Lesson Plans
So, You Have to Read Shakespeare... How the Folger Method Can Reach Reluctant Readers...and Teachers of Shakespeare
Fill Your Cauldron: Spooky Treats from Macbeth
Sonnet Performances: Shakespeare’s Sonnets as Scripts
Sonnet Performances: Shakespeare’s Sonnets as Scripts
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Shakespeare’s Sisters and Modern Sonnets
Shakespeare’s Sisters and Modern Sonnets
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Spenser, Shakespeare, and the Blazon
Spenser, Shakespeare, and the Blazon
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Easing into Shakespeare with Edna St. Vincent Millay’s, “What My Lips Have Kissed, And Where And Why”
Easing into Shakespeare with Edna St. Vincent Millay’s, “What My Lips Have Kissed, And Where And Why”
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Shakespeare’s Sonnet 138: A Close Reading Module
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 138: A Close Reading Module
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The English Sonnet: Michael Drayton
The English Sonnet: Michael Drayton
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Petrarch, Father of the Sonnet
Petrarch, Father of the Sonnet
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Text Set: AMERICAN MOOR Talks Back to OTHELLO
Text Set: AMERICAN MOOR Talks Back to OTHELLO
Text Set: Maya Angelou Talks Back to Romeo
Text Set: Maya Angelou Talks Back to Romeo
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The Tempest, Colonialism, and Early America
The Tempest, Colonialism, and Early America
Film Expert Groups: The Closet Scene
Film Expert Groups: The Closet Scene
Introducing Twelfth Night with 2-Line Scenes
Introducing Twelfth Night with 2-Line Scenes
Cutting a Scene: Twelfth Night 2.4
Cutting a Scene: Twelfth Night 2.4
Choral Reading: Sonnet 18
Choral Reading: Sonnet 18
Choral Reading: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2.1
Choral Reading: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2.1
Cutting a Scene: King Lear 4.6
Cutting a Scene: King Lear 4.6
3-D Shakespeare: Twelfth Night 1.2
3-D Shakespeare: Twelfth Night 1.2
3-D Literature with Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun 1.1
3-D Literature with Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun 1.1
Pre-reading: Tossing Lines from To Kill a Mockingbird
Pre-reading: Tossing Lines from To Kill a Mockingbird
Choral Reading with Images from A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.1
Choral Reading with Images from A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.1
Cutting a Scene: Julius Caesar 3.1
Cutting a Scene: Julius Caesar 3.1
Reading Macbeth 1.3 with Art
Reading Macbeth 1.3 with Art
Creating a Promptbook: Julius Caesar 3.1
Creating a Promptbook: Julius Caesar 3.1
Creating a Promptbook: Twelfth Night 2.5
Creating a Promptbook: Twelfth Night 2.5
Writing a Group Sonnet: Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Writing a Group Sonnet: Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Choral Reading: Much Ado About Nothing 1.1
Choral Reading: Much Ado About Nothing 1.1
Cutting a Scene: The Merchant of Venice 3.1
Cutting a Scene: The Merchant of Venice 3.1
Cutting a Scene: A Tale of Two Cities, Chapter Two
Cutting a Scene: A Tale of Two Cities, Chapter Two
Promptbook: Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Promptbook: Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
3-D Shakespeare: Julius Caesar 3.3
3-D Shakespeare: Julius Caesar 3.3
Creating a Promptbook: Hamlet 1.1
Creating a Promptbook: Hamlet 1.1
Creating a Promptbook: “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
Creating a Promptbook: “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
Creating a Promptbook: Chapter Five of 1984
Creating a Promptbook: Chapter Five of 1984
Historical Characterization of Othello
Historical Characterization of Othello
Tossing Lines: Fences by August Wilson
Tossing Lines: Fences by August Wilson
Cutting A Scene: Toni Morrison’s Beloved Part I
Cutting A Scene: Toni Morrison’s Beloved Part I
