Unit 3: Shakespearean Research Summative Assignment

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NOTE: This research will be conducted during Unit 3 (Q3), but your final film will be completed and submitted by April 17, 2017
(Q4). The research that you conduct is intended to help you create your final film.
In this document, you will find:
I. GRASPS (project outline)
II. Rubrics
III. Resources/TIPS
I. GRASPS
Goal Your goal is to conduct research (an individual task due March 3) related to the topic
of Shakespeare. You must come up with a research question that is open-ended and
something that intrigues you. As much as possible, you will use the information you
find to help you with your film (a group task due April 17).

Role You are working with a team to create a fictional or non-fictional film about
Shakespeare himself, his works, or the time period he was from.

Audience Your audience is up to you. It can be KIS students and teachers or a wider
international school audience and Shakespeare expert if you choose to participate in
the ShakeMeUp Film Festival (you have to sign the consent form for this).

Situation You want to create a Shakespearean film that is thought-provoking and entertaining
about Shakespeare (while also being factually accurate and devoid of plagiarism).
However, you first need to conduct individual research to help your team create the
film.

Products You will have annotated bibliographies about your Shakespearean research (due
March 3, 2017) and a film (due April 17, 2017).
Annotated Bibliographies will be shown through the Research Process
Document and Scrible.

Standards See Rubric.

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II. RUBRIC

4 - Exceeding 3 - Meeting 2- 1 - Beginning

Approaching
Research W6. Use the Internet Student uses Scrible Student uses scrible Student uses scrible Student does not
Standards for to publish and to annotate and to annotate and to annotate and use scrible (or any
Annotated produce writing and keep track of all keep track of most keep track of some online tool) to
Bibliographies collaborate with sources found sources found sources found annotate and keep
due March 3, online. Annotations online. Annotations online. Annotations track of sources
others (e.g. using
2017. are in-depth for all are adequate but are minimal. There found online. LIttle
Scrible tools to keep online sources and not in-depth. Only are less than the to no annotations..
track of research) there are more than the required 5 required 5 sources 0-3 sources found in
the required 5 sources are found in found in the library. the library.
sources. the library.

W8. Gather relevant Student carefully Student uses at least Student uses at least Student uses 1-2
data from multiple selects at least 5 5 credible and 3 credible sources credible sources but
sources while avoiding credible and varied varied sources (incl. (but may be missing is missing a print
plagiarism sources (incl. at at least one print a print source or source and variety.
least one print source) to answer variety of sources). Sources do not
source). Sources research question. Sources somewhat clearly help answer
clearly help to Sources adequately help answer the the research
answer research help to answer research question. question.
question in-depth. research question.

RI2. Determine central Student accurately, Student accurately Student attempts to Student does not
idea and provide an thoroughly, and summarizes and/or summarize and/or attempt to
objective summary succinctly paraphrases the paraphrase original summarize and/or
summarizes and/or original source, source, but is paraphrase the
paraphrases the while avoiding lacking in major original or shows
original source, plagiarism. points or shows severe
while avoiding inaccuracies in misunderstanding of
plagiarism. understanding. the original text.

LF3. Write and edit work Student consistently Student mostly Student creates Student creates 0-2
using MLA Guidelines and accurately accurately creates reference list reference list
creates reference reference list citations but citations but
list citations using citations using MLA formats may be formats are heavily
appropriate MLA format. inconsistent or inaccurate.
format. mostly inaccurate.

Film Production W4. Write with clarity, Students have a Students have a Students have a Students script for
Standards. Film cohesion, organization complete and complete script script written for Shakespeare film is
due April 17, with audience and in-depth script written for their their Shakespeare non-existent or
2017. purpose in mind. written for Shakespeare film. film, but aspects of missing many
(Script-writing) Shakespeare film. Stage directions, it may be missing. aspects (e.g. Stage
Stage directions, characters, setting, Stage directions, directions,
characters, setting, plot, audience characters, setting, characters, setting,
plot, audience consideration are plot, audience plot, audience
consideration are incorporated. consideration may consideration).
clearly incorporated. not all be
incorporated.

