Tuesday, October 16, 2012

TA 10 blog #7 Creative project

     My group project is a power point on  William Shakespeare. I am contributing the facts of his background, and his reasoning for writing the plays. The reasoning for our power point is to give the students a better understanding of Shakespeare. Growing up, we all have heard many things about him. We have read and analyzed his plays many times. With our project, we are going to clarify who Shakespeare is, and we will introduce the reasons why he wrote the tragedies.
     While looking for information on Shakespeare, I discovered a variety of information about his past. He had three children, and he had a wife, Anne Hathaway.  I also found where he supposedly went to school, and everything known about his past. I was always told that he had very little education, but reading articles on the internet has made me see otherwise. I struggled in my search for his childhood. There is not much to say about Shakespeare, and when it is said, it is not always a certain fact. It was a struggle finding good, solid facts about his past.
     With my contribution to the project, it will give the students in the classroom a chance to comprehend who Shakespeare really is. He is not just some guy who wrote many plays that we all know and love, he is an artist with a story. All of us have heard the same things about Shakespeare; however, we are hoping to reach out to the students  and have them understand Shakespeare's plays and who he is.
     Doing this project, I have discovered a lot more about William Shakespeare. I have always heard facts about him, but doing a project on him really made me pay attention to his life and work. I have also concluded that next project I will be doing something a lot more "hands-on". I want to act! :)
Lindsay Sommers, Jose Torres, and Erick Salazar working in the Martin Luther King Library

LINKS:http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/children-william-shakespeare.htm
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-children-and-grandchildren.htm
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/life.html

1 comment:

  1. Hello Lindsay,

    The picture you wish to insert is not visible. The entry is pretty good, with concise, lucid statements about the creative project. although I wish you would embed links into your text!

    Karl

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