For this summative, students will read a text that speaks to the theme of “Overcoming Obstacles”.  Using this text, students will explore the development of a theme, figurative language, sound devices, foreshadowing, symbolism, and irony, and other fiction standards.

For more than 400 years, Shakespeare's 37 surviving plays, 154 sonnets, and other poems have been read, performed, taught, reinterpreted, and enjoyed the world over. This Teacher's Guide includes ideas for bringing the Bard and pop culture together, along with how performers around the world have infused their respective local histories and cultures into these works.