LS5. Use digital media Students have Students have Students have Students have
effectively to convey created a created a factually- created a film on created a film on
ideas. factually-accurate accurate and Shakespeare that Shakespeare that
engaging, thought-provoking may either be may contain a lot of
entertaining, and fictional or factually-inaccurate factual inaccuracy
thought-provoking non-fictional film on and/or lacking in and/or be
fictional or Shakespeare, while engagement. incomplete.

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non-fictional film on avoiding plagiarism. Plagiarism is Plagiarism is
Shakespeare, while avoided. avoided.
avoiding plagiarism.

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III. Resources and TIPS
Your objective for this project is to demonstrate all the skills and concepts we covered over the unit. Here is a List of
Resources and Lessons we covered during this unit. Apply these skills to your project!

Resource Link Reason to Review

Ten Types of Plagiarism Poster Turnitin.coms information about types of plagiarism. Dont fall
Ten Types of Plagiarism - Student Version victim to any of these for your final project!

Paraphrasing and Summarizing Practice What we will do in class to practice paraphrasing and
summarizing without plagiarising

Grammar Lesson on Verbals What we did in class to practice writing more succinct and
complex sentences for our summaries and paraphrases

Evaluating Source Credibility Ms. Georgis writing class website presentation about evaluating
websites

Evaluating Sources Practice What we did in class to practice how to evaluate sources. Do
this for every source you research for this project!

Article of the Weeks Practice for summarizing, paraphrasing, reading non-fiction,

citations, digital annotations tool (Scrible)

Ms. Georgis Writing Class Website Ms. Georgis website link

Ms. Caves Presentation on Search Engines Presentation about different types of search engines and how to
use them. Make sure you ARE NOT just using Naver or Google
to find your sources!

MLA Scavenger Hunt What we did to practice creating a reference list

MLA Scavenger Hunt (Completed page -
coming soon)

JSTOR Introduction Lesson and Practice on using JSTOR (academic database) from
Ms. Georgis website. Make sure you ARE NOT just using Naver
or Google to find your sources!

Advanced Google Searching Lesson Lesson and Practice for advanced Google Searching from Ms.
Georgis website

Creating Subheadings Lesson on how to create subheadings in informational writing

Using and Citing Photos Lesson on how to use and cite photos in informational writing

In-Text Citations Lesson on using in-text citations in informational writing.

TIPS:
As you research, fill in the Research Process Document little by little.
Use Scribles annotations and Library functions to keep track of your research.
MAXIMIZE class time given for this project to create a quality project with minimal stress

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Genre: Horror/Fiction

Title:

Role:

Actor
Ghost/Spirit of William Shakespeare: Amy Cho
Boy 1: Junwoo Jang
Boy 2: Yuji Yamada
Girl 1: Semi Hong

Tech
Edits
- Jehee Ko

Audiences:

Opened for all of the ages.

Settings (Places):

Additional Info:

- The film will be recorded as a non-coloured film

-

Fiction
Description: Any dramatization including but not limited to recorded stage performances,
parodies, traditional or avant-garde interpretations of individual scenes, acts, literary
cross-sections, sonnets, soliloquies, monologues, additional scenes, changed endings, and
other fictions based on Shakespearean stories or characters. Submissions could include
such genres and types as musicals, raps, animations, science fiction, western, fantasy, silent
films, gangster, etc
Judging criteria may take into account overall presentation, performance and content:
Presentation Reflecting on general quality of production (with special consideration given
to level of technology used). The following may be considered: directing, screenplay, set,
sound, costuming, editing and other aspects;
Performance Quality of acting, singing, rapping, movement;

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 Content (only applicable to non-Shakespeare text) Under consideration: cohesion,
originality, relevancy, insightfulness and cleverness.

<Story>
- Amy was a Shakespeare nerd, and her surroundings bullied her by saying
Shakespeare aint real. He is the FAKE.
- Amy commits suicide.
- Amy trying to curse by telling the Shakespeares facts.
- On February 14th, the students go to Film festival, but in the middle of the film,
the screen suddenly changes to the Shakespeares movie, and Amy pops out in
a screen and gets closer in the screen.
- We run away to ES via HS-ES bridge, and we run into the nurse room. But
suddenly we hear someones footstep. We try to hide below the beds, and she
finds us and try to kill us.
- Amy leaves message: Shakespeare is REAL, He isnt a fake
- Next morning, when student went to Advisory room, and there was little message
on a desk; Youll get to know when it come to the time
- During Friday night, the guys spends nights by talking about Shakespeare
- The ghost of Anne emotionally explains why she loved Shakespeare, and why
Shakespeare is a real existing matter.

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Fake&RealityofShakespeare
[Characters]
Anne: Amy Cho
Juliet: Julia Kim
Randell: Randell Kim
Peter: Peter Jiang
Anna: Anna Hong (Would you want to change name because it is no clean for the
audience. )
Keith: Yuji Yamada
Daniel: Danny Jang

Scene1: Yuji
[Anne Enters]
Anne: Two households, both alike in dignity (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene).....
I wish I couldve born in 16th century

[Randell and Peter enters]

Randell, Peter: Hi Anne! What are you reading?

Anne: Romeo and Juliet!!! Its a great piece!!!

[Julia, Anna, Keith, Daniel Enters]

Julia: Are you still reading the piece of garbage?

Daniel: You know Shakespeare aint real, right? Duh?

Keith: How come you reading a piece of garbage that are made by the Fake
playwright?

Peter: Give me that!

<Peter> Tears off Annes Romeo And Juliet

Anne: What are you doing!!!!

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All except for Anne: Hahaha, stop reading a story that are made by the guy that did not
exist.

Anne: ..

Anne: I am tired of people telling me r ude things about Shakespeare. Everyone knows I
like him, but they dont respect.. My mind hurts and aches.
____________________________________________________________________

Scene 2: Julia
[All of the people except Keith come into CS]
Daniel: Its already 9am, Wheres Anne? Why arent she coming?

Anna: I am not sureMaybe traffic problem? She must be here soon.

[Keith comes in while running, RS to CS]

Keith: Hey guys!!! I heard terrible news

All: What~

Keith: Anne committed suicide yesterday night

All of the people except for Keith: (surprisingly) What!!! Are you sure?????

Keith: Yeah.. I received a phone call from her mother today morning.
[All panicked]
Anna: This couldnt happen.. How can she suicide?!?! This does not make sense..

Randell: Hmm. Sorry to say but So what? I dont really care about her. She was just a
Shakespeare nerd.
[Move to the front of Randell]
Keith: Be respectful,Randell! She is dead now!!! How come you're saying those stuffs to
a dead person. She was once our friend! Dont you feel sad?

Peter: Keith, stop.

Keith: I saw a documentary last night. It was true that there are some theories whether
Shakespeare existed or not, but the Scholar of English literature clearly stated that

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Shakespeare has a huge societal value in our community. No matter what about the
existance, it is our fault that we severely insulted her respects towards Shakespeare.

[Silence for few second]

Anna: Weve done something dumb.

Randell: Well That might hurt Annes feeling, but that cant be the reason of the suicide?
Do you really think she suicide because of Shakespeare? It makes no sense!!

Daniel: Shut up!!!!! Lets stop talking about suicide! I think we need time for silence

[all exits]

Scene 3: Amy

[Randell, Juliet, Keith, Peter, Daniel, and Anna all join in front of the miniPAC for the film
festival.]

Juliet: Wow, I am so excited!

Anna: Me too, I really like films! I am wondering what kind of films will be presented
today.

Daniel: It would have been (Missing word) if Anne was here..She loves films..

Keith: Yeah..

All students enter, and take seats to watch the Film Festival.

[They are watching one of the films, but the screen suddenly goes black.]
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Randell: Wait, whats going on?

Yuji: I am so scared.

The screen changes to Annes face

All hollow and white, Anne gets closer to the screen.

Peter: What the heck? Anne???

