Lesson Plan form for  Paul Rombough/
Chateauguay Valley High School  (Tower University Grade 8 Site)
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Date:   june 3,   per 3 + 4
Class:          English
Objective: 
To comprehend important plot and character elements Act 1, Scene 2 of the Tempest.
To translate Shakespeare's text into modern, simple English
Materials: 
Opening Motivational Set: 

Looking over the picture of Miranda watching the Boat, by.......?
What must she be thinking?
Predict her reaction to all this.
Procedure:

1.  Read Act 1, Scene 2 of the Tempest  orally, up to the part where Miranda sleeps.
(students take parts assigned to them the previous day)

2.  Begin the "Translating Factory", by having students take one of the  Translating the scene cards.
As students finish putting the section into modern English, they move to help other students.
When all students have finished we reread the scene in Modern English

3.  Continue reading the scene orally until the end of the Scene

4.  Distribute questions 
a)  five minutes alone, then they can move to finish with a partner.

5.  Take up the questions
 

6.  Work on their title page drawings (title page to the unit package) and ask them to include this scene.
 

 
Followup/ Evaluation: 

 
 
 

Translating the scene cards

  1. Act 1, Scene 2, lines 0-13
  2. Act 1, Scene 2, lines 14-21
  3. Act 1, Scene 2, lines 22-44
  4. Act 1, Scene 2, lines 42-52
  5. Act 1, Scene 2, lines 53-65
  6. Act 1, Scene 2, lines 66-78
  7. Act 1, Scene 2, lines 79-87
  8. Act 1, Scene 2, lines 88-105
  9. Act 1, Scene 2, lines  106-117
  10. Act 1, Scene 2, lines 118-132
  11. Act 1, Scene 2, lines  133-138
  12. Act 1, Scene 2, lines  139-151
  13. Act 1, Scene 2, lines  152-168
  14. Act 1, Scene 2, lines   169-177
  15. Act 1, Scene 2, lines  178-186
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  • Act 1 Questions
    1. Act One, Scene i shows the "tempest" of the play's title. How do the different characters react to crisis? What hierarchies of authority are in evidence in the scene?
    2. Who is Miranda? What is her reaction to the scene she has just witnessed?
    3. Who is Prospero? How does he know that everyone has survived the storm?
    4. How did Prospero and Miranda come to be on the island?
    5. Who is Ariel? Why should he be grateful to Prospero, and just do what he's told?
    6. Who was Sycorax? How does Prospero feel about her?
    7. Who is Caliban? What is his attitude towards Prospero's control of the island?
    8. What event led Prospero to start treating Caliban as his slave?
    9. Who taught Caliban to speak? How does he tend to use language? Why?
    10. Why does Miranda think that Ferdinand might be a "spirit"?