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.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Missing Letters

The object of this game is to guess incomplete words with the help of clues.  The words should all be related to the play that is being studied.  They could be technical terms or words from important speeches.

Have a list of words prepared.  Each clue should have the word with some letters missing and a clue.  It can be played as a team game - so the clue would be on individual slips of paper or given to all students in the form of a handout.  If the game is played in handout form then stick to a theme that can be explored in more detail after the activity.

e.g.  *t**c*os*ed (fate has its mark on Romeo and Juliet)

The follow up requires discussion as to how fate or the word impacts on Romeo and Juliet.

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