Paired Texts: Ma Rainey from Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Beatrice of Much Ado About Nothing
Paired Texts: Ma Rainey from Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Beatrice of Much Ado About Nothing
Paired Texts: Boy Willie from The Piano Lesson and Othello 1.3
Paired Texts: Boy Willie from The Piano Lesson and Othello 1.3
3-D Shakespeare: Othello 1.1
3-D Shakespeare: Othello 1.1
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Introducing Much Ado About Nothing with 2-Line Scenes
Introducing Much Ado About Nothing with 2-Line Scenes
Promptbook: The Wedding Scene of Much Ado About Nothing 4.1
Promptbook: The Wedding Scene of Much Ado About Nothing 4.1
Historical Characterization of Shylock from The Merchant of Venice
Historical Characterization of Shylock from The Merchant of Venice
Introducing The Bluest Eye with 2-Line Scenes
Introducing The Bluest Eye with 2-Line Scenes
Choral Reading: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Choral Reading: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Choral Reading: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Choral Reading: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Paired Texts: Portia from The Merchant of Venice and Nessa from District Merchants
Paired Texts: Portia from The Merchant of Venice and Nessa from District Merchants
Introducing Julius Caesar with 2-Line Scenes
Introducing Julius Caesar with 2-Line Scenes
Choral Reading: Juliet’s Soliloquy in Romeo and Juliet 4.3
Choral Reading: Juliet’s Soliloquy in Romeo and Juliet 4.3
Choral Reading: Othello 3.4 Handkerchief Scene
Choral Reading: Othello 3.4 Handkerchief Scene
Cutting a Scene: Hamlet 2.2
Cutting a Scene: Hamlet 2.2
Cutting a Scene: Queen Mab in Romeo and Juliet 1.4
Cutting a Scene: Queen Mab in Romeo and Juliet 1.4
Choral Reading: Twelfth Night 1.1
Choral Reading: Twelfth Night 1.1
Pre-reading: Tossing Lines from Romeo and Juliet
Pre-reading: Tossing Lines from Romeo and Juliet
Pre-reading: Tossing Words from The Color Purple
Pre-reading: Tossing Words from The Color Purple
Introducing The Great Gatsby with 2-Line Scenes
Introducing The Great Gatsby with 2-Line Scenes
Choral Reading: Shylock’s Revenge Speech in The Merchant of Venice 3.1
Choral Reading: Shylock’s Revenge Speech in The Merchant of Venice 3.1
Choral Reading: Portia’s “Quality of Mercy” Speech in 4.1
Choral Reading: Portia’s “Quality of Mercy” Speech in 4.1
Choral Reading: Romeo and Juliet 1.4 Queen Mab Speech
Choral Reading: Romeo and Juliet 1.4 Queen Mab Speech
Cutting a Scene: The Merchant of Venice 4.1
Cutting a Scene: The Merchant of Venice 4.1
Cutting a Scene: Richard III 1.1
Cutting a Scene: Richard III 1.1
Creating a Promptbook: The Tempest 5.1
Creating a Promptbook: The Tempest 5.1
Creating a Promptbook: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.2
Creating a Promptbook: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.2
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Cutting a Scene: In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Cutting a Scene: In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Group Scenes: Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Group Scenes: Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Richard III: Introducing Language with 2-Line Scenes
Richard III: Introducing Language with 2-Line Scenes
Two-Line Scenes: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Two-Line Scenes: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Pre-reading: Tossing Words and Lines from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Pre-reading: Tossing Words and Lines from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Cutting the Opening Scene of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Cutting the Opening Scene of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Comparing Shakespeare to His Source, Holinshed: The Witches in Macbeth 3.1
Comparing Shakespeare to His Source, Holinshed: The Witches in Macbeth 3.1
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Choral Reading: King Lear 1.2
