Shakespearean Project
Any
of these projects can be done individually or with a partner.
Projects done with
partners will be graded by higher standards.
1.
Memorize and perform a 3 to 5 minute scene from either Macbeth or A
Midsummer Night’s Dream. You can do a monologue, perform all the
characters
yourself (with different voices), or you can partner with another
classmate to act
out a
scene. Must be memorized. Costuming and/or props
(authentic-looking)
will
earn extra credit.
2. Create
a diorama of a scene from one of the plays. Again, use whatever
building
materials and mediums you would like. Thoroughness,
accuracy and creativity
will
also count the most here, too.
3. Draw/paint a picture or create a sculpture of any
image, scene, setting, person
from
the two plays. The medium is up to you, but the more professional
the
medium, the better. Accuracy, detail, and creativity will count!
4. Create a professional-looking,
full-color playbill for one of the two plays. It should
include all the elements of a traditional playbill: summary of the
play, actors’
names
and biographies (choose whom you would cast for each main role),
graphics and/or artwork, even advertising if you would like.
5. Create a color photo board/photo essay on the
settings and scenery you would
choose
to use in the filming of a movie version of one of these plays.
Thoroughness and creativity will be important, here. You could
take your own
pictures, find them in books/magazines, or even on the
internet. Another option
would
be to create a video of such settings.
6. Compile a soundtrack for one of the two
plays. Choose musical themes for
each
of your main characters or sets of characters, for each of the
significant
and
key scenes, for certain settings, and for the beginning and ending of
the
play.
7. Create a graphic organizer of quotations from
either of the plays that outline the
major
events in each of the five acts of the play. Choose quotes that
portray key
ideas
or events, concepts central to understanding the action of the play.
Presentation: You will be asked
to act out, play, explain, display your creation to the
class. One quarter of
your grade for this project will come from this presentation.
Basically, you need to be ready
to explain your creation and the choices you made in
creating it.
What to turn in: Your project
itself and a handout of any additional explanations ready
to turn in to me.