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Discovering Shakespeare's Language
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By Rex Gibson and Janet Field-Pickering. This rich, versatile book can be used to teach specific plays (Macbeth, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet) or short focused lessons on imagery, rhyme, parody, personification, and other devices. "Atmosphere," for example, examines the poet's skill in painting scenes with words--"How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon the bank." "Dialogue" studies verbal exchanges that shift in tone, mood, and rhythm. Each tutorial is followed by questions and activities. For example, students underline oxymorons in Romeo and Juliet or compose sonnets in the verse form of number 145 ("Those lips that Love's own hand did make"). Includes a guide section, glossary, indexes, and timeline. Grades 9-12. Spiralbound. Illustrated. 8½" x 11". Cambridge University Press. ©1998. |
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Drama Curriculum Units: Shakespeare
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These innovative learning units introduce some of the world's greatest plays through highly engaging activities. Written by teachers, each spiralbound book includes objectives, notes, detailed procedures, quizzes, tests, projects, essay topics, and reproducible activity pages. Grades 9-12. Spiralbound. 8½" x 11". Center for Learning. Approximately 85 pages each. |
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Shakespeare in the Classroom: Plays for the Intermediate Grades
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Edited by Albert Cullum. The eight skillfully adapted comedies and dramas in this economical collection make Shakespeare accessible to young readers and actors, yet preserve the beauty, power, and humanity of his plays. Suitable for classroom theater or for simple productions, each reproducible script (Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Tempest) contains original language, a scene-by-scene vocabulary list, and suggestions for staging and costumes. Grades 4-8. Illustrated. 8½" x 11". Fearon. 271 pages. ©1995. |
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Shakespeare: Latitudes
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Primary source documents, activities, and other helpful resources offer a wealth of background information and ideas for teaching Shakespeare's plays. For example, Macbeth provides historical context (includes a timeline, glossary, and map of 11th-century Scotland); presents a variety of archival illustrations (the motte-and-bailey castle depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry) and document excerpts (Abraham Lincoln's critique: "I think nothing equals Macbeth. It is wonderful"); and proposes more than 100 discussion topics and research, art, writing, and speech activities. Grades 7-12. Illustrated. 8½" x 11". Perfection Learning. ©1996-98. |
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