SHAKESPEARE (EL1-B)

Course Registration No. LIT-601

COURSE OVERVIEW

A one-semester course, worth five high school credits.  Course plan studying three Shakespearean plays.  Weeks 1-6: Hamlet with CliffsComplete. Weeks 7-11: Progeny Press Study Guide study of The Merchant of Venice or Macbeth or Romeo and Juliet or Othello (choose one).  Weeks 12-16: CliffsComplete study of one of the following comedies: Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, or The Tempest.

 

BOOKS AND MATERIALS

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Hamlet (Cliffs Complete)

  • Author: William Shakespeare, Terri Mategrano
  • Publisher/Copyright: : Cliffs Notes, 2000. .
  • ISBN: 0764585681        978-0764585685
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William Shakespeare’s Hamlet (1996)

  • Author: Director: Kenneth Branagh
  • Publisher/Copyright: : Warner Home Video, 2007. Two DVD disc set.
  • ISBN:        
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Teaching the Classics DVD and Workbook

  • Author: Adam Andrews and Missy Andrews
  • Publisher/Copyright: : The Center for Literary Education, 2017. Print and DVD.
  • ISBN: 0988898993        978-0988898998
  • Supplier: Rainbow Resource

Macbeth (Progeny Press Study Guide)

  • Publisher/Copyright: : Progeny Press, 2007. .
  • ISBN: 1586093746        978-1586093747
  • Supplier: Rainbow Resource

Macbeth (The Pelican Shakespeare)

  • Author: William Shakespeare
  • Publisher/Copyright: 2000: Penguin Classics, . Print.
  • ISBN: 0140714782        978-0140714784
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The Taming of the Shrew (CliffsComplete)

  • Author: William Shakespeare
  • Publisher/Copyright:
  • ISBN: 0764587293        978-0764587290
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (CliffsComplete)

  • Author: William Shakespeare
  • Publisher/Copyright: : Cliffs Notes, 2000. Print.
  • ISBN: 0764586726        978-0764586729
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96 pages.
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Merchant of Venice (Progeny Press Study Guide)

  • ISBN: 1586093754        978-1586093754
  • Supplier: Rainbow Resource
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Romeo and Juliet (Progeny Press Study Guide)

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  • ISBN: 1586093800        978-1586093808
  • Supplier: Rainbow Resource

66 pages; Progeny Press (August 1, 2007)
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The Tempest (CliffsComplete)

  • Author: William Shakespeare
  • Publisher/Copyright:
  • ISBN: 0764585762        978-0764585760
  • Supplier: Retail or Amazon.com
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Twelfth Night (CliffsComplete)

  • Author: William Shakespeare
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  • ISBN: 0764585770        978-0764585777
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