My Reading Plan

I have finally managed to put together my basic reading plan for the next 4 weeks of my life. I’m feeling like this will probably work better if I work on a little bit every day, so I’ve just made a list of what I hope to accomplish every day of the week, not just on the days we have class.

For these four plays, I’m going to start by focusing mainly on the “Shakespeare Literacy” learning outcomes for the class. I’ll be doing a lot with the “legacy” bit, by delving into various forms of art that people have used throughout history to express their feelings and/or experiences with Shakespeare’s work. I also hope to find and watch some sort of performed version for each of the plays (if anyone knows of a good version of any of these plays, I’d love suggestions!)

I’m also planning to jot down notes in my trusty

 little notebook about any insights or flashes of brilliant inspiration I happen to have as I’m reading. I’m hoping these will provide some groundwork for the “Analyze Critically” learning outcomes. Hopefully some of those will be coherent enough that you’ll be seeing them on my blog as I go along as well.

After I’ve gotten a more balanced grasp on the “breadth” of Shakespeare literacy, I’d like to choose one of the plays to delve into a bit deeper, and that’s when I hope to go more thoroughly into the critical analysis stuff, and start piecing my random notes together a bit better.

Okay, here’s my reading plan:

Week 4 – History

Richard III
     M  24: Read Act 1
     T  25: Read Acts 2-3
     W  26: Read Acts 3-4
     Th  27: Put together Art/Sculpture Gallery for this play
     F  28: Put together Music/Poetry collection for this play
     Sat  29: Watch a movie version of the play

Week 5 – Comedy

As You Like It
     M  31: Read Acts 1-2
     T  1: Read Acts 3-4 (Aloud with my younger brother and some friends)
     W  2: Read Act 5
     Th  3: Put together Art/Sculpture Gallery for this play
     F  4: Put together Music/Poetry collection for this play
     Sat  5: Watch a movie version of this play

Week 6 – Tragedy

Othello
     M  7: Read Acts 1-2
     T  8: Read Acts 3-4
     W  9: Read Act 5, Discuss with my dad
     Th  10: Put together Art/Sculpture Gallery for this play
     F  11: Put together Music/Poetry collection for this play
     Sat  12: Watch a movie version of the play (with a friend, discuss afterward)

Week 7 – Romance
The Tempest
     M  14: Read Act 1
     T  15: Read Acts 2-3
     W  16: Read Acts 4-5
     Th  17: Put together Music/Poetry collection, Musical performance by my younger brother and some of his choir friends (Possibly moved to Sat 19)
     F  18: Put together Art/Sculpture Gallery for this play
     Sat  19: Watch a movie version of the play