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Students appreciate Shakespeare's genius as they struggle to compose six lines in iambic pentameter, knowing that he wrote tens of thousands in his plays. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students use online resources including an interactive biography quiz, short RealPlayer video, timelines and pictures to study the life of iam Shakespeare. They discover what he was like, what he accomplished and where he lived. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students play a guessing game to familiarize themselves with terminology related to Shakespeare's writing. They divide into groups, translate soliloquys into modern English, and debate their translations. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain language and how it changes through the years as they translate Shakespeare's English into a modern style. They analyze how human situations and conflicts remain similar through the ages, though ways of communicating them may change. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students examine music from Shakespeare's plays and how they indicate character and/or character traits. They try to choose a contemporary song to represent characters. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students study the life and times of Shakespeare. They read and analyze one of his plays and use the Internet and videos to gain an understanding of how Shakespeare engaged his audiences, then and still today. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students compare lyrics from hip hop songs with monologues from Shakespeare's plays, and perform both for the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read and analyze Shakespeare's play, 'Macbeth.' They analyze how Shakespeare uses metaphors, imagery and dramatic cues to demonstrate Macbeth's response to fear, and perform without words a scene dramatizing Macbeth's response to fear. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the life and language of Shakespeare through research, writing puns and insults, reading and interpreting sonnets, searching for and interpreting quotes, and searching for and presenting works in which the language of Shakespeare is used. Full Review »
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- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students read a variety of excerpts from four Shakespeare plays and examine how Shakespeare's words are used in modern English. They discuss what they know about Shakespeare, match quotations to a modern context, and in small groups complete a worksheet. Full Review »