The Taming of the Shrew: Study Booklet or power-point

1. Table of contents: Each section must have a title and page number.

2. History page: Write a brief description of how women are expected to behave in Shakespeare’s time and of Biography of William Shakespeare and the Globe Theater. Write a short biography of Arthur Miller’s life. (Minimum two paragraphs, typed and double spaced, you can find this information on the introductory page.) Use pictures or drawings to illustrate your history page.

3. Tree Map: Use a tree map to put characters under their family name, suitors and servants. Be sure to include their fake names. Categories should be: Induction, Minola, Katerina’s suitors, Bianca’s Suitors, and servants. Include the servants under the family name. Write a brief description of each character.

4. Short Essay: Each group member must pick one essay questions to answer. Your answers should be typed and double spaced, four or more paragraphs long and quotes from the play should be included in each paragraph. Use the description of women as evidence in your essay. Each person must write their own essay.

1. Consider how Kate defies the traditional roles of a woman in society. Discuss her attitude in comparison with women from her time period as well as with women today. Is her example exemplary or inappropriate? Propose changes to her behavior that would better represent the socially accepted woman’s role both then and now.

2. Compare Bianca’s attitude to Kate’s attitude. How do the two women act differently? How do they act the same? Examine their relationship as sisters. How does their relationship affect the way they each pursue men or marriage?

3. Consider the attitudes of each character relating to marriage. Who acts more appropriately in your opinion in the pursuit of love? Should social norms always be followed in engagements? Which relationship of all do you believe will eventually yield the best marriage?

4. In the play, nearly all of the characters use deception and dishonesty to achieve their marital goals. Illustrate how the play rewards or punishes characters for moral misjudgments. (Or show how the play fails to reward and punish.)

5. Multi-flow map: Use a multi-flow map to show the cause and effect of Kate’s shrewish behavior. Include a paragraph to explain your multi-flow map.

6. Flow Map: Use flow maps to show each act. Please have pictures in the boxes and captions underneath to summarize the story. You may use pictures from the internet or magazines. Include two sentences that explain the most significant occurrence of each act.

7. Double bubble map: Use a double map to compare two characters of your choice. Use quotes from the play to prove your description of the character and a paragraph describing why you chose to compare and contrast the two characters as well as the similarities and differences. Ex. Kate= Vengeful “Her silence flouts me, and I'll be revenged” (Shakespeare).

8. Theme: What is the topic or subject of the play? (One word) What is the conflict and how is it resolved? What is the theme? (Theme must be one sentence) This will be on the same page as the reflection page. each person must write their own unique theme.

9. Reflection Page: Reflect on your experience of reading this play. Did you like or dislike it, why? Do you feel it was worth reading, why or why not? What did you learn that was of value to you? Do you believe this situation is realistic? Could a situation similar in theme happen today? Two or more paragraph, each person must write their own reflection page.

Use 1-9 to create a booklet or power-point about The Taming of the Shrew. Your booklet will be judged on the quality of your Flow maps, and short answers. It will also be judged on creativity, neatness and use of quotes. Your booklet is due the day of the final exam.Category 4 3 2 1Table of content(10pts)

All elements are listed and have page numbers. (10)

Most elements are listed and have page numbers. 7 or more (8)

Some elements are listed and have page numbers. 5 or more (7)

Few elements are listed and have page numbers. 3 or under (6)

History page (20 pts)

Two or more paragraphs with no errors typed and double spaced. 3 or more graphics. (20)

Two paragraphs with few errors typed. 2 graphics. (17)

Two paragraphs with some errors not typed. 1 graphic. (14)

One paragraphs with some errors not typed. No graphics. (11)

Short Essays (100pts)

Each essay has three or more paragraphs with no errors typed and double spaced. Correctly addresses the prompt. Uses many examples from the play. (100)

Three paragraphs with few errors typed. Addresses the prompt. Uses some examples from the play. (80)

Three paragraphs with some errors, not typed. Does not fully address the prompt. No examples from the play. (70)

Two paragraphs with some errors, not typed. Does not address the prompt. No examples from the play. (60)

Tree map (50pts)

All characters listed and in the correct family. Tree map is drawn correctly, neat and colorful. Descriptions have no errors and are typed. (50)

Most characters listed and in the correct family. Tree map is drawn correctly and neat. Descriptions have few errors and are typed. (40)

Most characters listed and some are in the correct family. Tree map is drawn correctly. Descriptions have errors and are not typed. (30)

Many characters listed and not in the correct family. Tree map is not drawn correctly. No Descriptions. (20)

Multi-flow map (50pts)

Multi-flow map is drawn correctly and neatly. It shows why Kate’s behavior is shrewish and what happens as a result. Paragraph is typed and Graphics are included. (50)

