 1500's were the Catholic and Protestant religions. In Shakespeare’s time the law said that you had to go to church every week.   England at the time had no separation between church and state. Traditionally, the country was ruled politically by the king and spiritually by the Roman Catholic Church. However, Shakespeare's was the first generation in which the monarch, rather than the Pope, served as the country's spiritual head. The shift to Protestantism...

We are very excited to have you  in our Shakespeare Class this year.  It's going to be an amazing year!  Here are a few things to help you along the way.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with any concerns, questions, and/or suggestions.  There are 10 steps in the Shakespeare Conquest.  1. Read Hamlet and discuss it in class. 2. Hand in completed Vocabulary list. 3. Watch, read, or listen to seven or more Shakespeare plays. Students who read, listen, or watch Shakespeare plays will be crowned according to how many they did at the end of the semester. The ultimate goal is 17 plays and being crowned king/queen.  4. Participate in the Parents Shakespeare Fair. 5. Participate in Spring performance. 6. Turn in Personal Vocabulary word list and the Common Old English Terms List. 7.  Pass off Iambic Pentameter.  8. Make a 10-15 minute presentation of an Elizabethan Era topic. 9. Recite from memory the assigned Setpiece or Soliloquy...