Love in disguise

Love/ Friendship / Relationship between the individual and the group/Being confronted to difference




Step 1 :

First date She / First date He

Pairwork on each part of the poem.

. Read the poem

. Take notes

. Share your findings

. Answer the Wh_ questions

. Imagine what's in the other part

. Write the other part



Homework : Write the dialogue between the two characters from the moment the music ends to the moment they leave the hall.



Vocabulaire:

awkward, clumsy, odd number, even number


Step 2 :

Homework correction : groupwork, prepare a list of the common mistakes you can avoid.

Fill in the grid

Possible form(s)

Dialogue, outer dialogue, direct/indirect speech, 1st, 3rd pers narration, some inner (internal) dialogue could be used

Difficulties

Errors

- present OR past

- spelling (Ame/Brit)

- punctuation

- tenses

- irregular verbs

Details (be descriptive)

Who: names, age, appearance, emotions, feelings

Where: geo. Place,

When: time, Season (weather)

What: contents of the scene

Possible off-topics

Internal dialogue only


Tips:

introduce your essay



Step 3 :

Video

Watch it 3 times, focus on the following characters :

John Worthing (AKA Jack, Ernest)

Algernon Moncrieff

Gwendolen Fairfax

Cecily Cardew

Lady Bracknell

Miss Prism


Victorian Era:

Victorian Era - Explain | world history (youtube.com)

Literature in the Victorian Era | A Historical Overview (youtube.com)

The Victorian Era Explained: The 18 y/o Monarch of England - YouTube


Step 4

Video analysis:
Group 1: The importance of being Earnest Edith Evans 1952 the interrogation
Group 2: The Importance of Being Earnest (1986) Part 3 of 11
Group 3: The Importance of Being Earnest - part 1 | Oscar Wilde # 34:00
Group 4: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Act1 # 21:00
Group 5: The Importance of Being Earnest (1964) - YouTube # 12


Extract Of the Importance of Being Earnest Act 1 part 2

  1. silent reading

Homework :


Step 5

Groupwork:

1: watch the video and analyse it, focus on details, costumes, movement, acting, …

2: with the other group compare the different interpretations, explain how they differ, give your opinion about the best ideas...



Vocabulary: idle, idleness, tamper, bloom, unsound, chiefly, poacher, earnest, wit, witty, idle, carelessness, cloak-room, bewildered, behaviour, to christen, shallow, hearsay, reversal, common sense, disabled (handicapped), derogatory, derogative, haughty, who/which/whom, dandy, to plea/to beg, contempt, thorough, numerous, to threaten, threat, idleness, income/ salary, wholesome, hence/therefore, parcel, dichotomy, spoil, worthy, worthiness, upheaval, thorough, numerous, to threaten, threat, idleness, income/ salary, wholesome, hence/therefore, PARCEL DICHOTOMY, spoil, worthy, worthiness







Shakespeare, As You Like it


Presentations :

      The Elizabethan Era (society, progress) 

      Queen Elizabeth 

      Queen Elizabeth and politics during the Elizabethan Era 

      The Elizabethan Theatre and entertainment during the Elizabethan Era 

      Shakespeare’s life and work 

      As You Like It 

    Sonnets, Shakespeare 

      The Globe theatre 


Step 1

Watch the video and try to place the story at the right moment in the play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72pyUuNLuoE 



Step 2

Presentations

Then hand out the extract on Act 1 scene3.


Step 3

Read the summary of the plot and work on vocabulary. 

Questions on the extract on Act 1 scene3 :

1. Why does Duke Frederick suddenly decide to banish Rosalind, and how does he justify his decision?

2. How do Rosalind and Celia each react to the Duke’s decree, and what do their reactions reveal about their characters?

3. What plan do Rosalind and Celia make after the banishment, and what disguises do they choose? Why are those choices significant?

4. What does this scene suggest about friendship and loyalty, especially in the relationship between Rosalind and Celia?

5. How does Shakespeare use this scene to move the story from the court to the Forest of Arden? What does this transition represent?


Compare and analyse, Groupwork:

Anticipation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvGiAIc91ow

Compare these adaptations of Act 1 scene 3

1. Act 1 Scene 3 | As You Like It | 2019 | Royal Shakespeare Company - YouTube

2. Stark Shakespeare As You Like It: Act 1 Scene 3 - YouTube

3. Royal Shakespeare Company - As You Like It, Act 1 Scene 3 - stage scene - NY - YouTube

4. 'Why, whither shall we go?' | As You Like It (2023) | Act I, scene 3 | Shakespeare's Globe - YouTube

5. Act 1 Scene 3 - As You Like It - Brownsea Open Air Theatre - Rosalind is banished - YouTube


Interpretations

Movement

Costumes and props

Emotions

Acting






















Homework:

Learn the vocabulary from the story of As You Like It for a vocabulary test.

Complete the Drama worksheet activities.

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