Multi-flow map is drawn correctly It shows why Kate’s behavior is shrewish and what happens as a result. Paragraph is typed. (40)

Multi-flow map is drawn correctly It shows why Kate’s behavior is shrewish what happens as a result. Paragraph is not typed.(30)

Multi-flow map is drawn correctly. It shows why Kate’s behavior is shrewish and what happens as a result. No paragraph. (20)

Flow maps (50 pts)

All acts are listed. Flow maps are correctly and neatly drawn with captions. Pictures are included. Sentences are thoughtful and typed. (50)

All acts are listed. Flow maps are correctly drawn with captions. Pictures are included. Sentences are thoughtful. (40)

Missing one act. Flow maps are correctly drawn with captions. No Pictures are included. Sentences are included. (30)

Missing two acts. Flow maps are correctly drawn with Pictures but no captions. There are no sentences. (20)

Double bubble map (50pts)

Map is neat and correctly drawn. It has at least 9 circles with 6 quotes. Paragraph is typed with no errors. (50)

Map is correctly drawn. It has at least 9 circles with 4 quotes. Paragraph is typed with few errors. (40)

Map is correctly drawn. It has at least 9 circles with 2 quotes. Paragraph is not typed with some errors. (30)

Map is correctly drawn. It has at least 9 circles but no quotes. No paragraph included. (20)

Theme: (40 pts)

Complete, clear and fully developed theme. (40)

Sufficiently developed theme. (30)

Lacks a clearly developed theme. (20)

Incomplete or unclear theme. (10)

Reflection (20pts)

Complete, clear and fully developed reflection (20).

Sufficiently developed theme. (17)

Lacks a clearly developed theme. (14)

Incomplete or unclear developed theme. (11)

Attractiveness:(10pts)

The book is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, and neatness. (10)

The book is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness. (8)

The book is acceptably attractive though it may be a bit messy. (7)

The book is distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive. (6)

The booklet is worth 400 points.

Shrew Extra Credit (your group may do as many as you want). 1. FOUND POEM William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew

Instructions: Read and study the following passage from Shakespeare’s original text of The Taming of the Shrew. Choose 40-60 words with which you would like to construct a poem. You will be using the words to write a love poem from a character of your choosing to another character in the play. You may add two of your own words to the poem, as well as make small changes in tense, possessive, plural, punctuation, and capitalization. At the end, you should add a title to the top of your paper and write specifically which character the poem is from and to whom it will be sent. REMEMBER: You are to choose single words, NOT phrases! Also, the poem must be IN CHARACTER for the person you choose!

Kate’s Monologue, Act V, Scene II:“Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for theeAnd for thy maintenance; commits his bodyTo painful labour both by sea and land,To watch the night in storms, the day in cold,Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe;And craves no other tribute at thy handsBut love, fair looks, and true obedience, –Too little payment for so great a debt!Such duty as the subject owes the prince,Even such a woman oweth to her husband;And when she is forward, peevish, sullen, sour,And not obedient to his honest will,What is she but a foul contending rebel,And graceless traitor to her loving lord? –I am asham’d that women are so simpleTo offer war where they should kneel for peace,Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway,When they are bound to serve, love, and obey.

Why are our bodies soft and weak, and smooth,Unapt to toil and trouble in the world,But that our soft conditions and our heartsShould well agree with our external parts?Come, come, you forward and unable worms!My mind hath been as big as one of yours,My heart as great; my reason, haply, more,To bandy word for word and frown for frown:But now I see our lances are but straws;Our strength as weak, our weakness past compare,That seeming to be most, which we indeed least are.Then vail your stomachs, for it is no boot,And place your hands below your husband’s foot:In token of which duty, if you please,My hand is ready, may it do him ease.-Katharina, the ShrewThe Taming of the ShrewAct V, Secne II

Points Possible: 50 Points Earned: _________

2. Create a 20 question multiple choice test with an answer key. Be sure each question has at least 4 choices of which 2 are possible answers, but one is the best. 

Points Possible: 30 Points Earned: _________

3. Construct a diorama for any scene in the play. Points Possible: 30 Points Earned: _________

4. Make a portrait of a main character that remains true to the description in the text. Under the picture include at least three quotes from the play that provide description of this character.

Points Possible: 40 Points Earned: _________

5. With a partner or two, act out a scene in Elizabethan English or one translated into modern English. Rehearse and be ready to perform for the class. Use props/ costumes. Memorize your lines. 

Points Possible: 60 Points Earned: _________

6. Create a one page modern translation of a section of the play. Be sure to stay true to the story and use stage directions.  

Points Possible: 40 Points Earned: _________