In class test
The second task will be an in-class test.
It will be completed over one week: drafting, editing and publishing.
You will receive the questions prior to the test to give you time to prepare. This will be your Homework for the week preceding the test.
The questions will build on the first task.
It is recommended you continue with the same themes and character, as you already have knowledge of this person and their circumstance.
Discussion of potential tasks:
How have characters changed or developed through the play?
Analysis of how your characters behave, and the reasons behind these actions.How have characters interacted?
The major themes have been identified for you and are also discussed in the resources suggested to you throughout the unit:
What themes have influenced your character?
You will be provided with stimulus questions.
Alternatively, you may be presented with a quote and asked to analyse its significance in the development of the plot or characters.
Preparing for the task:
Revise the plot - highlight and annotate key events as they relate to your character. Make sure you have read the play to the end.
Revise the themes and how these relate to your character.
Identify quotes within the play that you would use when analysing your chosen theme or character - highlight them and annotate why you have chosen them
Develop familiarity with Elizabethan society and how it influences the plot and the characters
Using Multiple Intelligences to prepare:
VS - Use a mindmap: place you character or theme in the centre and then explore themes, character, quotes that relate.
ML - Use a table: Characters, themes, quotes, notes
INTRA - Use avatars and surround them with quotes, themes, notes
INTER - Create a sociogram and annotate it with themes and quotes
Scaffolds for this task
It will be completed over one week: drafting, editing and publishing.
You will receive the questions prior to the test to give you time to prepare. This will be your Homework for the week preceding the test.
The questions will build on the first task.
It is recommended you continue with the same themes and character, as you already have knowledge of this person and their circumstance.
Discussion of potential tasks:
How have characters changed or developed through the play?
Analysis of how your characters behave, and the reasons behind these actions.How have characters interacted?
The major themes have been identified for you and are also discussed in the resources suggested to you throughout the unit:
What themes have influenced your character?
You will be provided with stimulus questions.
Alternatively, you may be presented with a quote and asked to analyse its significance in the development of the plot or characters.
Preparing for the task:
Revise the plot - highlight and annotate key events as they relate to your character. Make sure you have read the play to the end.
Revise the themes and how these relate to your character.
Identify quotes within the play that you would use when analysing your chosen theme or character - highlight them and annotate why you have chosen them
Develop familiarity with Elizabethan society and how it influences the plot and the characters
Using Multiple Intelligences to prepare:
VS - Use a mindmap: place you character or theme in the centre and then explore themes, character, quotes that relate.
ML - Use a table: Characters, themes, quotes, notes
INTRA - Use avatars and surround them with quotes, themes, notes
INTER - Create a sociogram and annotate it with themes and quotes
Scaffolds for this task