Subtopic: Drama

Twelfth Night Act 1 Sc 1
In this video from Penn State's School of Theatre production of Twelfth Night, Duke Orsino is pining away for Lady Olivia, but refuses to do anything about it. In addition, Olivia is mourning for her dead brother and has vowed to be chaste for seven years, which only adds to Orsino’s morbid pleasure.

Twelfth Night Act 1 Sc 2
In this video from Penn State's School of Theatre production of Twelfth Night, Viola, the heroine, is rescued from a shipwreck. She finds she is in a land ruled by an eligible bachelor (Orsino) and disguises herself as a man to protect herself.

Twelfth Night Act 1 Sc 3
In this video from Penn State's School of Theatre production of Twelfth Night, Sir Toby, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and Maria are introduced and their roles in this play established. Sir Toby wishes for the forever-intoxicated Sir Andrew to woo Olivia.

Twelfth Night Act 1 Sc 4 Lesson Plan

In this lesson based on Act 1 Sc 4 of Twelfth Night, students characterize Orsino. They discuss vocabulary and literary devices (cliffhanger and mythology). Activities include journal entries, persuasive tactics, and an inquiry, about wooing a woman.

Twelfth Night Act 2 Sc 1 Lesson Plan
In this lesson based on Act 2 Sc 1 of Twelfth Night,students characterize Sebastian and Antonio. They discuss the potential for tragedy within a comedy and levels of love, personification, puns, and rhymes. Activities include journals and inquiries.

Twelfth Night Act 2 Sc 2 Lesson Plan
This lesson based on Act 2 Sc 2 of Twelfth Night focuses on gender roles and levels of love, and the literary devices of synecdoche and apostrophe. Students write about first impressions and stereotypes and critique the actor who plays Viola.

Twelfth Night Act 2 Sc 3 Lesson Plan
In this lesson based on Act 2 Sc 3 of Twelfth Night, students characterize Malvolio, Maria, Toby and Andrew. They examine the dichotomy of opposites, levels of love, and gender roles. Activities include journals, video, and inquiries about music.

Twelfth Night Act 2 Sc 4 Lesson Plan
In this lesson based on Act 2 Sc 4 of Twelfth Night, students examine Orsino's conversations with Olivia, Feste's song and riddles, and similes about love. They discuss gender roles and levels of love. Activities include a journal entry and a video.

Twelfth Night Act 2 Sc 5 Lesson Plan
In this lesson based on Act 2 Sc 5 of Twelfth Night, students examine Malvolio's reaction to Olivia's "letter". Themes are the ability to recognize one's own folly and levels of love. Activities include literary devices, journal, video, and insults.

Twelfth Night Act 3 Sc 1 Lesson Plan
In this lesson based on Act 3 Sc 1 of Twelfth Night, students discuss folly and false wit, the irony in Feste's character, and gender roles. Activities include acting practice, a video, and research and views of women's status in Shakespeare's time.

Twelfth Night Act 3 Sc 3 Lesson Plan
In this lesson based on Act 3 Sc 3 of Twelfth Night, students discuss Sebastian's presence in Illyria and relationships between characters Antonio, the Duke, and Sebastian. Activities include diagramming a web of characters and their relationships.

Twelfth Night Act 4 Sc 1 Lesson Plan
This lesson based on Act 4 Sc 1 of Twelfth Night introduces the comic arc of the play, propelled by slapstick and suspension of disbelief. Students discuss caprice and the use of rhyme. Activities include writing about dreams, and blocking the scene.

Twelfth Night Act 4 Sc 3 Lesson Plan
This lesson based on Act 4 Sc 3 of Twelfth Night students focuses on caprice and levels of love by examining Sebastian's soliloquy. Included is a journal entry about the basis for good relationships, and whether Olivia and Sebastian will have one.

Twelfth Night Act 5 Lesson Plan
In this lesson based on Act 5 of Twelfth Night students examine quotations from Orsino, Feste, and Malvolio. Songs, ability to see one's own folly, and marriage and levels of love are themes, along with writing predictions about the couples' futures.