All the students scream, and run outside, heading to the bridge.

Scene 4: Danny

[2nd floor Hallway running towards to the bridge]

Peter: [While running] Guys! Where are we supposed to go?

Randell: Lets head to the nurse room!

Juliet : Are you sure nurse room is safe?

Randell: I dont know just run!

Running down to ES-HS bridge.

[Nurse Room]

Daniel: What should we do next?

[Someones sound of foot step]

Anna: [Frightened voice] Oh no.. Shes coming for us!

Randell: Go hide yourself under the bed!

[Everyone hide themselves under the bed]

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[Sound of Door Opening]

[Anna and others hold their breath to not get caught]

Daniel: What happen if she found us?

Randell: dont know! Just shut up!

[The feet of Juliet stops right in front of bed where everyones hiding]

[Sound of heart beating]

[Anne suddenly look down under the bed]

Anne: There you are! I told you! Shakespeare isnt fake! Hes real! Now! You guys will
regret it!

Anne pull everyone out of the bed, trying to kill everyone under the bed.

Scene 5: Randell Kim

Anne: Before I kill you guys I want to tell that Shakespeare isnt fake

Randell, Keith, Anna: Alright, we understand. Please dont kill us we are sorry

Peter: I still dont believe Shakespeare was real

Daniel, Randell: Peter can you have some common sense here?!

Peter: I am not afraid of Anne

[Other students and teachers came to nurse room]

[Teacher has flash light flashing into the room]

Anne: Ah~! No lights

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Keith: I think I know what Annes weakness is. Its light

Teacher: Guys! Are you guys in the nurse room?

Keith,Daniel: We are here!

[Anne suddenly screams]

Anne: Dont talk!

Teacher: What are you guy doing here at night?

Everyone: Anne is here!!

Teacher: You guys, come to my advisory room tomorrow morning

[Everyone looking out the window and there is message from Anne Shakespeare is
real, he isnt fake]

Everyone: This is insane.

Scene 6: Anna

[Next morning]
Teacher : Guys who were hiding in the nurse room last night, come and talk with me.

[Juliet, Randell, Peter, Anna, Keith, Daniel go to teachers desk]

Teacher : Now, tell me what happened last night.

Keith : (go one step forward) Well, I know this does not make sense at all but we saw
Anne. Actually, Annes ghost!

Teacher : Huh?!

Daniel : Keith is right. When there was Anne on the film, we ran away to the nurse room
because we thought nurse room is the safest place.

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Randell : Yes, so we were hiding inside the nurse room and BOOM!! Anne found us.
She kept telling us that Shakespeare is real.

Teacher : You guys, you should not make fun of friend who is not with us now

Anna : But, thats all true.

Teacher : Dont tease me guys. Your dragons grades will be reduced. Now, go back to
your seat.

[with complain, students go back to their seat. They sat together around the desk.]

Keith : Well, I think it is time for us to agree with Annes argument. I know it is awkward
to agree with her after she pass away, but anyhow, we cannot struggle because of her
every night!

Juliet : Keith is right. Lets just assume that Shakespeare actually exists.

Peter : No, I cant. I am not afraid of her. I dont care if she comes to me every night. I
will never ever agree with her.

Randell : Peter, dont be selfish. You are just thinking about yourself. We are all
involved in this situation. Please, this is not a time for you to shoutout your opinion.

Peter : Well, then give me any one reason that Shakespeare actually existed.

Anna : Peter.. Look at this book. (showing Romeo and Juliet) It says, written by
Shakespeare.

Peter : Hey, I know that. You think I am that dumb? NO. I mean, there are more
evidences that shows Shakespeare is actually fake.

Keith : Umm.. Peter, why dont you prepare some evidence before Anne comes to us
and tell her why Shakespeare is not real.

Daniel : Yes, I think that is better idea. I am tired of persuading him.

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Juliet : Then we can all prepare to fight against Anne. Not by light or things, but about
Shakespeares existence.

Anna : Yeah! Lets do this!

[Students start to search information about Shakespeares existence.]

