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, 10 August 2011

Shakespeare trail 2

Provide students with a map of Stratford-Upon-Avon.

Ask them to list the locations that might be of interest to people who want to find out more about Shakespeare.  Ask them also to list the kind of things that people visiting these locations might be interested in knowing before they visit.

Send them in pairs to find out about one or more of these different locations.  This is an opportunity for younger students to rehearse skimming, scanning and using key words in a search engine.

In pairs students should then produce a short summary of their identified location and the key facts that visitors would find useful.  Ask them to include persuasive techniques to tempt visitors to the different attractions and be prepared to talk about what they have included and why.

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