This blog has come about because of a chance comment by one of my students. He said that he wished that there was somewhere he could go for ideas on how to teach Shakespeare to his class. I'm going to attempt one idea each day.

Friday, 6 May 2011

Guess who I am? Character recognition in Shakespeare.

Provide everyone in the class with 'About My Character' sheets.  You may want students to work in pairs or small groups depending on the size of the class.

The questions on the sheets should be:
I first appear in Act ___, scene ____.
I am a major/minor character.
I add to the plot by __________________.
I add to the audience's understanding of the major characters by  _____________________.
My best quote is _____________________________.
Another character describes me as ___________________________________.
One more important piece of information about me is __________________________________.

Everyone fills in a sheet for the character they have been allocated.

Students should then write five clues to help the rest of the class guess which character they are representing.
The students must then present their clues to the rest of the class who must deduce which character is being talked about.

You should provide an example as a model so that students are clear about what they need to do.

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