Choral Reading: King Lear 1.2
Choral Reading: Rena from August Wilson’s Jitney and Lady Macbeth from Macbeth
Choral Reading: Rena from August Wilson’s Jitney and Lady Macbeth from Macbeth
Choral Reading and Cutting a Text: Pairing Clint Smith’s “My Hopes, Dreams, Fears for My Future Son” with Hamlet
Choral Reading and Cutting a Text: Pairing Clint Smith’s “My Hopes, Dreams, Fears for My Future Son” with Hamlet
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Cutting a Scene: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Cutting a Scene: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Choral Reading: Fences and King Lear
Choral Reading: Fences and King Lear
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones: Introducing Language with 2-Line Scenes
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones: Introducing Language with 2-Line Scenes
Choral Reading: “Seven Ages of Man” from As You Like It
Choral Reading: “Seven Ages of Man” from As You Like It
Choral Reading with Shakespeare’s Sonnet 43 and Imtiaz Dharker’s “The Trick”
Choral Reading with Shakespeare’s Sonnet 43 and Imtiaz Dharker’s “The Trick”
Choral Reading: Hamlet and August Wilson’s King Hedley II
Choral Reading: Hamlet and August Wilson’s King Hedley II
Choral Reading Dr. King’s I Have a Dream Speech
Choral Reading Dr. King’s I Have a Dream Speech
Words as Images: Twelfth Night 1.5
Words as Images: Twelfth Night 1.5
3-D Literature: Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club
3-D Literature: Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club
Julius Caesar Promptbooks: Marking Up Antony’s Speeches for Performance
Julius Caesar Promptbooks: Marking Up Antony’s Speeches for Performance
Pre-reading Othello: Tossing Words and Lines
Pre-reading Othello: Tossing Words and Lines
Cutting a Text: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Cutting a Text: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Cutting a Scene: Twelfth Night 2.3
Cutting a Scene: Twelfth Night 2.3
Pre-reading: Tossing Words from Romeo and Juliet
Pre-reading: Tossing Words from Romeo and Juliet
Pre-reading: A Snapshot of Othello
Pre-reading: A Snapshot of Othello
Macbeth in the First Folio: Sisters or Witches?
Macbeth in the First Folio: Sisters or Witches?
“To Be” in Translation: Hamlet in World Languages
“To Be” in Translation: Hamlet in World Languages
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Pre-reading: Tossing Words from Their Eyes Were Watching God
Pre-reading: Tossing Words from Their Eyes Were Watching God
3-D Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet 1.1
3-D Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet 1.1
3-D Literature: The Opening Scene of Their Eyes Were Watching God
3-D Literature: The Opening Scene of Their Eyes Were Watching God
Choral Reading: The Declaration of Independence
Choral Reading: The Declaration of Independence
Pre-reading: 20-minute 1 Henry IV
Pre-reading: 20-minute 1 Henry IV
Pre-reading: 20-minute Romeo and Juliet
Pre-reading: 20-minute Romeo and Juliet
Cutting a Scene: Othello 1.1
Cutting a Scene: Othello 1.1
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Close Reading on Your Feet: Performing Macbeth’s Soliloquy in 5.5
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Pre-reading: 20-minute Hamlet
Pre-reading: 20-minute Hamlet
2-Line Scenes - General Shakespeare
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Who is the Moor? Choral Reading American Moor and Othello
Who is the Moor? Choral Reading American Moor and Othello
Essential Everyday Bravery
Yorick 2 Ways: Comparing Quarto and Folio Versions of Hamlet
Yorick 2 Ways: Comparing Quarto and Folio Versions of Hamlet
3-D Shakespeare: Hamlet 1.1
3-D Shakespeare: Hamlet 1.1
Choral Reading: Macbeth’s Soliloquy in Macbeth 1.7
Choral Reading: Macbeth’s Soliloquy in Macbeth 1.7
The First Week of School: Literature Line Toss
The First Week of School: Literature Line Toss
Cutting a Scene: Hamlet 1.3
Cutting a Scene: Hamlet 1.3
The Monologue Project
The Monologue Project
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