Students are going to want to work on completing the story and having a good understanding of the main characters and what has taken place. The next assignment will include knowing this information to create something with this knowledge.

Today we as a class discussed the idea of how Shakespeare crafted his plays into 5 Acts. Those acts filled a format that many movies and plays follow still to this day.

Act I: The introduction, exposition of the play and also a chance to meet the main characters at a glance

Act II: Plot and Character development allows us to connect and identify with theme and characteristics central to the rest of the play

Act III: Rising action takes the play right to its Climax or Apex. This is also when the story traditionally has its what I refer to as the "oh oh" moment. This is when the reader or watcher can identify the conflict or when they might secretly whisper to the actor in the play "I wouldn't do that." It's when the pieces really start to fall in place, the action and drama build, and the reader knows more than the character. Commercial Break Time!

Act IV: falling action has the conflict starting to resolve. Some problems are still very present but one can see how characters will probably solve their issues.

Act V: conclusion or resolution may result in humor, happy endings or even all out misery for all involved but the story is ending either way. Often much like he would exposition the intro, Shakespeare would often summarize a theme at the end for those paying too little attention.

Hope this helps and see you all in class tomorrow when we continue The Taming of the Shrew.

Together as a class we started to draw up a character map of our story. This will be due on Thursday.

Students are to post a question on Edmodo about what has happened so far in The Taming of the Shrew. Students are to then answer one of the many questions from their classmates on Edmodo.

Today we read through as a class the biography on William Shakespeare and read through some of the traits that make up his plays. Monday we start reading Taming of the Shrew. I can't wait.

Today students took what they have learned in the past about the best way to answer close and critical questions and applied it to a small reading selection on Shakespeare.

Stanza by Stanza retell Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven. Each stanza should be retold in 1-2 sentences per stanza. This is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday.