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- 9th - 12th
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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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- 7th - 9th
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Students use multiple resources to gather general information about iam Shakespeare. They locate resources to help them design and produce a model setting for a Shakespearean play. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students develop Internet skills in researching a familiar topic. The lesson also serves to reinforce knowledge acquired about the topic. They explain why Shakespeare is so popular and important. Full Review »
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This lesson plan uses Shakespeare's writing as a model for elementary students, encouraging them use their imaginations to explore to the evocative powers of language. It gives them a manageable piece of text which they can master and then use as a spring Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students gain a better understanding of Shakespeare through lecture and the Internet. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate Shakespeare's life and times, work with quotations and write a culminating report. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students read passages from Shakespeare and have a Town Hall meeting in which they defend Shakespeare as part of American culture. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine Shakespeare's use of poetic conventions as principle of dramatic structure in Romeo and Juliet, identify use of figurative language, and poetic forms to impart perspective in play, and examine other Shakespearean plays. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the non-verbal elements of a theatrical performance. They read an article, answer discussion questions, conduct Internet research, and stage frozen tableaux based on lines from Shakespeare's works. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss Shakespeare's background and their initial opinions and perceptions of him. In groups, they are assigned a topic to research and to relate one of Shakespeare's plays to the topic. They present a summary of the scenes to the class along with what happened in history during the same time period. Full Review »

