Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost- The Controversial Comedy

Introduction

Many great movies, songs and books come from being inspired by even, yes a timeless clasic like Shakespeare. You and two other classmates are about to make history, and take Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost" and turn it into something modernly fantastic!

Task

There are three tasks at hand, that you and your two other classmates will be able to complete during this webquest:

1. Read specific acts of "Love's Labour's Lost" for weekly discussions. Link provided here:

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/lll/full.html

2. A journal entry of a minumum of 300 words will be needed. Times New Roman is the font, 12 pt. and double spacing is needed. This is just a reflection, so be creative in your thoughts about the required reading for the week!

3. The celebration of learning (completion of webquest) will be you and your other two classmates invited to a party where you will be able to transform the play into a modern version: either in a movie format, music video or short story.

Process

Process:

After you are separated into groups, you will begin to read Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost" You will have one week to read each act, except for act four: you will have two weeks.

Week One: Act One/Journal #1 Due

Week Two: Act Two/Journal #2 Due

Week Three: Act Three/Journal #3 Due

Week Four/Five: Act Four/Journal #4 Due

Week Six:Act Five/Journal #5 Due

Week Eight: Final Presentation Due

What makes a play a comedy?- Check this out! Helpful information when trying to develp a comedy! Also, does this mean that "Love's Labour's Lost" is a comedy?

Final Presentation Expectations:

Short Story: Minimum of 5 written pages (One page will be a justification of how you analyzed Shakespeare's ideas and put them into your own), 12 pt. font, double spaced and in Times New Roman font.

Music Video: A printed copy of lyrics, and a two-page justification of why you chose the props, costumes for your video in relation to "Love's Labour's Lost".

Movie: Must be at least 10 minutes long. A printed copy of lyrics, and a two-page justification of why you chose the props, costumes for your movie in relation to "Love's Labour's Lost".

When you use outside references for your projects, please include a works cited page.

Evaluation

You will be graded on journals and final presentation as follows:

(Discussion points: 5 for participating)

	Beginning	Developing	Complete	Score & Comments
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
Determines the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings.
Draws evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Conclusion

Here are all the websites that you will need to complete this quest:

"Love's Labour's Lost" - The entire play.

Storyboard fun - Helpful idea to get you started on a project.

Insults by Shakespeare - Helpful material to understand Shakespeare's words.

Breakdancing Shakespeare - No, not him breakdancing, but still neat to check out!

By the end of this quest, you and your group will gain a better understanding of "old school" literature, and can come to an understanding of Shakespeare's words and ideas!

Credits

Information used:

1. http://shakespeare.mit.edu/lll/full.html

2. http://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboards/tag/loves-labours-lost-by-wil…

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdCjKH5IKJ8

4. https://www.hartfordstage.org/education/bds

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_xlbjxtP7I

6. http://www3.dbu.edu/mitchell/comedytr.htm

Teacher Page

This webquest is designed to educate secondary english students in the ways of Shakespeare, specifically "Love's Labour's Lost". It is meant to take a modern twist to help students relate to the ideas that Shakespeare has in his play. It should educate students to be able to analyze text, draw inferences from the text by means of reflection and research.

I would suggest watching a modern version of the play in class. During discussions, it is helpful to ask questions pertaining to the theme of the play, gender and class issues and be able to answer historical questions of that time period.