After reading Julius Caesar 1.2 and 1.3, break your class into pairs for this role-play. Each pair will receive one of four prompts (or more, if you create additional examples), in which one person tries to persuade the other to do...

Students discover how visual images communicate meaning. They create costumes that tell personal stories and perform dances wearing the costumes.

Students act out lines from Romeo and Juliet in a charade-like game.

Fifth graders write poetry using imagery and practice poetry presentation. In this poetry lesson, 5th graders listen as the teacher reads a humorous poem using different voice modulations and presentation techniques. They discuss the...

Students compare lyrics from hip hop songs with monologues from Shakespeare's plays, and perform both for the class.

Students explore storytelling through pantomime, improvisation, and dramatization. They watch an online video, discuss Native American earth stories, role-play various situations, explore websites, and present an oral story to the class.