Shakespeare and SonnetsBy Brittany Stephens

Who’s in the class?

20 High School Freshman

Three students have mild ADHD.

Twenty percent are African American

Eighty percent are white.

Objective

My High School Freshman will analyze

William Shakespeare’s life and two of his

sonnets by doing a group project,

accessing different aspects of technology

that is presented throughout the week

with 100% accuracy by the end of the

week.

Day 1

Introduce Shakespeare by watching a

storytelling video and looking at a poster.

Day 2

Introduce Sonnet number 18 by having

students watch a YouTube video.

Complete a Web Quest in 5 groups of 4,

which will be their final project.

Day 3

Students will complete another Web

Quest, but this time on their own which

will be about how to properly write an

essay about a reflection of the week.

Students will also learn how Pinterest can

be a useful resource to communicate.

Day 4

Students will listen to a podcast of Sonnet

60.

As a class we will use Second Life as a

tool to explore the Globe Theatre where

Shakespeare’s plays were preformed.

Day 5

Students will use a QR code to submit

their group project.

They will also present their sonnet to the

class.

Glogster will be used as a way to

communicate and assess what they have

learned the past week.

Media Used

YouTube

Podcast

Web Quests

Second Life

QR’s and Voki’s

Glogster

Work Cited

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMNdvlUL1BRumY-

g7pW0zIw (Where students can access the videos)