Unit 2: Renaissance Theatre

Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

Students will read and watch the play Twelfth Night by William Shakeaspeare and research the Italian theatre style of Commedia D'ell Arte.

Students will research and design costumes for the characters in Twelfth Night that