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Objective:
Students learn to approach Shakespeare from a theatre angle: breaking down text, working with rhythm, and engaging with language in the particular way that actors learn to make the language come to life for scene work, auditions, and performances. The program includes a 6 session residency in which Gulfshore Playhouse artists work with students on sonnets and ultimately the presentation of scenes.
Tenth graders collaborating with Gulfshore Playhouse’s Landscape of Shakespeare program gain critical thinking, communication, and empathy skills, enriching academics and personal growth through immersive, professional theatre experiences that inspire creativity, collaboration, and lifelong appreciation for the arts.
This experience equips tenth graders with stronger communication skills, confidence in public speaking, empathy for diverse perspectives, and creative problem-solving abilities—tools that enhance classroom participation, teamwork, and relationship-building in their daily academic and social lives.
The students will be able to analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem by performing and evaluating how each version interprets the source text. Students will be able to research and analyze a dramatic text by breaking it down into its basic, structural elements to support development of a directorial concept, characterization, and design. The arts are inherently experiential and actively engage learners in the processes of creating, interpreting, and responding to art. Development of these skills, techniques, and processes in the arts strengthens one’s ability to remember, focus on, process, and sequence information. Through purposeful practice, artists learn to manage, master, and refine simple, then complex, skills and techniques.
Standards:
ELA.10.R.1.1 Analyze how key elements enhance or add layers of meaning and/or style in a literary text.
ELA.10.R.1.2 Analyze and compare universal themes and their development throughout a literary text.
ELA.10.R.3.1 Analyze how figurative language creates mood in text(s).
ELA.10.R.3.4 Analyze an author’s use of rhetoric in a text.
ELA.10.R.3.2 Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.
ELA.10.V.1.1: Integrate academic vocabulary appropriate to grade level in speaking and writing.
ELA.10.V.1.2: Apply knowledge of etymology and derivations to determine meanings of words and phrases in grade-level content.
ELA.10.V.1.3: Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the connotative and denotative meaning of words and phrases, appropriate to grade level.
ELA.10.C.1.5 Improve writing by considering feedback from adults, peers, and/or online editing tools, revising to address the needs of a specific audience.
Community Partnerships - Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples Players, Naples Zoo, Botanical Gardens, etc.
Gulfshore Playhouse - The Landscape of Shakespeare
Grade 10 English Language Arts, Theatre
Length: 6 session, 50 minutes each
Price: $2475 -3 classes ($825/class)
Objective:
Students learn to approach Shakespeare from a theatre angle: breaking down text, working with rhythm, and engaging with language in the particular way that actors learn to make the language come to life for scene work, auditions, and performances. The program includes a 6 session residency in which Gulfshore Playhouse artists work with students on sonnets and ultimately the presentation of scenes.
Tenth graders collaborating with Gulfshore Playhouse’s Landscape of Shakespeare program gain critical thinking, communication, and empathy skills, enriching academics and personal growth through immersive, professional theatre experiences that inspire creativity, collaboration, and lifelong appreciation for the arts.
This experience equips tenth graders with stronger communication skills, confidence in public speaking, empathy for diverse perspectives, and creative problem-solving abilities—tools that enhance classroom participation, teamwork, and relationship-building in their daily academic and social lives.
The students will develop stronger verbal and written communication skills, increased confidence in self-expression, deeper empathy for others, and enhanced collaboration abilities. They will also gain critical thinking and literary analysis skills through active engagement with Shakespeare's works.
I will measure outcomes through pre and post-program surveys, assessing student confidence, communication, and teamwork skills; teacher observations of classroom engagement; student reflections; and performance assessments demonstrating their growth in comprehension and presentation.
These grant funds will be paid directly Gulfshore Playhouse. Each class costs $825, and I teach 3 separate classes. Each class will be receiving six 50-minute classes. $2000 will cover the majority of the cost.
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 classes - 3 session , 50 minutes each ($825/class) | $2,000.00 |
| Total: | $2,000.00 |
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