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Exploring Shakespeare
’
s Midsummer Night
’
s Dream-- an Introduction to Classical Literature
By C. Barnes Gallagher
Table of Contents
......................... 3Backward Instructional Design through a 4C/ID Plan ................................................................... 4
........................................................................................ 41. DETERMINE ENDURING IDEAS ........................................................................................... 42. GOALS ....................................................................................................................................... 43. DETERMINE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS ................................................................................ 54. DETERMINE INFERENCES TO KEY KNOWLEDGE AND ACTIONS .............................. 6
......................................................................... 65. DETERMINE PERFORMANCE TASKS ................................................................................. 66. DETERMINE PERFORMANCE TASKS ................................................................................. 7
............................................................................. 77. LEARNING ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................................... 78. Pre-Assessment Activities .......................................................................................................... 89. Formative Evaluation Activities ................................................................................................. 810. Summative Evaluation Activities ............................................................................................. 9Backwards Design through 4C/ID Four Basic Instructional Strategies.......................................... 9References ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Exploring
Midsummer Night’s Dream
as an Introduction to Classical Literature
The incidental music of Felix Mendelssohn to
Midsummer Night’s Dream
expressescontrasting textures of
Theseus‟ hunting horns, ceremonial wedding marches, soaring and
throbbing melodies of the enamored, the pianissimo staccato of the fairies, and the jocundbassoon of tradesmen (Shakespeare, Bevington, Kastan, & Papp, 1988)
—
burlesque themestypical also of
Ovid‟s
Metamorphoses
(1 ACE) and
John Gay‟s
Beggar’s Opera
(1728).
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
As an Introduction to Classical Literature, this is an elective course in language arts, andit is project-based on Informal and Formal Learning Activities that include theinterpretation, comparison, and analysis of various productions and various affects of language on the contrasting worlds of social order, self-awareness, and visionary escape(Shakespeare, Bevington, & Papp, 1988).
We will explore monumental heroic scenes for their origins and inspirational influence onthe Bard and his universal impressions on his audience
The culture of the Ancient Greek Amphitheatre, the Roman Coliseum, and of ElizabethanEngland are inherent in overlapping qualities, figurative speech and themes, legends, anddramatic impact through the following with which we will become acquainted:1. Mythology2. Greek Drama3. Roman Drama4. Burlesque5. Beowulf Chronicles6. Morality Plays7. Interludes and Farces8. Elizabethan Drama9. Miracle and Mystery Play
10. Commedie dell „Arte
11. Masques12. Hubris
Over hill, over dale,Thorough bush, thorough brier,Over park, over pale,Thorough flood, thorough fire,I do wander everywhere,
Swifter than the moon’s sphere,
And I serve the Fairy Queen,To dew her orbs upon the green.The cowslips tall her pensioners be,In their gold coats spots you see:Those be rubies, fairy favors;
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