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.

Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Shakespeare Just a Minute

You will need- an umpire and a time keeper as well as slips of paper with the topics for conversation.
You may wish to set it up as a panel game with three people on each team.  Players can be substituted for their class mates at five minute intervals or it can be an ongoing activity used as a plenary to sessions.

Set the topics for conversation beforehand on slips of paper.  Begin with a volunteer who must speak for a minute on something Shakespeare related e.g. a character.  The speaker must speak without hesitation, deviation or repetition for a minute.  Challenges can be made by the rest of the class.  If the umpire (that could be you or another class member) upholds the challenge then the person who challenged takes over, if not the original speaker continues.  At the end of the minute the person speaking gets a point.

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