Scene 7: JeHee

[After a few days the guys meet again.]

Juliet: (Sighing) Ok so guys actually I was busy doing my homework so I didnt have
any time to research.

[Acts as if he is annoyed]

Randell & Daniel: So you know our basketball game is this weekend,,, so,,, we,,
umm,,,,, you know~ kind of practiced~ yeah,,,

Peter: Guys? Are you serious? How about you two? Keith? Anna?

Keith & Anna: Umm,,,, so,,,

Peter: (Cuts them off) (with anger) Enough Enough !!!!! You know what? Im going to do
this alone. I dont need help.

[Peter stands up and leaves the room]

Keith: Actually, I dont understand Peter,,, Hes being too sensitive about Anne and the
existence of Shakespeare

Anna: I agree. Anyway Anne is dead and there is no chance meeting her again. Why is
he over reacting all the time,,,

Randell, Daniel, Juliet: We agree

[Camera zooms out and there are bunch of talking sounds in the background]

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Scene changes to Peters perspective

[Peter walks down the hallway towards the PAC (anger)]

[Enters the PAC and turns on the movie again] => Talking to himself: Im not afraid of
anything.

[The movie starts and Anne comes out as Peter expected.]

Anne: You again? What is up with you Peter? How about other crew of yours? Oh, are
you the only one who dont believe in Shakespeare? Do you really think you can fight
against me?

Peter: Hah, they all ran away. Now Anne, I came here to fight you with knowledge. I will
prove that Shakespeare doesnt exist.

Anne: Seriously? You think you can deny the existence of one? Ha! You weirdo! Why
not? Go ahead.

Peter: Sure~ First of all, why do you believe in Shakespeare? You know, actually no
one really know about him and most of his life is not revealed. Well, there are none of
the written history about his 7 years as a playwright in London.

Anne: Then what about the names that are written in his pieces? You mean they are all
fake? I dont think so.

Peter: Well, I think there was another person who actually wrote the play. Have you
heard of Francis Bacon? There are couple of evidences that proves he was just a
pseudonym for another writer.

Anne: What? You mean Shakespeare is a made up guy or something?

Peter: (showing picture to Anne)Yeah of course, have you ever seen this picture?

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Anne: What my lord Shakespeare? I have already seen that picture hundreds and
thousands of times.

Peter: You would think he is Shakespeare but watch closely. Do you see the line from
his face to neck?

Anne: Yeah? Is there a problem?

Peter: From that we can see that his face is actually drawn like a mask. You see its too
dark to be just a real skin. Dont you think that lines emphasize the fact that he did not
exist?

Anne: Nonsense, if thats the reasons why you dont believe Shakespeare then why are
you even talking to me? Is is because you believe me or am I just all fake to you?

Peter: Is that even a question? Of course I dont believe you. I dont believe in
Shakespeare or you.

Anne: Huh? Fine. I will prove to you that I am stronger than you.

[Sound of door locking]

Anne: So do you still think Im fake?

Peter: You thought that would scare me? No thats the guard.

Anne: (Sighing) Ok fine

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[Lights turn off]

Anne: How about now? Still?

Peter: Stop being a nerd. You know you are the dead and alive.

Anne: Thats it. I was patient enough with you (smiling creepy) You know what? Lets
come to an end.

Peter: Finally, you're admitting that you are wrong ~ Well, I am quite sorry for your
death, but as I have proven the fact, I hope you go back to where you belong without
guilt.

Anne: (triumphant smile) Three

Peter : Huh? What?

Anne : (smiling terrifyingly) Two.. One...

[Peter shakes front and back alone and becomes unconscious]

[Anne laughs as if shes insane]

========================== BLACK OUT ==============================

Peter:

Anna: Now we are here standing in front of Peter and Annes grave, so..

Juliet: Just be quiet and pray.

Daniel: Finally, the curses and nightmares are done.

Keith: She loved Shakespeare, and we abused her We live with Shakespeares
legacy. He is real. He influenced and inspired us.

Randell: Rest in peace, Anne.

Lights out.

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