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Engaging students in Shakespeare

Learn effective ways to engage students in Shakespeare through differentiation, modern contexts, and multimedia resources like audio tapes and graphic novels. Discover strategies to tailor Shakespeare's works to diverse learning profiles, making his works accessible and relatable to contemporary audiences. Explore useful websites, lesson planning activities, and innovative approaches to teaching Shakespeare in an engaging manner.

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Engaging students in Shakespeare

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  1. Engaging students in Shakespeare Presented by Claire Amos c.amos@takapuna.school.nz

  2. Three Strategies • Differentiating Shakespeare for Learning Profile • Wikis and web quests • Shakespeare - the Shortland Street Years

  3. What is differentiation? Differentiation-one facet of expert teaching-reminds us that these things are unlikely to happen for the full range of students unless curriculum and instruction fit each individual, unless students have choices about what to learn and how, unless students take part in setting learning goals, and unless the classroom connects with the experiences and interest of the individual (Tomlinson, 1995, 1999).

  4. How Learning Profiles fits in with the bigger picture

  5. Learning Profile Factors • These can include factors such as: • Group Orientation e.g. independent, group • Cognitive Style e.g. creative/conforming, concrete/abstract, oral/visual/kinaesthetic • Learning Environment e.g. noise/quiet, still/mobile • Intelligence Preference e.g. analytic, practical, creative, verbal, spatial/visual

  6. What is VARK? VARK is a questionnaire that provides users with a profile of their learning preferences. These preferences are about the ways that they want to take-in and give-out information. V = Visual A = Auditory R = Reader / Writer K = Kinaesthetic

  7. Lesson planning activity • Refer to your handouts • Lesson plan for Macbeth – plot summary • Annotated lesson plan for Macbeth – plot summary • Your blank lesson plan • Ideas for VARK tasks

  8. Useful Websites • http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp • http://www.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/tiered_curriculum/welcome.html • http://www.caroltomlinson.com/ • http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/index.jsp/ • http://people.virginia.edu/~mws6u/diff/

  9. Wikis and Webquests Wiki - A collaborative website whose content can be edited by anyone who has access to it. Webquest - An inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web.

  10. Wiki

  11. Webquests

  12. Constructing a Web Quest From: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/using_quest.htm

  13. Useful websites • http://webquest.org/index.php • http://www.work.co.nz/reviews/webquests.asp • http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Classroom+Wikis • http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K • http://year13english.pbwiki.com/Richard+III

  14. Putting Shakespeare in a modern context There are a number of ways to contextualise Shakespeare so as to make it more accessible e.g. • Films • Humanising characters and scenarios through discussion • Using Audio Tapes • Graphic Novels

  15. A modern context but original language…

  16. Modern interpretations…

  17. Humanising and modernising characters and scenarios • Getting “Dr Phil” to interview characters about their motivations • Get students to adapt the storyline to a Shortland St script • Discuss scenarios and scenes in a familiar context such as school, home or sports

  18. Audio tapes • Research shows that a large percentage- 85%- of our learning and knowledge actually comes from listening. Another plus factor for using audio books is the improvement of the students' listening and comprehension skills. • They are compelled to listen attentively since they cannot follow what is being played on tape with a book. • The rhythm of the speech and its patterns are made distinct, thereby making the printed material flowing and easily absorbed. • Readers can learn the pronunciation of words through listening to books on tapes. This minimizes the risk of losing interest in reading. Difficulty in pronouncing words and the pressure of pronouncing words correctly are two of the most common reason why people lose interest in reading. • Even if the reader does not understand the definite meaning of words or of what they're hearing, they will have an idea about its meaning depending on how it is said on tape.

  19. Graphic Novels "Readers in the 21st century need to be able to analyze what they read and understand the motive of the author and the accuracy of the reading. They need to see themselves as active users, not merely vessels to be filled. Graphic novels offer a forum for these essential discussions."-- Nancy Frey, Using Graphic Novels, Anime, and the Internet in an Urban High School

  20. Shakespearean Graphic Novels

  21. Useful Websites Audio tapes • http://ezinearticles.com/?Advantages-of-Learning-Through-Audio-Books&id=207999 Graphic Novels • http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev105.shtml • http://www.bardcentral.com/index.php?cPath=266&osCsid=c29cddbd09018e754ae0df73d06

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