Twelfth Night Curriculum

By Lori D. Shaller

 

Program Description

Students will participate in activities designed to make Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night meaningful, by relating the play’s themes, characters and content to the students’ own lives and the world in which they live. Students will explore the themes of power, love, and passion in the play, through the lenses of their own personal and social relationships. Students will engage with lines of the text to make the text their own. Writing and discussion will facilitate development of the students’ relationships with the themes as expressed in the play.  The students’ text work will culminate in short scenes performed for their peers.

 

Learning Experiences in Capsule:

Vocal and physical warm-up activities 

Theater exercises

Group discussions 

Text study 

Theme writing

Attendance at a professional production