Category Archives: Digital Shakespeare

An Appreciation of Sonnet XXIX Through Emojis

Posted on March 5, 2020 by acaine13

Here, I’ve used emojis in a video format to break down each line of Sonnet XXIX. This exercise helped me gain a better understanding of the poem whenever I attempted to choose an emoji that best fit the authorial intent … Continue reading →

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What Will You Create for the Sonnet Project?

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Bill Sullivan

This sonnet project will be a great learning opportunity for you to express your understanding of Shakespeare’s language and content as well as how it might illuminate something of our humanity today. While I have been giving time lengths for … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare Infographic Project

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Bill Sullivan

What is the best infographic that you have used before? How did it help? How was it a beautiful display of information? Why is it an effective medium? This infographic came from Neil Patel’s blog post, “Ten Infographics,” and we … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare Infographic Project

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Bill Sullivan

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Create an Argument Regarding Sting’s Integration of Sonnet 35 into “Consider Me Gone”

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Bill Sullivan

In his collection of essays, The Sacred Wood, T.S. Eliot claims: “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.” Reflect on that insight … Continue reading →

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The World’s Stage

Posted on May 9, 2015 by 15cpl

In the play As You Like It William Shakespeare tries to emphasize to the reader that we are all actors on one big stage. In act II scene VII for example the melancholy Jacques laments his view on the world. … Continue reading →

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The Alteration of Hugh Fennyman

Posted on January 12, 2015 by 15cpl

In The film “Shakespeare in Love” the character Hugh Fennyman, portrayed by Tom Wilkinson, develops a love for theatre. In the beginning of the film Hugh Fennyman has little respect for theatre and the actors and writers involved in it. … Continue reading →

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Here’s how we will nurture our first exit ticket by sharing it on Twitter

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Bill Sullivan

Let’s have you work in pairs if you need to do so. We want you to develop your first exit ticket into a larger take-away. Then look for an asset on Twitter to send a message or a question about … Continue reading →

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PBL Mindset, Assessments, and Tools

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Bill Sullivan

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Using Our Shakespeare Twitter Persona To Continue Class a Little More

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Bill Sullivan

With one junior left behind in our senior elective, he and I brainstormed a good use of his time during the junior exam period. We thought a neat way for him to use his time reflectively was to … Continue reading →

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