10th+-+Standards


 * 10th Grade- Much Ado About Nothing**

Rather than students looking at Shakespeare's characters as just from "olden times" this lesson is designed for students to look into each character's personality, likes, dislikes, desires, etc. and then inquire within themselves -- looking for similar qualities that will connect them to the characters.

__Standards:__ Indiana Academic Standards for English: 10.3.3
 * Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Literary Text:**

Evaluate interactions between characters in a literary text and explain the way those interactions affect the plot. 10.3.4 Analyze characters' traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, and soliloquy (when they speak out loud to themselves). Listening and Speaking: 10.7.4 Use props, visual aids, graphs, and electronic media to enhance the appeal and accuracy of presentations.


 * 10.7.14**
 * Speaking Applicatons:**

Deliver narrative presentations that:

• narrate a sequence of events and communicate their significance to the audience.

• locate scenes and incidents in specific places.

• describe with specific details the sights, sounds, and smells of a scene and the specific actions, movements, gestures, and feelings of characters.

• time the presentation of actions to accommodate time or mood changes.

2.1.6: Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings. 10th Grade Benchmark: Express ideas through creative products in a variety of formats. 3.1.3: Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understandings effectively. 10th Grade Benchmark: Use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively
 * 21st Century **