Much+Ado+About+Wasatch

Much Ado About Wasatch
===  By === Winnie Wood, Zina Bennion ===  Overview === Senior English Elective classes partnering with theater and play production classes to deeply understand, read, interpret and perform "Much Ado About Nothing" in a semester.

===  Big Idea === Education

===  The Essential Question === Should we study and perform Shakespeare?

===  Guiding Questions === Is Shakespeare still relevant in today's culture? What do we learn from Shakespeare? How does Shakespeare continue to inform contemporary theater, literature, film, etc.? Are the issues and challenges that Shakespeare's characters dealt with still relevant to us today? What is the transformative power of understanding Shakespeare? How does understanding Shakespeare affect self efficacy? What myths and/or misconceptions do we have about Shakespeare the person and his body of work? How does Shakespeare fit into the literature and theater before and after him?

===  Guiding Activities === Do the play Kid Shakespeare Facebook pages for each character Blogs Dissecting language, characters, scenes, plots, performances