I Choose
Shakespeare
First Encounter: King Lear (adapted for children) https://youtu.be/zP_g-ODJ2SM
For this assignment, you will choose a virtual cultural venue from the instructions below to visit online and write a short500-800 wordreport about your visit.
Instructions For your report, chooseonevirtual venue from this pre-approved list that most interests you, or contact your professor for approval of your own online choice. If your choice below has both a website and a video, make sure you examine both. If you need special accommodations to complete this assignment, please inform your instructor and contact theAccessibility Accommodationsoffice for guidance.
Please watch the entire performance or thoroughly explore the venue you choose.
THEATER PLAY
Shakespeare
First Encounter: King Lear (adapted for children) https://youtu.be/zP_g-ODJ2SM
Restrictions: The experience should be viewed during the current semester. If this is impossible, contact the instructor to arrange for alternatives. You may not report on a cultural experience viewed prior to this class.
Write a report after you have explored or viewed the online resource.
Your report should include the following information. Include photos or links that help convey the information. As always, be sure to document all sources you consult in preparing your work. This includes any learning resources from the class, or information from the websites that informed you about theparticular itemyou explored.
Nameand locationofevent or name and director of the film, writer’s name etc.If there is on-line information aboutwhat you viewed, be sure to include a link to it within the text of your essay in an appropriate place.
Typeof event. Forexampleis it afilm,ritual,service, ceremony,poetry reading, festival, author interviewetc. Make sure to include the name of the authors, directors,producers, speakers,author of your favorite poem (if poetry festival or event).
Briefly describe thegeneral settingby talking a bit about the location (you can research the location online) and the general overall “vibe” of the placeor places viewed.
Describe at leastone aspectofwhat you viewedthat you found especially interesting. For example, you might write aboutthe different ways the same ritual is conducted by different groups,a poem you really liked from the reading or poetry festival, something an author or direct said that really struck you. Explain what impressed or affected you, and why. Your reaction can be positive or negative,as long asyou offer an explanation.
Identify and use at least two tools, concepts or methodsthat you have learned about in this class in the Learning Resources to talk about your viewing. For example, if youview a director’s commentary,you might point outwhat the director says about lighting or the set, or if you view to aritual, talk aboutthe myth the ritual is based on, or if you watch a spoken word or poetry reading,you cantalk about specific literary language or imagery.Make sure you are explicit in identifying the tools/concept/methods you are using and the specific learning resources they come from.Besure to inform the reader about the tool/concept/method through a quote or paraphrase from the learning resource. Then, make sure to tell the reader how you interpret and/or analyze some elements of what you experience with the tools.
Be sure tocite the learning resourcesyou have used in MLA format. Please seehttp://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/mla_examples.cfm
Reflect on the relevanceif anyof yourviewingto your everyday life. How did the experience engage your feelings or emotions, if at all? What does this tell you about human culture, and/or about yourself?
STOP: Before you hand in your assignment, ask yourself the following questions:
Have Iclearlyprovidedidentifying information aboutwhat I viewed in terms of who was involved and where it took placeand provided the URL, if applicable?Have I done what I could to describe the setting and/or vibe?
Have I identified and explained an especially interesting aspect of the experience and used examples to illustrate reflections and to explain why this aspect was interesting?
Have I identified and applied two tools, concepts or methods of interpretation from learning resources to concrete and specific examples from visit?
Have I used examples to clearly explain the relevance of my visit to at least one of the following: 1) emotion 2) human culture 3) self-identity 4) cultural identity?
Have Iused Learning Resources from the class andprovided a list of resources,and doall ofmy citations conform to MLA 8th edition guidelines?
Have I proofread this assignment for grammatical, structural, and spelling errors?
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