English 2 (Accelerated)

  • LITERATURE
  • WRITING
  • VOCABULARY
  • GRAMMAR
  • POETRY
  • Common Core
Background & Resources
  • Play Summary (Cliffs Notes)
  • Plot Summary (SparkNotes)
  • Character List Cliffs Notes)
  • Character Connections
  • Themes (Cliffs Notes)
  • Themes (SparkNotes)

Video Resources
  • What You Need Before You Read
  • Shakespeare Summarized
  • Course Hero (Summaries)
National Theatre Videos
  • Gender
  • Sexuality
  • Mistaken Identity
  • Suffering Through Love
  • Disguises
  • Darkness
  • Madness

Daily Reading Assignments

Note: Students are only expected to read the play in SparkNotes’ “No Fear Shakespeare” modern translation. And, of course, there will be reading quizzes after each assignment.

Days 1 & 2: Act 1

Days 3 & 4: Act 2

Days 5 & 6: Act 3

Days 7 & 8: Acts 4 and 5