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

Pass the question.

Rather than the teacher asking questions about plot and character use a bean bag or soft ball for the following.
Ask students to write down ten questions that they could ask about plot, character or language in the play that they are studying.  They should also provide the answers.

Explain that only the person holding the ball or bean bag may answer a question and that once that person has answered their question, they can then choose a question from their list, passing the ball or bean bag to another person before they ask it.

Your role is to facilitate this process by discussing the kinds of questions that they could ask, by modelling the way in which the game works and by ensuring that everyone gets a turn.  Remind students about health and safety issues.

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