LINK FOR HANDOUT HERE–> Why Shakespeare- Guided Notes
“Shakespeare is Everywhere” by Christopher Gaze, TEDxVancouver
“Hip-Hop & Shakespeare” by Akala
(If that doesn’t work, try this link: https://ed.ted.com/on/kg3xD9lP#finally)
SHAKESPEARE MUSICAL CHAIRS (HAMLET VERSION) QUOTES HERE –> Hamlet Musical Chairs
Optional Extension activity: (If there is time in class, we MIGHT do this, NOT required).
Think of a line from a poem or song that is in iambic pentameter. Write your line below.
*Iambic Pentameter is made up of two words, where pentameter is a combination of ‘pent,’ which means five, and ‘meter,’ which means to measure. Iambic, on the other hand, is a metrical foot in poetry in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable. It means iambic pentameter is a beat or foot that uses 10 syllables in each line. Simply, it is a rhythmic pattern comprising five iambs in each line, like five heartbeats.
*Example from a song from when I was in high school (stressed syllables are in all caps):
His PALMS are SWEATy, KNEES weak, ARMS are HEAVy
There’s VOmit ON his SWEATer alREADy, mom’s spaGHETTi
He’s NERVous, but ON the SURFace he LOOKS calm and READy.
Ms. Sorensen's English Class 