Peer Evaluation of David Tertipes

Open Source Shakespeare by David Tertipes

1.  Number of Posts:
   David has made 31 posts thus far. Way to go!
2. Quality of Posts:
   I think David has done a credible job of making his posts count. Oftentimes he will post more than twice a week, and he always is linking his learning goals to the posts. Some of the posts are shorter, but he often follows up with a more substantial post later on.
3. A Strength
   I really like what David did with his post on Taming of the Shrew. He did a great job of evaluating quotes from the play, posing questions and including multimedia to help demonstrate his point. And so many of his posts are like that!
4. Suggested Improvement
   I would suggest more creative ways of breaking up the lengthy text and including more pictures. Your writing is real quality, but you need to exploit the visual more.

Making Decisions

Well, Dr. Burton did say we needed to devise some kind of schedule for the rest of the semester. And while I like to plan ahead, I also like to have some wiggle-room. So I have devised a schedule for next week that will serve as a kind of model for how this thing is going to go. I'll make revisions as a I need to, and I will add major things in, like attending performances, or making my own performance.

Jan. 24, Mon: Read Richard III background, Act I
            Blog: Connect the history to the play.

Jan. 26, Wed: Read Acts II and III
             Blog: find interesting facts from play. Formulate ideas about characters.

Jan. 28, Fri: Read Acts IV and V
              Blog: optional

Goals: To make connections with the history, understand the play, and determine the characterization.

So that's the breakdown, and I think it will work for the other plays I read!

"Thought is free" but education is not

Learning about Shakespeare is kind of double-edged sword. You learn a lot about literature and all that good kind of stuff, but you really start to think in that elevated kind of language, not to mention you start to see everything as some kind of innuendo. Ok, maybe not. But I'm grateful for the opportunity to plan how this course is going to go for me.
So here goes:
Goal 1: I really want to focus on the genres of Shakespeare that I have taken for granted in the past. The only history I ever read of his was Julius Caesar. I also want to read some of his better known plays that I've never read, like Macbeth, King Lear. For a total, I want to read about 12 of his plays. I also want to read at least three works based on those plays from a different perspective (like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with Hamlet).

Goal 2: I want to watch as many of the films for the plays and adaptations as I can. Probably won't reach all 15, because of time constraints, but it's worth a shot. For three of the movies, I then want to write a film review (because I have done it before and it really helps!) as if I were going to submit it to a newspaper.

Goal 3: Okay, two things. #1: perform a lesser known monologue for some friends or the class. I have a roommate that is a theatre major and she can maybe help me a little bit. And #2: Write a narrative of some kind for a Shakespeare play from a minor character's perspective.

Goal 4: I want to research theories about perspective, especially in drama. I will share as much as I can about what I learn on my blog, both informative and entertaining content. If I write a blog I am particularly proud of, I might even post it on my facebook status.

So here it is, and I promise to abide by what I've written as best as I can!