Category Archives: Shakespeare

Mini Graphic Novel of Othello

Posted on February 29, 2024 by dommyb123

Senior Dom Balise of Mr. Sullivan’s Honors English IV Class created a mini graphic novel of Shakespeare’s Othello to make it more understandable for students. Dom then presented this comic to a class of Juniors in an English III class. … Continue reading →

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Nuanced Death in Shakespeare—Treehouse Talks #2

Posted on February 18, 2023 by alexcremins

Shakespeare was a man who wrote about complex and controversial topics for his time. At times he subtly delved into the discrimination of women and racial minorities. In this podcast we discuss the nuance in Shakespeare’s writing—and how he critiques … Continue reading →

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What is Love?

Posted on February 18, 2023 by michellestjacques

In order to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and how it translates into modern day depictions of love and the accuracy of this renowned love story, we decided to interview Ms. Rawlings D Period AP … Continue reading →

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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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Interpreting Sonnet 65 in Minecraft

Posted on February 13, 2020 by jmcremins

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pbm7ZzD_8-cmqPwxp7g_f6losC8BdcSU/view?usp=sharing Sonnet 65 Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o’er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea Whose action is no stronger than a flower? O, how shall summer’s … 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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Make One Critical Observation between Shakespeare & Sting

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Bill Sullivan

What is happening in the Sting song, “Consider Me Gone”? In five to seven sentences of Standard English, create a critical observation about Sting’s lyrics. Be sure to supply at least one word, phrase, or line of textual evidence to … 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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The Story of Your Life is Told Before You are Born

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Bill Sullivan

Let’s launch our unit on Shakespeare’s sonnets and Hamlet with background information from this critically acclaimed documentary, In Search of Shakespeare, by Michael Wood. We will have you view this for homework and submit your responses to the ten questions … Continue reading →