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ACTIvITy 4.8
previewing embedded Assessment 2 and performing shakespeare
leArNING sTrATeGIes:
QHT, Close Reading, Paraphrasing, Graphic Organizer
my Notes
Learning Targets
• Identify the skills and knowledge needed to be successful on Embedded Assessment 2.
• Explain previous learning and make connections to new learning.
Making Connections
In the first part of this unit you studied, wrote, and performed several monologues and oral interpretations. Along the way you learned various techniques and devices that authors employ when they use language for effect. In this part of the unit you will focus on analyzing a Shakespearean play, Twelfth Night, as you further study dramatic monologues and prepare for a performance of a dramatic dialogue.
Essential Questions
Now that you have studied how writers and poets use language and have completed several oral interpretations yourself, reflect on your current understanding of the first Essential Question: How do writers and speakers use language for effect?
1. How has your understanding of language changed over the course of this unit? Consider using the sentence frame below to guide your writing.
At the beginning of the unit, _________________________, but now __________________________.
2. What did you learn in the first half of the unit that has prepared you for the second Essential Question: How do performers communicate meaning to an audience?
Developing Vocabulary
Use the QHT strategy to re-sort the vocabulary you have studied in the first part
of this unit. Compare this sort with your original sort. How has your understanding changed? Select a word from the chart and write a concise statement about your learning. How has your understanding of this word changed over the course of this unit?
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