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.

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Texting and communication.

Many of Shakespeare's plays rely upon miscommunication.  Ask students to create the texts that characters would have sent one another as events unfolded and ask them also to identify how the play they are studying would have had a different outcome if communication was better.

Students must identify key moments in the plot and select appropriate  and pithy quotes to use alongside their modern English.

Discuss during the feedback stage the importance of miscommunication as a plot device.

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