Rubric for Tempest Projects

The rubric for any and all projects is now listed in the Essential Documents section. It is the same one other sections with other teachers are using. A question not addressed there that I will answer here is about the length of the writing you must do regardless of the project you choose:

One page, double spaced, no more, no less.

Remember that your presentation is part of the assessment, and that you have 3-4 minutes to make it. Practice! Time yourself. It is a problem if you go too long in terms of fairness to your classmates. It is a problem for you if you have nothing to say, or nothing particularly well-planned to say. Strike a balance in time, and be prepared.

I'm looking forward to your creativity and to your thoughtful interpretations of the play!!!!

LUNCH WITH PROSPERO!!

Great news! Prospero, the famed magician of The Tempest, happened to be in town, and we got him to agree to meet with all MA 9th graders during lunch this Wednesday in the BBLC lecture hall! So grab your lunch and come on in! Think of what you'd like to know about him, about his choice of forgiveness of his enemies, about his hopes for Miranda, about Caliban and his treatment of him—anything you'd really like to know. He'll answer. Be there!!!!

The Tempest Project!

The options for your culminating experience of the play are now posted in Essential Documents. Check them out. They all involve some writing, but they each offer an opportunity for you to have fun by expressing your ideas about the play in a media you enjoy. As I said yesterday, C Block, yours will be due Friday, December 2. D Block, yours will be due Monday, December 5.

I don't intend for you to take your break working on this, so know that your homework and some class time will be devoted to this next week. For the time being, just think about which option you'd like to pursue.

Yay! Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Final Posting for The Tempest

Please respond to the following. Your posting doesn't have to be bullet points on each question, but rather in two short paragraphs in which you cover each of the two issues in a brief but summative way. Think about 75-100 words for each paragraph (not 500!).

1. Why does Prospero decide to give up magic? What does his choice show about what he thinks happened in the past? How does he plan to live in the future?
2. What has Prospero learned? Has he changed in any fundamental way or had the change already occurred before the beginning of the action?

Act 3, Scenes 1-2 Questions

Act 3, Sc 1-2. Respond to the following questions: 1. How has Ferdinand’s and Miranda’s love deepened from their first interaction? What is Shakespeare suggesting about the true nature of love? 2. What does Caliban hope to accomplish by his plot against Prospero? Why does Shakespeare include this subplot mirroring the conspiracy of the nobles?