Shakespeare's language can be off putting for many students. Help them to understand that there are many different kinds of literacy that we use depending on audience, context and purpose. Students are often more confident with texting, emailing and aspects of social networking sites than they are with written English in the classroom let alone sixteenth century English.
Writing from character viewpoint could include writing a blog entry for a particular character covering an important soliloquy or scene that develops the plot. This allows for the option of ICT with a mock up of a blog page complete with followers, information about the character and pictures etc.
Extension activity: Compare the kind of language and format that you would use in a blog with the kind of language and format that you would use in a traditional diary.
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