What teaching methods What teaching methods can we use to teach can we use to teach Shakespearean plays Shakespearean plays

more effectively?more effectively?

Before Reading StrategiesBefore Reading Strategies(Purpose: Frontloading, (Purpose: Frontloading,

Connections, Skills for Tool-Connections, Skills for Tool-belt)belt)

Read texts with similar issues/themesRead texts with similar issues/themes

Teach how to identify word parts and Teach how to identify word parts and context cluescontext clues

Teach about Shakespeare as a writer, Teach about Shakespeare as a writer, the time period, history of playthe time period, history of play

During Reading StrategiesDuring Reading Strategies(Purpose: Increase (Purpose: Increase

comprehension, engagement, comprehension, engagement, scaffolding)scaffolding)

Literature CirclesLiterature Circles

Dissection skills: Dissection skills: one line at a one line at a time, break down time, break down scenes into scenes into smaller pieces smaller pieces based on changes based on changes in emotion or in emotion or actionaction

Read summary of Read summary of scene or scene or “No Fear “No Fear Shakespeare” Shakespeare” version before version before reading original text.reading original text.

Create visual maps- Create visual maps- connections between connections between characters or characters or timeline of plottimeline of plot

After Reading StrategiesAfter Reading Strategies(Purpose: Review, retaining (Purpose: Review, retaining

learned information and ideas)learned information and ideas)

Watch movie Watch movie versions of play: versions of play: Teach point-of-Teach point-of-view/time period view/time period by setting by setting classroom up like classroom up like Globe Theatre-Globe Theatre-pit, gallery, and pit, gallery, and balconybalcony

Student Student performancesperformances

Assessment Ideas Assessment Ideas (Purpose: Incorporation of (Purpose: Incorporation of technology, creativity, and technology, creativity, and

student choice)student choice) Download a scene Download a scene

from a movie version from a movie version of the play onto of the play onto iMovie, remove the iMovie, remove the audio track, use the audio track, use the microphone to record microphone to record a narrative a narrative commentary to go commentary to go along with the scenealong with the scene

Either create an Either create an original composition or original composition or match existing pieces match existing pieces of current or classical of current or classical songs to a scene in the songs to a scene in the playplay

Create a video that Create a video that focuses on one theme focuses on one theme from the play by from the play by combining popular combining popular movie clips, songs, movie clips, songs, and personal and personal performances of performances of scenes from the play scenes from the play

Create a video of a Create a video of a scene from the play scene from the play using only audio like using only audio like voices, music, and voices, music, and sound effectssound effects