Table of Contents
Part 1 Welcome to SparkTeach! 5
Tips for Class Planning and Management 6
What's Included in SparkTeach? 7
What Makes Real-Life Lens Lessons Unique? 8
SparkTeach and the Common Core State Standards 11
Guidelines for Student Assessment 11
Part 2 SparkTeach Much Ado About Nothing Lesson Plans 13
Real-Life Lens Lesson: Tricks and Lies 14
Poetics Lesson: Prose in the Play 24
Film Lesson: Through the Directors' Eyes 31
Part 3 Worksheets and Handouts 33
Vocabulary Builder List: Shakespeare Speak 34
Vocabulary Builder Worksheet: Archaic Language 38
Vocabulary Builder Worksheet: Shakespearean Stage Directions 43
Vocabulary Builder Worksheet: Film Terms 47
Poetics Worksheet: Metaphor and Simile 52
Contextual Support: Renaissance Concepts of Love and Marriage 60
Vocabulary Builder Worksheet: Deciphering Dogberry's Malapropisms 64
Reading Skills Worksheet: Beatrice in Her Own Words 68
Reading Skills Worksheet: Love and Marriage 73
Reading Skills Worksheet: Character Focus: Hero 76
Reading Skills Worksheet: Elements of Comedy 79
Reading Skills Worksheet: "The Merry War of Wits" 82
Real-Life Lens Worksheet: Driving Questions 87
Real-Life Lens Worksheet: The Path of True Love 89
Poetics Worksheet: Prose in the Play 91
Film Worksheet: Through the Directors' Eyes 93
Part 4 Postmortem 97
Rubric for Student Assessment 98
Student Reflection Worksheet 102
Teacher Reflection Worksheet 103