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She hath more hair than wit, and more faults than hairs, and more wealth than faults. ( Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act 3, Scene 1) awesome free resources to teach Shakespeare has excellent free resources to use when teaching Shakespeare. It has loads of links to: The pleasure of the plays, particularly in performance, is their joyous irreverence, their imaginative play with language and their rich characterisations. I pointed out that I had not rhymed and asked them not to rhyme either. Explain that you’re more interested in their own ideas about what a mischievous fairy might do. By taking small pieces from his plays and experimenting with the language, your children will soon be producing sonnet-worthy work. See how educational trainer and writer Pie Corbett taught Shakespeare to Y5… Session 1 – Shall I compare thee to a bacon butty?

Shakespeare’s language can be daunting but there’s something out there for everyone. There are some great manga and comic strip adaptations of Shakespeare on the market. Reinforce the type of language that is acceptable in your class. This is important if you have a follow-up activity such as translating Shakespearean insults into modern English.Richard III (Act 1, Scene 3) 38. “Thou sodden-witted lord! Thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows “ This puzzle is 1000 pieces and the finished size is 27.5″ x 19.7″. It features 39 classic book and Shakespeare quotes from Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and more! One of these is particularly appealing to children. The witches in Macbeth speak in trochaic tetrameter (four pairs of a stressed followed by an unstressed beat).

There’s no better introduction to Shakespeare’s stories than these 30-minute animated abridgements, first shown on television in the early 1990s. Iambic pentameter Know someone who is interested in the legacy Shakespeare has left for us all? If so, then Will’s Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk Book is the perfect gift. These brought a new idea into the world. We kept the old-fashioned word ‘thee’ as we felt that it ‘sounded better’ than the word ‘you’, which seemed to have less emphasis when read aloud. Memorable lines Having said this, I also know of teachers who have used this as an ending activity to a Shakespeare unit. If you’d like to do this, you would have the advantage of students already being familiar with the language, a fun bonus activity at the end of the hard work, and students leaving your classroom with great memories of Shakespeare. Give children a fabulous first experience of the world’s best known writer by exploring Shakespeare’s stories with these cross-curricular activities from Sally Gray, education officer at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust… Create a Shakespeare portrait

Make sure your pupils’ initial introduction to Shakespeare leaves them wanting to get to know him better with these ideas from Helen Mears… By going behind the scenes and learning more about the historical context, Shakespeare becomes far more approachable. We talked them through and together invented possibilities. Some children selected only one idea and wrote many lines, whilst others experimented with different lines, writing several ideas of their own for each. Freedom to choose You are not worth another word, else I’d call you knave. ( All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 2, Scene 3)

If you’ve read my previous post about introducing Shakespeare to teens, you’ll know that a Shakespearean insults lesson is the BEST way to engage students in Shakespeare at the beginning of a unit. Why not hold your own online or physical exhibition of Shakespeare portraits? Sail to the isle of noises

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This Shakespearean insult lesson also means students understand the jokes in the plays more easily. It also familiarizes students with the language of the plays in a non-threatening way.